Trumpeter 02812 1/48 Sukhoi Su-15 UM Flagon-G

This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted. So glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required.

On 23 April 1976 at Novosibirsk, pilots Vladimir Vylomov and V.Belanin tool off for the first time with the prototype U-58TM combat trainer. The aircraft then was ferried to Zhukovskiy for further testing, and by 25 November 1976 the state acceptance tests had been completed at Akhtubinsk. The U-58TM-with military designation Su-15UM and factory designation izdeliye 43-was a two-seat combat trainer developed from the late production Su-15TM. Unlike the former Su-15UT trainer, in which the fuselage was extended to fit a second cockpit, the length of the Su-15UM fuselage remained unchanged. Inner fuel tank capacity was also the same, and only some equipment was sacrificed to accommodate the second cockpit. The Su-15UM had no radar, but it could carry R-98MT and R-60 IR-guided missiles as well as gun containers. It also lacked the SAU-58 control system, Lazur-M datalink, Sirena RWR and RSBN-5S short-range navigation system. A small number of Su-15UM trainers were made from 1976 to 1979, and it was the last Su-15 production series.

Scale: 1:48
Item Type Static kit