1/72 (Witty Wings) Sky Guardians (WTW-72-014-014) Sukhoi SU27SKM  Flanker-B (Blue 305) 3-Tone Grey Camo, Zhukovskiy AB 2003, Russia Air Force (Limited Edition #183 of Only 1000) 2011 Release

The Su-27 is a highly integrated twin-finned aircraft. The airframe is constructed of titanium and high-strength aluminium alloys. The engine nacelles are fitted with trouser fairings to provide a continuous streamlined profile between the nacelles and the tail beams. The fins and horizontal tail consoles are attached to tail beams. The central beam section between the engine nacelles consists of the equipment compartment, fuel tank and the brake parachute container. The fuselage head is of semi-monocoque construction and includes the cockpit, radar compartments and the avionics bay. The Sukhoi Su-27 (NATO codename: Flanker) is the twin-engine front-line fighter aircraft designed by the Russian Sukhoi Design Bureau and manufactured by Komsomolsk-na-Amur based KnAAPO (Su-27SK) and Irkusk-based IAPO (Su-27UBK). The PLA Air Force (PLAAF) has acquired three batches totaling 76 Su-27Sk and UBK fighters from Russia since 1992.

Please note: An optional display stand is available separately if you wish to display this model "in-flight".

Sukhoi Su-27SKM Flanker-B 

Designed by the Soviet Union to challenge  was first flown on May 20, 1977. This one seat Mach-2 fighter had the Soviet Union's first operational fly-by-wire system. The aircraft is very large compared to the MiG-29, its closest Soviet counterpart, but it is built with a high percentage of titanium, which helps minimize its w eight. It is exceptionally agile and is perhaps most famous for its "Cobra" maneuver, which is a short, sustained level flight at a 120 degree angle of attack, often performed at air shows.