Tu-22M2 Backfire B, Ukraine AF red 07
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March 10, 2024Sprues were flash-free, panel lines finely engraved (but not so accurate, which became evident as the build progressed).2
March 10, 2024Back in the day the Tu-22M2 was incorrectly identified by US intelligence as Tu-26.3
March 10, 2024Bare-bones cockpit with no bulkheads - nothing, really, but who cares, it's all hidden under the canopy, isn't it? But look at all that nice detail in the reference pic!4
March 10, 2024The Trumpeter 1/72 kit has a nicely detailed cockpit so I used that as reference......5
March 10, 2024That looks better!6
March 10, 2024Under the canopy that's enough detail for my display cabinet but we can see the instrument cowling is needed,7
March 10, 2024When I dry-fitted the wings I found they required reversing (think I read that in an online review during my research) to sit correctly.8
March 10, 2024I also removed the locating pins and fabricated new ones from sprue.9
March 10, 2024Which were superglued in place.10
March 10, 2024Then back to the cockpit; time for some Blu-tac moulding of the cowl and rear bulkhead filler.11
March 10, 2024Looking much better.12
March 10, 2024The wings required considerable sanding to fit and rotate nicely.13
March 10, 2024Back to the fuselage to remove the refueling probe, which the UkAF aircraft don't have.14
March 10, 2024Also opened up the system operator windows a bit.15
March 10, 2024Considerable filling and filing/sanding was necessary around the air intake joins.16
March 10, 2024The tailplanes are attached by locating tabs, whereas they should have pins to allow rotating.17
March 10, 2024So I filled the tab holes....18
March 10, 2024And also removed the final points of the fuselage fairing.19
March 10, 2024Removed the tabs , sanded flat and drilled out each tailplane.20
March 10, 2024Quite a lot of recontouring of the lower rear fuselage to correct the profile.21
March 10, 2024Then drill for the pivot pins22
March 10, 2024Searched in my hardware stash and found suitably sized nails to adapt as the pivot pins.23
March 10, 2024Drilled out the afterburner cooling intakes.....24
March 10, 2024And attached.25
March 10, 2024Undercarriage attached, quite well detailed26
March 10, 2024I tried rescribing the supplementary engine air bleed doors but wasn't happy with the result and also saw they weren't correctly positioned....27
March 10, 2024So sanded both sides smooth and decided to create decals for them.28
March 10, 2024I also needed to rescribe the canopy door openings29
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March 10, 2024Getting there!31
March 10, 2024After a final sand then wipe with alcohol it was time for the primer coat32
March 10, 2024A repair was required for one of the TWELVE maingear wheels33
March 10, 2024The decal sheet, including engine auxiliary air intake doors - I wasn't happy with the colours of the rondels, so ordered a couple of sets of UkAF isignia from Modelmex.34
March 10, 2024I sprayed the undersides Insignia White 71-279 and topsides RuAF Grey n.8, clearcoated after 2 days with Klear/Pledge and applied decals.35
March 10, 2024Another coat of Klear/Pledge then weathered with AK oil pencils then Satin Varnish 26-519 topcoat. However this was too glossy to my eye, so I eventually applied a final coat of AV Matt Acrylic Varnish 26-518. Much better!36
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March 10, 2024That's my 1/144 stash built, now we can commence the 1/72 builds...........
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