Tupolev Tu 160 "Blackjack" Soviet Air Force.

Started by Allan J Withers · 27 ≡ · ↻ 5 years ago · 1/72, Blackjack, Nose art GB, Trumpeter, Tu 160, USSR
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    Allan J Withers said 6 years, 7 months ago:

    I started building this one ten years ago, an on and off project since then, now is a good time to finish it and this GB a good opportunity !

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    Craig Abrahamson said 6 years, 7 months ago:

    Hi Allan...tell me - what's in the bomb bays ? Ordinance of some kind or a type of ejector rack? Being Russian, it's hard to tell just what they had in mind. 🙂

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    Richard Mcstay said 6 years, 7 months ago:

    Good a time as any! I like these big bombers, looking forward to more posts.

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    Allan J Withers said 6 years, 7 months ago:

    Craig, they can hang six cruise missiles on each of these rotary racks, similar to the B1,---------------- Thanks Richard, --------------- here are a couple of pic's of early progress, I modified the wing hinging to make them removable !

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    Greg Kittinger said 6 years, 7 months ago:

    Man - that's gonna be large in 1/72! Looking forward to it.

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    paul teixeira said 6 years, 7 months ago:

    really cool project. look forward to seeing more.

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    Allan J Withers said 6 years, 7 months ago:

    Thanks Greg, a bit bigger than my 707, ------------ thanks Paul, cool white !

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    Jaime Carreon said 6 years, 6 months ago:

    Where do you put them all Allen? Cool choice...

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    Allan J Withers said 6 years, 6 months ago:

    Thanks Jaime, not sure I've got the height on the shelf I intended for this, so I don't know !

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    Allan J Withers said 6 years, 6 months ago:

    Some more early work, pics of the interior bits you'll never see again ! --------as for where to put it, I think I will lower the shelf above my other swing wings and make the required room above !

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    Allan J Withers said 6 years, 4 months ago:

    Not much done to this lately but I did fit the main gear legs to check its height, luckily the grey boxes at the top right of pic' 2 were not glued in as they needed to come out to fit the legs !

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    Allan J Withers said 5 years, 10 months ago:

    At last with other GB's finished some progress ! some masking on ready for a bit of different color, flat white !

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    Allan J Withers said 5 years, 10 months ago:

    More masking for light grey at the front and steel at the rear and the masking removed with a coat of Future over the steel !

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    Jeff Bailey said 5 years, 10 months ago:

    Looks great, Allan!

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    Allan J Withers said 5 years, 10 months ago:

    Thanks Jeff, more masking with buffed MM metalizer, flapy bits going on the wings !

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