The original of this mold novelty was registered in the early 70s as an air force transporter in Aeroflot livery, registration CCCP-76780. Twenty years later it was still being operated by Aeroflot but with the registration RA-76780 and solely for civil purposes. As such it is released in the 1/500 scale. Only in 2006 did the at one time world’s biggest airline divest itself of all paramilitary airplanes.