COLD WAR RUSSIAN BOMBER RESEARCH MODEL.

COLD WAR RUSSIAN BOMBER RESEARCH MODEL.
Hand-made Russian bomber master model, in grey painted wood, mid-1970s, length 16-1/2 inches.
Provenance: Manufactured by a major aerospace model shop.

This model was made using U.S. Spy satellite photos to assess the capabilities of Soviet aircraft designs. The aircraft in question was probably a prototype of the Topolev Tu-22M, which began testing in 1973, but was not deployed until the beginning of the 1980's.