WIP Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder

Bernhard Pethe
Oooje, the old kit is not good. Many errors. The "Blinder" from Modelsvit would be the better choice. But I'm curious about what's going to happen.

Wilfried Bogaerts
So, cockpit colour applied. I used White Ensign Models ACSM07 cockpit turqoise. OK it says "MiG" cockpit turqoise on the pot and this is a Tupolev, so shoot me. The enamel paint was thinned with Revell's COLOR MIX thinner for enamel paint and sprays on beautifully. The only downside of this paint is the long drying time, it took 10-12 hours before the paint wasn't tacky anymore and 24 hours to fully harden, maybe I'll try another thinner next time.

Wilfried Bogaerts
Some pics added. Noseweights glued in place, cockpit painted and decalled (not much to be seen though...), some more wheight put under the cockpit floor (you never know), and engine nacelles glued together. There's a nasty seam line in the nacelles which are very hard to reach, but if they are too obvious on the finished model, I will add FOD-covers. This will also add some eye-catching red spots.

Łukasz Gliński
Watching

Ekki
Watching too

Wilfried Bogaerts
Project Blinder, the (horror) story continues. During prep work for the assembly of the windows in the lower nose section, it became obvious that the original ESCI kit parts were way too small for this purpose, and declared unusable. As scratching a set of new clear parts (which are also slighty curved) is beyond my capacity, and the openings were too big for KRISTAL KLEAR, I decided to take another route. I added some scrap plastic into the openings from the outside (as the nose halves were already glued together) and then fill the holes with a few layers of Tamiya putty. The scrap plastic is just there to give the putty some support and "bite". Once dry, an "enjoyable" sanding job awaits me and, during the final stages of this project (whenever that may be...) the windows will be simulated with decals. Pray for me...