Zvezda 1/144 Tupolev Tu 160 'Blackjack'

[yak face]

Here at last is the finished Tu 160 'Blackjack'. This is the Zvezda 1/144 kit and is a lovely build and a good size even in this scale ,being about 15" across the wings. It is in the markings of bort no 03 named after 2 times Hero of the Soviet Union , Pavel Taran. Taran was a bomber pilot during the war completing over 300 missions. Ive done a couple of pics with aircraft of the same scale to give a bit of perspective , a BF 109 and a MiG 21 pf . Thanks for looking , comments criticisms ,observations welcome , cheers tony

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[Ian M]

Wicked good! And er, large!!!

Great job Tony.

Five more big red stars to the collection!

Ian M

[Guest]

And even at 144 scale it's a really big bird!. Nice to see that I can still read in cyrillic.

[Gern]

Beautiful as always Tony. I can see why you like these Russian 'planes!

Gern

[Dave W]

Great build Tony.Looks really impressive.

[flyjoe180]

Awesome work Tony, despite all the wash problems it has come out nicely, top build.

[Guest]

Superb Tony

[colin m]

Great job Tony. It's difficult photographing something this big, but I can still see the surface detail stand out nicely. Did you highlight the panel lines in any way ?

[papa 695]

Another great build from you Tony 5 stars from me. Are you taking it to Newark ?

[geegad]

a beast from the east..yop work

[yak face]

Great job Tony. It's difficult photographing something this big, but I can still see the surface detail stand out nicely. Did you highlight the panel lines in any way ?

Cheers colin , yes i had a 'mare with the panel lines , took ages to get the right balance , not too much but for the scale enough to be seen , cheers tony

[yak face]

Another great build from you Tony 5 stars from me. Are you taking it to Newark ?

cheers Ian , no i think i'm taking something a bit smaller. tony

[Guest]

That's one cool-looking bird! The size of the thing.........WOW!

[Guest]

I would like to see one of these in 1/48 or am I just mad

[colin m]

I would like to see one of these in 1/48 or am I just mad

You may well be !