Being bashed ! Italeri 1/72 Tupolev tu22 Blinder

[Guest]

Wow that's looking so good Tony. Your replacement leg is way better than the original one.

Cheers

Patrick

[papa 695]

Great work on the wheels and undercarrage Tony loving this thread

[Vaughan]

That's some fantastic scratch building Tony and on such a small scale! I don't know how you do it you must have the patients of a saint.

Vaughan

[yak face]

What was i saying about the nose leg not needing much doing?!!!!!!!! It turns out its another totally fictitious piece of kit, so ive had to re-model it quite a bit! As you can see in the pic ,[ATTACH]44453.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]44452.vB[/ATTACH]the wheels were way too far apart and too far back, the scissor link was on the front instead of the back, the retraction jack was the wrong angle and shape, there are two struts either side missing , along with various lumps and bumps . Ive done all the alterations ,apart from the brake line which ill be adding next ,before a black wash and fixing the wheels on.[ATTACH]44454.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]44455.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]44456.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]44457.vB[/ATTACH]There are also a couple of pics of the main legs now theyre done, again with a bit of muckying via a black wash.[ATTACH]44459.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]44458.vB[/ATTACH]The maddening bit is , the aircraft is virtually finished but the undercarriage has been holding it up (ha ha , i made a joke!) but now it shouldnt be long before i can get it completed. cheers tony

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[Guest]

what you meant was undercarriage wasnt holding it up lol

apart from the bad jokes you is doin it massive,awesome mate

mobear

[papa 695]

Great work Tony

[colin m]

I know the reason behind the hold up, you just wanted a '10 page build' didn't you ? You've done so much work on the undercarriage, which is looking great, this model is going to have to live on a mirror.

[yak face]

I know the reason behind the hold up, you just wanted a '10 page build' didn't you ? You've done so much work on the undercarriage, which is looking great, this model is going to have to live on a mirror.

AH , rumbled!!! you got me bang to rights colin!! Its been a long time in the build hasnt it though? I just havent had much spare time lately, i really want to get it done now, its stopping me from doing other things (CAC Boomerang , sopwith 1 1/2 strutter etc.) that i want to get moving.Hopefully i'll be able to get in the shed this weekend and finish it , cheers tony

[Guest]

Tony just catching up on this,amazing rework on the landing gear!

[Guest]

Not seen a 10 pager for a while,

you do take this quite serios dont you or has mick sent you a load of pics to keep you busy???

Martin

[yak face]

At last the undercarriage is done and on , and its nearly ready to stand on its own 3 feet! All thats left now is a final misting over with matt varnish , and attaching the clear parts under the nose and various aerials and the IFR probe. The biggest headache is going to be finding somewhere to put it. Heres a few pics of the undercarriage in situ , cheers tony

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[Guest]

That's looking excellent Tony! Those 'holes' work really well. This has been a quality build.

Cheers

Patrick

[Guest]

The NMF and the landing gear look superb Tony!

[Guest]

fantastic tony first rate landing gear looks awesome

mobear

[Guest]

thank looks sweet

Martin