Being bashed ! Italeri 1/72 Tupolev tu22 Blinder

[yak face]

Deja Vu anyone? This is the fourth load of green stuff and probably wont be the last, but its getting there ,and i think ive got rid of the dip on the spine above the plug. Back to the sanding stick!! tony

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Finally! After Fill,sand, prime and repeat about 7 times , i reckon its smooth enough. Ive re-scribed the missing panel lines and hopefully it wont show when the aluminium paint goes on later . The next bit is just as bad- the engines . The kit has the engines way too far apart so the job in hand is to make them closer together by some sort of surgery , probably involving saws.drills, files and a cartload of filler again!!! tony

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[Guest]

Tony thats some serious body work,looks like you tackled it though! Might need to buy the green stuff in bulk next time!

[papa 695]

Looks very good to me, but like you say the alclad will show any faults. So now its back to more surgery are you a massacist Tony ? ha ha

[yak face]

Hi all, some serious bashing being done on the engines now, As the kit ones are too far apart theres only one thing to do, and thats cut away the mounting and make them closer together , before plastering in filler!!! I think ill have to do one side at a time ,as the tail might be a bit delicate if i cut away both sides at once. The engines themselves are going to need a bit of alteration too, theyre a bit too long and theres a few lumps that shouldnt be there. heres the pics

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[papa 695]

Looking good Tony but rather you than me, and i'm sure that you will thettle it

[Vaughan]

Your a brave man Tony. I hope your not going to use the big saw!! Keep the good work up.

Vaughan

[yak face]

Your a brave man Tony. I hope your not going to use the big saw!! Keep the good work up.Vaughan

The 14" tenon saw is what i used vaughan!!! The razor saw wasnt long enough . Seemed really strange though, taking a woodworking saw to a kit, who knows maybe i might need the hammer and chisel soon as well !!!!cheers tony

[Guest]

Wow nice going with the fix Tony!

[Guest]

I am sure this patient will come out of the operation with a great figure! Awesome "plastic surgery".

[yak face]

Latest progress on the blinder- not much really!! Ive cut 12mm off the right hand engine and sanded off the lumps and bumps. This has been glued to the opening , but backwards as the engine looks right that way. Its also been put further back than the kit would have you put it . the engine now needs to be blended in to the fuselage as again ,the kit is incorrect in this area. Ive included a pic with both engines to show the difference , the right side is the modified one , the left is the original kit item placed in the original position . So , next step is out with the milliput to blend the nacelle , and when everythings set , its out with the tenon saw again for the other side!!! The kit needs quite a bit more bashing as its very inaccurate (remember the build of the trumpeter MiG 17!!!? its about as bad!!), im no rivet counter but it has to look something like a blinder! , cheers tony

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[stona]

Bloody hell Tony,what did they measure when they made the molds for the kit? It seems they weren't even close! Nice work to fix it.

Cheers

Steve

[yak face]

Bloody hell Tony,what did they measure when they made the molds for the kit? It seems they weren't even close! Nice work to fix it.Cheers

Steve

Therein lies the answer steve! They didnt measure anything!!!!! When this kit was tooled (originally by esci i think) the cold war was still very much on, so any sort of information on any soviet bloc hardware (no matter how old or outdated , like the tu 22!) was not available. I think the kit makers just gave it their best shot from looking at a few poor photographs, hence the inaccuracies like the engines and the fuselage being about 20 scale feet too short. Im not going to start counting rivets but i want it to at least look right !! cheers tony

[Guest]

This is not for the feint hearted lol!