Amazing machines. I too cannot understand why the concept has not been taken on in the west.
Trim Stab: Do you mean the A-90 Orlyonok?
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The Russian model kit company Zvezda make one of these in 1/144 scale. Ever since a friend of mine built one I keep thinking about doing one, painting it white with the Isles of Scilly Steamship company logo on it and naming it
Scillonian IV.