YURY Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 The Tupolev Tu-4 (NATO reporting name: Bull) was a piston-engined Soviet strategic bomber that served the Soviet Air Force from the late 1940s to mid-1960s. It was reverse-engineered from the American Boeing B-29 Superfortress. 53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Nice work Yury, impressive metal paintwork Is it reverse-engineered from the Academy kit? Cheers, Stew 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YURY Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 Да Спасибо 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh G Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Cool. I read about a time when Tu-4s and B-29s encountered each other, but nothing happened because most of the airmen thought the other planes were their squadronmates 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy1988 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Beautiful! Was the kit actually of a T-4, or is it simply a Superfortress with Russian markings applied? -Gregory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YURY Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 26 minutes ago, Josh G said: Cool. I read about a time when Tu-4s and B-29s encountered each other, but nothing happened because most of the airmen thought the other planes were their squadronmates changed guns, changed the engines and other things 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YURY Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 27 minutes ago, Josh G said: Cool. I read about a time when Tu-4s and B-29s encountered each other, but nothing happened because most of the airmen thought the other planes were their squadronmates not read about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YURY Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Stew Dapple said: Nice work Yury, impressive metal paintwork Is it reverse-engineered from the Academy kit? Cheers, Stew Academy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redboost Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Nice kit! Reversed-enegineering is pretty decent expression for something what has been stolen:-) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YURY Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 7 minutes ago, Redboost said: Nice kit! Reversed-enegineering is pretty decent expression for something what has been stolen:-) By order of Stalin to make the plane... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfinished project Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Fantastic NMF and superb photographic skills too 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YURY Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 6 minutes ago, Unfinished project said: Fantastic NMF and superb photographic skills too 👍 Спасибо! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fot0 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Excellent model 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YURY Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 1 minute ago, fot0 said: Отличная модель SPASIBO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flankerman Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Reversed-enegineering is pretty decent expression for something what has been stolen:-) A few facts....... 1. At the time, the Soviets were our allies. 2 They had a non-agression pact with the Japanese - which meant that more Soviet troops could be sent to the Europeam theatre - thus helping the western allies. 3. Under the terms of the non-aggression pact, the Soviets were obliged to intern any aircraft and crews that landed in the Soviet Union from raids on Japan. 4. The Soviets secretely allowed the B-29 bomber crews to 'escape' via Iran. 5 They kept 3 B-29's and reverse-engineered one of them - converting all the parts (skin panels etc) to metric units - thus the Tu-4 was slightly heavier than a B-29. 6 The engines were replaced with Soviet ASh-73TK piston engines and the .50 cal guns with 23mm cannons. So the Tu-4 wasn't an exact copy of a B-29 - despite the stories about the dumb Soviets even copying the bullet holes. Ken PS - Didn't the US reverse-engineer a 'stolen' V2 rocket?? 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YURY Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 33 minutes ago, Flankerman said: A few facts....... 1. At the time, the Soviets were our allies. 2 They had a non-agression pact with the Japanese - which meant that more Soviet troops could be sent to the Europeam theatre - thus helping the western allies. 3. Under the terms of the non-aggression pact, the Soviets were obliged to intern any aircraft and crews that landed in the Soviet Union from raids on Japan. 4. The Soviets secretely allowed the B-29 bomber crews to 'escape' via Iran. 5 They kept 3 B-29's and reverse-engineered one of them - converting all the parts (skin panels etc) to metric units - thus the Tu-4 was slightly heavier than a B-29. 6 The engines were replaced with Soviet ASh-73TK piston engines and the .50 cal guns with 23mm cannons. So the Tu-4 wasn't an exact copy of a B-29 - despite the stories about the dumb Soviets even copying the bullet holes. Ken PS - Didn't the US reverse-engineer a 'stolen' V2 rocket?? 2 hours ago, Redboost said: Хороший комплект! Обращенная инженерия - довольно приличное выражение для того, что было украдено 🙂 35 minutes ago, Flankerman said: A few facts....... 1. At the time, the Soviets were our allies. 2 They had a non-agression pact with the Japanese - which meant that more Soviet troops could be sent to the Europeam theatre - thus helping the western allies. 3. Under the terms of the non-aggression pact, the Soviets were obliged to intern any aircraft and crews that landed in the Soviet Union from raids on Japan. 4. The Soviets secretely allowed the B-29 bomber crews to 'escape' via Iran. 5 They kept 3 B-29's and reverse-engineered one of them - converting all the parts (skin panels etc) to metric units - thus the Tu-4 was slightly heavier than a B-29. 6 The engines were replaced with Soviet ASh-73TK piston engines and the .50 cal guns with 23mm cannons. So the Tu-4 wasn't an exact copy of a B-29 - despite the stories about the dumb Soviets even copying the bullet holes. Ken PS - Didn't the US reverse-engineer a 'stolen' V2 rocket?? It was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YURY Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 43 minutes ago, Flankerman said: A few facts....... 1. At the time, the Soviets were our allies. 2 They had a non-agression pact with the Japanese - which meant that more Soviet troops could be sent to the Europeam theatre - thus helping the western allies. 3. Under the terms of the non-aggression pact, the Soviets were obliged to intern any aircraft and crews that landed in the Soviet Union from raids on Japan. 4. The Soviets secretely allowed the B-29 bomber crews to 'escape' via Iran. 5 They kept 3 B-29's and reverse-engineered one of them - converting all the parts (skin panels etc) to metric units - thus the Tu-4 was slightly heavier than a B-29. 6 The engines were replaced with Soviet ASh-73TK piston engines and the .50 cal guns with 23mm cannons. So the Tu-4 wasn't an exact copy of a B-29 - despite the stories about the dumb Soviets even copying the bullet holes. Ken PS - Didn't the US reverse-engineer a 'stolen' V2 rocket?? Personally, my opinion is that to take all the best in the world and translate it into a finished thing is a talent and it does not matter who did it: Chinese, American or Russian! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Very impressive, really nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Hothersall Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Very nice build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YURY Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 35 minutes ago, F-32 said: Very impressive, really nice work Your evaluation is very important to me 23 minutes ago, Ryan Hothersall said: Very nice build. SPASIBO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Flankerman said: A few facts....... They kept 3 B-29's and reverse-engineered one of them - converting all the parts (skin panels etc) to metric units - thus the Tu-4 was slightly heavier than a B-29 wasn't the B-29 based bleeding edge high strength lightweight alloys and Soviet without being able to copy those alloys? About 340 kg!! ......................... Impressive Built, huge fan of your work, cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YURY Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, tomthounaojam said: wasn't the B-29 based bleeding edge high strength lightweight alloys and Soviet without being able to copy those alloys? About 340 kg!! ......................... Impressive Built, huge fan of your work, cheers. Alloys were, but the machines capable of producing such a thin sheet of metal was not((( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YURY Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 6 minutes ago, RMCS said: превосходный SPASIBO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh G Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 On 1/9/2019 at 12:51 PM, YURY said: not read about this It was in a book called By Any Means Necessary about Cold War reconnaissance; whether it's 100 per cent true or not who knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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