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Bartini A-57 - Soviet Seaplane Bomber Concept

By: Fantastic Plastic

Type: Scale Model

Product Line: Model Kits (1/144) (Fantastic Plastic)

36 pcs.

Last Stocked on 12/25/2021

Product Info

Title
Bartini A-57 - Soviet Seaplane Bomber Concept
Publisher
Sub-category
Publish Year
2019
Dimensions
16x11.5x4.25"
NKG Part #
2147917453
Type
Scale Model
Material
Resin

Description

Robert Lugvigovich Bartini (1897-1974) was an Austro-Hungarian-born aeronautical engineer of Italian descent who eventually became one of the Soviet Union's most visionary aircraft designers.

In the mid-1950s, Bartini received government backing to develop the A-57, a massive sea-launched intercontinental bomber that would not require vulnerable land-based airfields. To be fueled by submarines, the A-57 was to use vertical jets to assist with lift during take-off. Subsequent variations also included a twin-engine jet parasite fighter to serve as an escort over enemy territory.

In 1957, the Kremlin pulled funding from Bartini's bold project, perhaps figuring that with ICBMs now coming into their own, there would be less and less need for the kind of massive bomber Bartini envisioned.

This resin model kit recreates that concept heavy bomber in beautiful detail and includes the envisioned parasite jet fighter.