Amodel Buran
Box art from the Amodel BTS-02 Buran - atmospheric test version equipped with four jet engines.
The fuselage and wings are moulded in fibreglass resin - one huge moulding.
The underside showing the landing gear bays.
Injection-moulded cockpit section.
Photo of the cockpit mock-up - taken at the Central House of Aviation.
Another shot of the Buran cockpit. The seats on the real thing are K-36 ejection seats.
Rear end with rocket nozzles.
Parts for the jet engines - there are two of each of these sprues.
Thrusters and nose landing gear.
Main landing gear.
Fin & rudder.
'Ailerons'.
Ken Duffey
September 2008