Tu-22 M Backfire
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found this old kit in myattic, I abandonned it for more than a 15 years. broken and dirty pieces. at that time i found too big to deal
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started general inspection the glue aged
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pieces was not jolding together since
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due to several move, pieces brokenned but the main structure was good
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the cockpit was made according to ESCI plan however it is not accurate
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trying to make the cockpit less hugly
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some detailing of the cockpit but as I will have all the door closed I hope we will not see it too much
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trying to put back the cockpit together ...
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... struggling 😉
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huge joint everywhere, trying to mask them
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... gaps almost everywhere
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preparing the cannopy
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some pieces weee lost, trying to scratchbuild some from sprue
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as it is a big piece I hanged it to spray the primer layers
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first layer another sanding
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here we are I have to leave in mission for several months i hope I will have a chance to resume once i am back... TBC 🙂
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loong process of filling and sanding started one mont ago
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Kommentare
27 24 March 2020, 01:11
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hello all i uploaded some additionnal pics after 2 months of sanding and crazy attempt to rescribe the panel lines of this old kit. not perfect but good to me. starting now the painting.
20 June 2020, 13:00
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Good to see what can be achieved with these old Esci kits! Very encouraging for those of us with examples in our stash 😉
Looks like one of those projects which works better when you break it down into small stages?
Nice red team build.
18 January 2022, 16:15
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Hi Pierre 👍 I too have this one in my stash and will refer to your work when I give it a bash also. Impressive restoration project you undertook - looks great 🙂
19 January 2022, 09:17
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Trés Bien, Pierre! The panel line shading is very nice and subtle. I have this kit in my stash too. Bought it second hand and got it cheap, but the decals are water-damaged. Looking for aftermarket decals and ordered the wheel set from Res/Kit.
19 January 2022, 16:18
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Thank you guies for the kind comments, I realized recently that a polish company is proposing a photoetch improvement for the kit for the one who has it it may be cool to have an hand on it. I hope you will chose to build them in 2022. I have tumpeter a Tu-22M3 and a blinder in the stash, would be cool to make a tupolev or even a Tu-22 group build ! 🙂
20 January 2022, 12:45