Flankerman Posted March 8, 2016 Posted March 8, 2016 I'm calling it finished.... it's an Academy B-29 painted as a Tu-4 Bull with a Modelsvit Tu-91 Boot attached as an engine testbed - it really did exist - as shown in this photo....A lot of hacking, filling and sanding later......Because I used Milliput to form the rear end of the cut-down Tu-91 fuselage, it is very tail heavy - so I had to fit a support prop under the Tu-4 tail.I reckon if they removed the turboprop engine and put a few seats in the Tu-91, they could have made a neat passenger version of the Tu-4 My attempt at repicating the photos of the real thing......Comments welcome - more photos of the build are hereI'm going for a lie down in a dark room now.....Ken 46
BritJet Posted March 8, 2016 Posted March 8, 2016 Well done Ken, there's not going to be many of those around! All the hard work has certainly paid off. Enjoy the lie down..... Steve
jckspratt1 Posted March 8, 2016 Posted March 8, 2016 Just had a look at your 'Flankers' site' page on this. What an amazing job - and daring (and imaginative) choice of subject. It helps that it came out beautifully.
Max Headroom Posted March 8, 2016 Posted March 8, 2016 Wonderful result of a quite nutty prototype. Trevor
adrianm2 Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 That`s brilliant Kent. Enlightening us once again. Adrian 1
stevej60 Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 That,s something you don't see everyday! Outstanding work Ken,and a flawless conversion too
Duncan B Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 A very nice model of an interesting subject, as others have said you won't see many of these around. I can't help wondering why the Russians went to the trouble of fitting the complete Tu-91 forward airframe including glazing when they just wanted to test the engine! Duncan B
Spitfire31 Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 Superb modelling and a pedagogic tour-de-force! The inteventiveness of the Russians never fails to astound… Kind regards, Joachim
Flankerman Posted March 9, 2016 Author Posted March 9, 2016 A very nice model of an interesting subject, as others have said you won't see many of these around. I can't help wondering why the Russians went to the trouble of fitting the complete Tu-91 forward airframe including glazing when they just wanted to test the engine! Duncan B My thoughts exactly. There are few details about it - in fact it was the publication of Yefim Gordon's / Schiffer hardback book that brought it to my attention. He had previously mentioned it in his Red Star Tu-4 softback, but only published three actual photos in the Schiffer book. There are so many questions that it raises - how many flights were made? - how did the Tu-4 handle that assymetric thrust? - was the Tu-91 cockpit fully fitted out? - if so was it manned for the flights?? - if not - how was the Tu-91's TV-2M turboprop controlled? All fascinating stuff. Ken 1
batcode Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 very strange looking bird!!! nice work looks great and nice to see something different...
TonyTiger91 Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 Wow! That looks extremely impressive. Absolutely fascinating choice of subject and very nicely made. Well done
moaning dolphin Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 Very well finished, one heck of a weird beast but you have caught the lines very well. Well done indeed! Bob
Dave N Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 Flawless execution of a unique subject- very well done!
Viking Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Totally love this! Fascinating on many levels as a subject and beautifully executed as a model. Cheers John
Mike DeTorrice Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Wonderful job on this rare machine ! Certainly a fascinating engine test-bed aircraft. Mike
Learstang Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Now there's one you don't see every day, Ken! I doubt at your local IPMS show someone's going to walk by the table muttering 'Not another one...'. Great job! Regards, Jason
Housesparrow Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 I've modeled the Tu-95KM in 3D, so I am familiar with the Tu-4 story, though this weird twist is new to me.
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