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. Soviet Spaceshutlle BURAN "Snowstorm" / "Blizzard"
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.Ark Models
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.1:144
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| Builder: | .Wing
| | Item Status: | .Built To Order / Pre-Order
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| Detail features:
Award-winner built and painted Space Shuttle Buran with a realistic weathering finish. The beautiful white color scheme with accurate decals and markings. Scratch-built and re-built part. Top building quality with exceptionally fine surface detail and components. Interior details. Movable parts and more add-on details.
Features:
- True-to-detail kit with top building quality.
- Great details overall with super-accurate on each part.
- Fuselage and nose insulating panels with sharp detail.
- Structured surfaces with windows.
- Cockpit and canopy with details.
- Movable `Plane tile rudder".
- Nose nozzles w/detail
- 2 main thrust nozzles w/detail
- 4 small jet engine thrust nozzles w/detail
- Rear engine cover w/detail
- Authentic decals of the Russian shuttle.
Buffing and polishing to remove mold seam. Base color with primer and putty for better surface detail. Airbrushed and painted with multicolor. Add clear paint for good finishing on decal application. Wash to enhance the surface detail and increase the appearance of depth, including panels, doors, rivets, and more. Brushing to emphasize and highlighting texture with an edge for good wear, tear, and fading. Filter out the contrast and blend color effects with airflow marks. Real-life nozzle burned multicolor representing. The great detail paint job on grease with staining appearing and more on real-life weathering. Final protective layer for long-term collection.
The sample just shows exterior detail; the kit comes with a full interior if you want.
An225 for sample photos only, not included, check our store or contact us for details if you want to add on.
Discontinued higher-priced kit, the price may be higher or lower when you order, a good chance to have a rare kit as a good kit`s price with high building quality model, since you may not find this kit in the future. But if you really want to have costs lower, just switch to other kits or check or store and contact us for detail.
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The Buran was the Soviet Union`s space shuttle, developed as part of the Buran program. It was designed to be a reusable spacecraft, similar in appearance to the American Space Shuttle. Buran made one unmanned flight in 1988, but the program was ultimately canceled due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and lack of funding. Britannica says the Buran orbiter was destroyed in 2002 when its storage hangar collapsed.
Here`s a more detailed look:
Design and Purpose:
The Buran program was a Soviet response to the American Space Shuttle program. The Buran orbiters were designed to be reusable, capable of carrying payloads and performing orbital missions.
One Flight:
The Buran spacecraft completed one uncrewed, automated flight in November 1988, orbiting the Earth twice before landing back at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Cancellation:
Despite the successful first flight, the Buran program was canceled in 1993 due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, lack of funding, and the high costs associated with the program.
Legacy:
The Buran program, though short-lived, represents a significant chapter in space exploration history. The sole Buran orbiter that flew was destroyed in 2002.
Differences from the U.S. Space Shuttle:
While visually similar, the Buran had some key differences from the American Space Shuttle, including the ability to fly autonomously, its more powerful heat shield, and differences in the engines used.
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