I recall reading that they even recreated Boeing logo’s on the control column and while the engine cowlings were too large for the Russian powerplants they were the same size as the B-29, BUT – Stalin said the same and so this was taken on a quite literal basis what with him being who he was…..?

Read about it years ago in a book called ‘Inside The Soviet Army’ by Viktor Suvorov….

the hole in the wing that served no function (mistake made during that airframe’s manufacture)….

….half the bomb bay crew access tunnel one colour, the other half another (plant ran out of the correct paint)

and do we paint it in US markings and get shot as imperialists, or paint on Red Stars and get shot for not obeying Stalin’s orders in making the copy identical to the original B-29.