Sukhoi T-4 & T-4MS



In 1963, the Soviet government held a request for proposal among the aircraft design bureaus. The Sukhoi design, with its high cruise speed of 3,200 km/h (2,000 mph) was favored over the designs submitted by Yakovlev and Tupolev and after a preliminary design review in June 1964, the building of a prototype was authorized. Development of the T-4 required massive research efforts to develop the technologies necessary, including the manufacturing technologies to machine and weld the materials necessary to withstand sustained Mach 3 flight. Nearly 600 patents or inventions are attributed to the program.[2] The first flying prototype was finally completed in the autumn of 1971. Work continued on an additional three airframes (one for static testing) through 1975. In 1974, the Ministry of Aviation Industry (Soviet Union) ordered work suspended on the T-4 project, which was officially scrapped on 19 December 1975.







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Designed to rival the U.S. B-1 bomber, the Soviet T-4MS was a revolutionary aircraft featuring variable geometry wings, cutting-edge fly-by-wire systems, and a payload capacity of 45 tons. Despite its promising design and advanced capabilities, political rivalries and production challenges led to its cancellation. Explore the story of this ambitious stealth bomber that could have changed the Cold War.













Models: Anigrand 1/144

TomZ

Incredible work, well done!

Superb stuff there Tom, I didn't even know the T-4MS existed till I saw your version! 

Wow, I am liking those. 

Terrific builds Tom   

Wow,  they are amazing    .

Color is perfect and i like that Cockpit of the T-4 very much ♥️

  

Well done