Myasishchev M-17 Stratosphera

Plastic kit of a Soviet Myasishchev M-17 Stratosphera high-altitude reconnaissance/interceptor
   Exclusive plastic kit  

• 1:72 scale
• Dimensions (built) length 318 mm / wingspan 560 mm
• 167 parts
• Multi-detailed K-36 ejection seat
• 2 types of canopies
• 2 variants of assembly
• unbuilt/unpainted
• Paint and glue not included

The Myasishchev M-17 was designed in the mid-1970's as a high altitude interceptor of  the reconnaissance balloons, which USA were then launching over Russia. However, when the US reconnaissance balloon programme ended, the development of the M-17 continued very slowly, but now as a high altitude reconnaissance aircraft. The design finally evolved into a single seat aircraft with a long, non-swept, high aspect ratio wing.