Designed as a reconnaissance and ground-attack aircraft, the Sukhoi Su-2 first flew in 1937. No match for German fighters, it was withdrawn from front line duty in 1942.
ZVEZDA’s newly tooled kit is moulded in light grey, soft styrene with recessed panel lines and rivets (mostly on the wings, since the real aircraft had aluminium wings and a wooden fuselage). The box provides a complete engine, detailed bomb bay, landing-gear bays with structural ribbing, and poseable ailerons and rudder. The elevators are moulded to the horizontal stab and would have to be cut out if you wanted to pose them.