# tp500 Tupolev Tu-12 bomber

13.5 inches wing span hand made model of TU-12 Cold War period twin-jet bomber based on airframe of Tu-2S but retressed with heavier-gauge materials for greater weight and higher IAS, with two extra tanks at wingtips.This bomber also known as Type-77 built at TU-2 production plant and flown by Perelyot 27 July 1947.Two of these aircraft took part in Tushino show on august 3 same year.