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Saturday, May 06, 2017 - 02:39 PM UTC
MikroMir has released some CAD images on Facebook of a proposed 1/72 Kalinin K-7 heavy bomber in 1/72 scale
Anigrand released a 1/144 version and that was pretty impressive so the 1/72 kit will be jaw dropping. I have to be honest and know nothing about the type so with help from wiki here’s a brief description:

Designed by World War I and civil war pilot Konstantin Kalinin at the aviation design bureau he headed in Kharkiv, with a wingspan close to that of a B-52 and a much greater wing area, the K-7 was one of the biggest aircraft built before the jet age. It had an unusual arrangement of six tractor engines on the wing leading edge and a single engine in pusher configuration at the rear.
In civil transport configuration, it would have had a capacity for 120 passengers and 7,000 kg (15,000 lb) of mail. As a troop transport it would have had capacity for 112 fully equipped paratroopers. In bomber configuration it would have been armed with 8 x 20mm autocannons, 8 x 7.62mm machine guns and up to 9,600 kg (21,200 lb) of bombs.

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Would like it in 1/48.
MAY 07, 2017 - 01:19 PM
I copy that comment but I suppose it would be an expensive kit
MAY 09, 2017 - 09:33 PM
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