John R Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Whilst looking at one of my pictures to check a minor detail on the missile rails I was horrified (open the gas oven!) to see that contrary to the instructions in the kit the wing fences were not directly over the outboard missile rails. A check on General Melchetts TU 128 thread showed the same 'mistake'. I then looked at the reply to my previous thread about the intakes and in the photo of the production Tu 128 the fences are positioned above the rails so the kit and the General are OK. As I am building a model of the prototype can anyone tell me if it started as shown in the photo or does represent a later experimental configuration? As far as I can tell the rail is in the same position for both versions John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flankerman Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Whilst looking at one of my pictures to check a minor detail on the missile rails I was horrified (open the gas oven!) to see that contrary to the instructions in the kit the wing fences were not directly over the outboard missile rails.A check on General Melchetts TU 128 thread showed the same 'mistake'. I then looked at the reply to my previous thread about the intakes and in the photo of the production Tu 128 the fences are positioned above the rails so the kit and the General are OK. As I am building a model of the prototype can anyone tell me if it started as shown in the photo or does represent a later experimental configuration? As far as I can tell the rail is in the same position for both versions John John, Well spotted !!! The Tu-128 at Minino is a prototype - and I've just been browsing through Yefim Gordon's 'Soviet Heavy Interceptors' - which shows a few photos of early batch Tu-128's with 'offset' outer pylons. Later production variants have 'in-line' pylons - but there is nothing specific in the text to explain it. The only thing I can find is "Modifications were made to the inboard wing portions, the APU-128 pylons and many other items" Have fun !!! Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Check it out - scans from original manuals http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/b737/album/180976/? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) Veeeeery lengthy thread, all in Russian, with some rate shots from private albums http://aviaforum.ru/showthread.php?t=14155 Most of these guys are former Tu-128 pilots-operators-ground personnel Tu-128 gallery from the same forum http://aviaforum.ru/showthread.php?t=23025 Here the missile rail and wing fence are in line http://aviaforum.ru/attachment.php?attachm...mp;d=1243109388 Edited February 29, 2012 by Pin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Pin, Thank you. The first link I already have from an answer to an earlier query. These two links come up as unavailable http://aviaforum.ru/showthread.php?t=14155 http://aviaforum.ru/showthread.php?t=23025 Ken, I went looking in my copy of 'Soviet Heavy Interceptors' and in the process found an answer to a question I was about to ask. 'Is there any anhedral on the tail' as the place where the tailplanes meet the fuselage is angled downward and the kit gives no clues. In fact there is DIHEDRAL... Urr! something else to be removed and adjusted. Should have looked there first. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Try again - I corrected the links Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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