Dazzio Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Hello Everyone, I was going to add a ship into this goup build, but I couldn't find a ship I liked the look off. I did think about the Typhoon, but ruled it out. I was then going to get one of the Sovremenny class ships as I have been playing alot of WarGame Red Dragon the last few days, but haven't been bothered to get one yet, yeah I know I am lazy. So looking at my stash, and I noticed I have lots of Russian things in 1/144. I haven't seen any Bears yet, which I really find surprising! So I thought I would join in with that, nothing fancy, just getting the bugger done OOB too. So onto the pictures... I bought this a little while ago after I came back to the hobby, I'm pretty sure this was in an end of year sale for ModelZone. I've had it stored ever since then just waiting for an excuse to build it. Horizontal split for the fuselage, haven't seen that since the Airfix 1/72 Buccaneer I built when I was 8 I think? Was part of a Gulf War set with the Jaguar. Anyhow, this kit doesn't look like it has too many parts to it. Shouldn't take too long to build. Wing tops and engine pod things... not much to see here. It is really strange the part breakdown of this model... I even have the raised copyright notice on the wings, gonna have to get rid of that. Still not 100% sure what version to do, although I guess they are pratically the same with little changed here or there. If I get this one done in time (which I will be shocked if I don't) I will add something else from my 1/144 collection. More to come soon! Kind Regards, Dazz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortyEighter Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 An interesting choice - it would look good in flight being shadowed by a pair of western fighters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzio Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 The strange thing is, you can only built it with the wheels down. Very odd huh? I'll give it some thought tho. Don't think I have anything from the 70's that would've intercepted this. Maybe a starfighter??... Kind Regards, Dazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Good choice What about a Phantom intercept ? Martin H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Welcome aboard Dazz. This is the first Tupolev aircraft in the GB And even though it flies, it is still somewhat naval related Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny jaguar and the jets Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Good choice, sir! I am sure this will be a great addition to your 1/144 theme! Looking forward to the build, and good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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