Xuntong 1/48 Tu-2T Soviet Torpedo Bomber

This item is an injection-plastic jet aircraft model kit. 

A new-tool kit of the Tu-2T torpedo bomber, in 1/48 scale from Xuntong Model.  Highly detailed inside and out, this kit includes markings for Soviet, Bulgarian, North Korean, Chinese and Polish aircraft.  The unused canopy (part E13) can be used to build a wartime bomber version, you will also need to fill in and sand smooth the louvres on the intakes (parts D41) and that is all! During the WWII, the soviets had various torpedo bombers; among the best known were two models: the Il-4T, which went into service in 1942, and the A-20 which was a modified American bomber to carry torpedoes and leased to the Soviets. The Il-4T were capable of carrying only one torpedo while the A-20s were able to carry two. However, both carriers were sluggish in speed given that the torpedoes capable of destroying warships were too heavy for single engine aircraft. Disappointed by the sluggish speed of the A-20 and Il-4T, the Soviet Navy tried to make a faster bomber by making torpedo carrying variants of its highspeed, twin engine Tu-2 bomber. The torpedo bomber variant of the Tu-2 was designed by Tupolev and named Tu-2T. One ТД-44 hardpoint was installed under each wing root so Tu-2T was capable of carrying a maximum of two torpedoes. The torpedoes designed for the Tu-2T were the 45-36-AH, АМД-500 and АМД-1000. Tu-2T bombers were flown from February 1945 until 1947; hundreds of standardized Tu-2Ts were massed produced by the USSR's military factories.

Tupolev Tu-2S

Vazdushni Voyski na negovo Velitchestvo (Royal Bulgarian Air Force 1949-1961)

• 82 Bomber Div. 04
  1954
  AMT-4 AMT-7

中国人民解放军空军 (People's Liberation Army Air Force 1949-now)

• 
  1958
  AMT-4 AMT-7

조선인민군 항공 및 반항공군 (Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force 1946-now)

• 
  1958
  AMT-1 AMT-4 AMT-7

Lotnictwo Marynarki Wojennej (Polish Naval Aviation 1947-now)

• 15 Sqn.
  1956
  AMT-4 AMT-7

Военно-воздушные силы СССР (Soviet Air Forces 1918-1992)

• 
  1947 - Caucasian Front
  Black, sand, light-grey (?)
• 113 Bomber Div. 836 Reg. Blue 20
  October 1944
  AMT-1 AMT-4 AMT-12 AMT-7
• 326 BAD 6 Reg. White 32 Москва (Moscow)
  1944
  AMT-1 AMT-4 AMT-12 AMT-7
• 88 BAD 100 (A. Pushkin - CO)
  1945
  AMT-4 AMT-7