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1/144 - Tupolev Tu-95 "Bear" by Zvezda (plastic Revell) - released


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Zvezda is to rebox for the Russian domestic market only the Revell's 1/144th Tupolev Tu-95 "Bear" kit - ref. 7015

Sources: 

https://www.facebook.com/Zvezda.ModelKits/posts/2709770682459052

https://zvezda.org.ru/catalog/sbornye_modeli/aviatsiya/poslevoennaya_i_sovremennaya_aviation/sovetskiy_strategicheskiy_bombardirovshchik_tu_95/

 

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Еще одна приятная новость - долгожданный перевыпуск модели Ту-95 в масштабе 1/144 наконец состоялся!

Этот набор - перепаковка модели Ту-95РЦ от фирмы Revell.

Рекомендованная розничная цена - 1 990 рублей.

Набор уже доступен на нашем сайте и в нашем фирменном магазине "Звезда-хобби"!

Эта модель будет продаваться только на отечественном рынке.

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I built one of these when it first came out, about 28 years ago. It goes together nicely but apparently has some accuracy issues - the fuselage is said to be too wide - however it still looked the part to me at the time and if you want a Tu-95 (as opposed to Tu-142 - which I converted my Tu-95 to all those years ago) with a glass nose it's still the only one available. And it'll probably be cheaper than the Trumpeter kit. 

 

New tool would be nice though.

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In my opinion a "new and up-to-date" Tu-95/142 series in 1/144 scale is a must project for Zvezda.

After their excellent Tu-154, 134, Il-62 and 76 I had hopes for a re-focus on some bombers, the above mentioned Bear family and a Myasishchev M-4/ 3M.

For the moment we only have a re-box of an old-ish and not so well rated kit... I can only accept this if they are secretly working on all the airplanes above plus the Tu-114, Tu-104 and Il-18.

 

Regards,    

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4 hours ago, mack said:

In my opinion a "new and up-to-date" Tu-95/142 series in 1/144 scale is a must project for Zvezda.

After their excellent Tu-154, 134, Il-62 and 76 I had hopes for a re-focus on some bombers, the above mentioned Bear family and a Myasishchev M-4/ 3M.

For the moment we only have a re-box of an old-ish and not so well rated kit... I can only accept this if they are secretly working on all the airplanes above plus the Tu-114, Tu-104 and Il-18.

 

Regards,    

A good 1/144 Tu-22M-2/3 would be nice as well.

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This one’s been reissued several times, including by Zvezda in 2013 (new decals). Accuracy wise, there are a few shape issues including a too-wide wing root and oddly angled engine nacelles, apparently the fuselage might be too wide but I haven’t checked. Komplect Zip released an accurate resin replacement engine/nacelle/prop set for the kit, still available from NeOmega Resin here in the UK. For it’s time (1992) it builds up to a pretty reasonable representation of a Bear D, we need a new one though.

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