Being bashed ! Italeri 1/72 Tupolev tu22 Blinder

[papa 695]

Tony some great work throughout the whole build looking great, nearly at the end now. The idea of painting the holes on the wheels is a great one and should look fine

[yak face]

Thanks everyone for your replies .Heres the beast with the masking removed and a coat of klear applied to seal everything ready for decals and weathering. I sprayed the wheel discs through a template to simulate the 12 holes but had to go over the marks with a felt tip pen as they were a bit fuzzy.BTW , ian , thanks for the suggestion but the discs are only 8 mm in diameter i dont think my dividers will cope going that small , or my eyesight!!!LOL The next job was to drill a hole in the centre and glue a piece of plastic card at the back (8 times!).Once the disc is glued onto the kit wheel (you can see how wrong it is in the pic) it should look about right. cheers tony

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[Vaughan]

Tony fantastic painting it looks really clean and crisp. Some nice detail going on there.

Vaughan

[InFlames]

That's looking really sharp! I guess I'll have to build mine one day

[yak face]

Thanks vaughan , seb .,I'll be posting some more updates later , cheers tony

[yak face]

Decals on , ready now for a bit of weathering , and final coat of semi matt to seal it all in. I put the yak 38 (in the same scale) at the side to show the size of it, they were a big bird! cheers tony

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[yak face]

Wheels!

Heres a before and after with the finished wheel and the kit one. The plastic card disc has had the 12 holes painted on and the middle drilled out and a plastic card piece glued behind , the finished result is not exactly eduard aftermarket but itll do in this scale! All ive got to do now is another 7 !!!!! cheers tony

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[Guest]

yours look so much better than the OOB ones first rate

mobear

ps good luck on other 7 lol

[yak face]

Cheers ole , ive also got to alter the main undercarriage legs to make the wheels closer together , its never ending!!!LOL !! cheers tony

[yak face]

The wheels are now all done , so theres just the small matter of the undercarriage legs being wildly inaccurate!! As can be seen in the pics the kit legs are totally bogus! They are too wide ,the wrong shape and the wheel axles are too far apart, add to this missing linkages etc and its just something i couldnt ignore. I chopped off the dodgy bottom bit and made a pair of replacements with the axles in the right place , i will be using the kit linkages plus some scratchbuilt ones and a pair of scratched scissor links .[ATTACH]44093.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]44094.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]44095.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]44096.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]44097.vB[/ATTACH] The scissor links were made by folding a thick piece of wine foil in half then marking two lines on the fold , and marking on these lines the places where the holes needed drilling. Do this on a hard surface such as a piece of wood or mdf ,if you do it on a cutting mat it will deform the fairly soft foil. Once the holes are drilled all thats left is to cut out the link , remembering that youre only cutting one half . When cut and opened out you have a scissor link with identical matching halves , just be careful you dont cut the thinnest bit too thin (dont worry if you stuff it up- a single wine foil should do loads ,and theyre easily available and fun to obtain!!!!HIC!!) heres the pics[ATTACH]44098.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]44099.vB[/ATTACH]

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[Dave W]

Im very impressed with the wheels and scissor/torque links Tony.Your obviously a man with steady hands and vast ammounts of patience!.I look forward to seeing the finished model.

[Guest]

aircraft model designer tony! well thats what i`m calling you from now on,i`m just soooooooo impressed

mobear

[yak face]

One leg done , ready for painting. Various bits have been added and it looks 100 % better than the kit version (end pic). cheers tony

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[Guest]

looks like a proper leg and not the cheating one lol well done mate

mobear

[colin m]

It's been a while since I checked up on this and it is looking great. I really like the work on the gear.