Andy350 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 First one in a very long while, I picked this as I wanted something to practice on, that if it went really bad it wouldn't really have mattered. I was a very nice build which went together really well. My only problem was with the decals, they were so soft, wouldn't come off the backing, then they split. Horrible, so much so that I'm put off from building ICM again, at least there were only a handful of 'em. 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Beautiful build! The Tu144 is one of my favourites. I'll be building another one of these soon, but adding some resin jetpipes and aftermarket decals to build RA-77114 (the NASA Tu144LL) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Despite your problems with the decal your Tu-144 looks great. I have the kit in my stash as well but in a Revell box. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Beautiful model! The white base coat is lovely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy350 Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 Thanks everyone for the comments, it felt like building the concorde again. Some aftermarket parts would look nice, but I just light the white clean look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 1 hour ago, BerndM said: Despite your problems with the decal your Tu-144 looks great. I have the kit in my stash as well but in a Revell box. i wish Revell still made them... much better decals than ICM. They should do a rebox for the early Tu144Ss, like CCCP77101 in its red stripe scheme or CCCP77102 in the 1973 scheme 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy350 Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, Adam Poultney said: i wish Revell still made them... much better decals than ICM. They should do a rebox for the early Tu144Ss, like CCCP77101 in its red stripe scheme or CCCP77102 in the 1973 scheme I would love the early version in a red stripe scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, Andy350 said: I would love the early version in a red stripe scheme. no aftermarket I could find for it, only for the same scheme as CCCP-77102. If I could find any I'd have bought decals for that for my upcoming build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger350Pilot Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Hi Andy... Well, that went well...hopefully better than you expected. Sure looks like it went well. Nice job on a great "practice" build. It's inspiring to read and see someone's project that "if it doesn't go well" no harm done. We ALL should practice more on projects like that. Thank you for sharing, and for the inspiration. Nice build, indeed! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 That looks really good. I have the Revell boxing. You cannot use the ICM/Revell Tu144 kit to make one of the early prototypes - which were virtually a different aircraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 (edited) 58 minutes ago, Eric Mc said: 58 minutes ago, Eric Mc said: You cannot use the ICM/Revell Tu144 kit to make one of the early prototypes - which were virtually a different aircraft. certainly not CCCP68001, but it will build any other Tu144 from CCCP77101 to CCCP77115 Edited May 5, 2021 by Adam Poultney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Adam Poultney said: certainly not CCCP68001, but it will build any other Tu144 from CCCP77101 to CCCP77115 Is this an alternative for the ICM decals: https://dukmodell.com/Modellbauzubehoer/Decals/Flugzeuge/1-144/Avia-Decals/Tupolev-Tu-144-1-144::9556.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 35 minutes ago, BerndM said: Is this an alternative for the ICM decals: https://dukmodell.com/Modellbauzubehoer/Decals/Flugzeuge/1-144/Avia-Decals/Tupolev-Tu-144-1-144::9556.html out of stock everywhere I looked. I bought these for mine: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/BZD412?result-token=OWqRw 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Beautiful Tupolev Tu-144! Saluti Giampiero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 That looks lovely, very very nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy350 Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 1 minute ago, F-32 said: That looks lovely, very very nice work Many thanks, it was a lovely model to build, forgetting the decals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 great white big and fast one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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