Tu-160

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February 18, 2024
It‘s huuuuuuge 😄
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February 19, 2024
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February 19, 2024
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February 22, 2024
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February 22, 2024
Next Step is painting the Cockpit and front wheelbay. The instructions say, to put everything together but for easier painting i leave it like that.
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February 29, 2024
Little Update, didn‘t put that much effort into the cockpit since we will never see it againe. ?
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February 29, 2024
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February 29, 2024
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February 29, 2024
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February 29, 2024
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February 29, 2024
The passage from the front to the back is a metal floor and at the half there is a grey carpet thing? I couldn‘t find much images from the back.
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February 29, 2024
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March 4, 2024
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March 4, 2024
Let it dry
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March 8, 2024
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March 8, 2024
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March 13, 2024
The Bomb Bay Doors are definitely made to be in closed position. I must cut and sand a lot to fit them flat
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March 13, 2024
The lower section of the whole model is wobbeling all over.
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March 13, 2024
The result is a really bad fitting with the two halfs.
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March 13, 2024
1:35 vs 1:72
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March 13, 2024
I guess i glue the Wings in place. The folding mechanism is to weak and can‘t hold the wings in position.
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March 18, 2024
Fitting is Revell Level 🙁
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March 20, 2024
Oh shit, now it’s a B-1 ?
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March 23, 2024
So, its white. I pre shaded the model, live it is much more visible but not over the top. Used nearly two Tamiya X2 whites. ?
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March 23, 2024
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March 25, 2024
I try to hide the two weights inside the front landinggearbay. So please dont look. ?
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March 25, 2024
Sometimes things dont go as planned, the front is too light because of the missing bombbay.
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March 25, 2024
Fits
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March 25, 2024
Fits Not so much. ?
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March 25, 2024
Investigating the details
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April 2, 2024
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April 7, 2024
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April 7, 2024
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April 7, 2024
Done, made some mistakes but learned againe. ?

I think i will now place on every models nose some weights and the AK Filler is not really good. I had a smooth transition between the upper and lower half after sanding but in the end the ak filler is not keeping in place and gap‘s are opening.
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April 7, 2024
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April 7, 2024

Kommentarer

55 18 February, 21:12

Oliver
follow

19 February, 07:32

Cuajete
Me 2.

20 February, 19:08

DerMattes
Following

20 February, 19:21

Patrick Hagelstein
I'm in too!

20 February, 20:54

Łukasz Gliński
Me 5, bigly yuge indeed

20 February, 21:33

DuperScale
Welcome mates

20 February, 22:08

Erik Leijdens
Nice!

20 February, 22:11

Eric Thornton
I'm in!

20 February, 23:50

Gary Victory
Watching.

21 February, 07:33

Andy Ball
Gross as they say in parts of Germany

21 February, 07:46

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat!

21 February, 09:09

Maciej Bellos
This will be interesting!

21 February, 21:57

CaptGPF
I agree - following

29 February, 21:05

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Looking forward to this. 👀

29 February, 21:31

Ekki
Watching.

29 February, 21:32

DuperScale
Welcome mates

29 February, 21:45

Nicolas
Following

1 March, 20:40

Finn
I'm in too

9 March, 16:51

Живко Джаков
Is this really a toilet? I'm following!

14 March, 08:39

Michael Kohl
Huge and beautiful. I am in.

14 March, 10:05

Łukasz Gliński
I thought it was designed to drop bombs, not turd 😉

14 March, 10:11

Bart Goesaert
Looking great. A bit of a bummer not to remove the ejection marks from the nose gearbay.

14 March, 10:16

DuperScale
@Bart Goesaert , oh i never see that. I guess i will remove them. Thank you 😅

14 March, 10:25

Cuajete
That white swan looks good so far 👍

24 March, 20:37

Dean Harpster
That is one big bird all right! Following!

24 March, 21:46

Sergej I
Looking good and slick! 👍

4 April, 06:49

Michael Kohl
Maybe too late fo that build but a remedy I use, when a plane surprises me with tailsitting is to drill a hole into the bottom (ideal if there happens to be a round engraving already), pour Elmers glue and small lead granules. Repeat if necessary. Lead granules are pretty cheap and a kilogram will probably last you a lifetime. The convenience product is liquid lead for about 100 times the price. If done just cover the hole again with a piece of styrene rod.

4 April, 07:09

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

4 April, 07:51

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