Description

1/32 Sukhoi SU-30MKK Flanker-G (incl. Photo-etch)

Trumpeter 02271

Excludes allglues,paintsandtoolsnecessary to assemble.

First Su-27PU (T10PU-5) was refurbished and rebuilt to serve as an Su-30MKK development aircraft, first flying in its new guise on 9 March 1999. First KnAAPO-built prototype (`501′) flew 19 May 1999 (sometimes reported as 20 February 1999), with second (`502′, in basic Chinese camouflage scheme but marked simply as Su-30MK, not MKK) following later in 1999. `501′ and `502′ are representative of planned production configuration, with tall, flat-topped Su-35-type tailfins, retractable in-flight refuelling probes and (according to some sources) Su-35-type radomes. Total of 40 were on order for the PLA Air Force, the first batch of 10 being delivered from Komsomolsk to Nanjing on 20 December 2000 although the first aircraft had been handed over in China during August 2000. Chinese production of the `Flanker’ may switch from the J-11 to the Su-30MKK after 80 aircraft.