What is this?

[Steve Pace]

What is this?

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Hugely impractical?

Looks computer generated.

 

[Steve Pace]

Built in 1933.

 

[Orionblamblam]

What is this?

It's fake. CG images created, IIRC, by some Russian artist. I've been to his webpage; there you can see Stunning Real Life Action Shots of this flying battleship in action against Nazi flying saucers.

I had a link to it bookmarked, but that seems to ahve disappeared with the recent hard drive crash. I believe it can be found through Snopes, and I think it's been discussed here several times.

EDIT: Here: http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,6125.0.html

Original source: http://www.rusring.net/~levin/k7/k777.htm

 

[Michel Van]

that CGI master piece of Mikhail Levin aka LMA.
http://www.rusring.net/~levin/levin3d/st.htm

he used the real Kalinin K-7 as base for his marbellousness work

but those 2 heavy ship guns, that's to "over the top" ;D

 

[Kane]

Ive happened to run across this very well done CG image with several armament loadouts including huge unguided bombs much like the British Tallboy. Indeed an interesting look into the minds of 30s Soviet engineering.