Manufacturer: Tupolev

Model: Tu-218

Name: "Boiler" (NATO codename)

Type: Jet bomber

Date:

Status: Operational

Country: Soviet Union

Service: Soviet Air Force

Designation: Tu-218

Nothing much to say about this one... Except I made it from a Tupolev Tu-22M3 (as some of you figured out) and it's U-G-L-Y!!! Like some kind of improbable mustachio'd fish in a posh Chinese restaurant's aquarium...

• thats cool, thanks for posting (originalgaijin)
• Interesting how I thought about a dragon when I saw it  (Roddy1990)
• Impressive! Good work!  (theF-man)
• Cooooooooooooooool. Another hit!!!!! (Mimikios)
• Super Cool! has a 'Gerry Anderson' Feel to it! Keep up the Great Work! (arenafighter)
• Creation is art, we may appreciate it even if the result is not gorgeous, simply different... (Tophe)
• Backfire /Boiler  (edwardio1973)
• I LOVE the Tu-218. I think the biggest problem is the location of the main gear. (comradeloganov)

Pretty sound remark, Logan... Let me see what Stargazer's All The Whif World's Aircraft 2013 has to say about it... Oh! I see! It's launched from a ramp and drops its skid after takeoff, doesn't need wheels! (what do you mean, "and for landing"? LOL)