AMO 1438 Beriev Be-12 Chayka, NATO code Mail

The Beriev Be-12 Chayka ("Seagull", NATO reporting name: Mail) is a Soviet twin-turboprop-powered amphibious anti-submarine and maritime patrol aircraft. Beriev Be-12 is development of the Beriev Be-6 flying boat whose primary roles were as an anti-submarine and maritime patrol bomber aircraft. Though tracing its origins to the Be-6, the Be-12 inherited little more than the concept of its gull wing and twin oval tailfins. The Be-12 was first flown in October 1960 at Taganrog airfield.

Catalog number: AMO 1438
Scale: 1/144
Type: Seaplane
Period: Cold war (1946-1991)
Weight: 160 gramm