1/72 - Tupolev Tu-2/T "Bat" by ICM - released - new Tu-2S Sabrekits boxings in 2024

[Homebee]

ICM is to release a new variant from its 1/72nd Tupolev Tu-2 "Bat" kit ( ref.72031 - https://icm.com.ua/aviation/tu-2s-2/), as Tu-2T - Soviet torpedo plane - ref. 72030

Source: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ICM72030

 

 

 

V.P.

 

Edited January 7, 2024 by Homebee

[Piotr Mikolajski]

This could be a rebox / update of their old 1997 Tu-2 / Tu-2S kit (#72031).

I hope it will be a brand new kit, as the old one is already 25 years old and has not aged well.

 

[warhawk]

6 hours ago, Piotr Mikolajski said:

I hope it will be a brand new kit, as the old one is already 25 years old and has not aged well.

 

Is there anything wrong with it, apart from mold being worn out?

[JWM]

I think this is a post WW2 variant of torpedo-bomber. I do not know- was it used in Korea?  It could be interesting, if the ICM will release next variants of Tu-2, perhaps the V-engine Tu-10?

Still I do hope for a release of Tupolev R-6 by ICM or anybody else.

Regards

J-W

 

[LN-KEH]

There is a Tu-2T on display at the Bulgarian Airforce Museum in Plovdiv.

https://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/pages/tu-2/misos/bulgaria/bulgaria.htm

I have also visited the museum and should be able to dig out a walk-around series.

Plovdiv is a nice city with a long history and a good model aircraft shop.

 

I think there was a Tu-2T kit released by AML that was based on the ICM mouldings with additional resin parts and decals. 

[Piotr Mikolajski]

6 hours ago, warhawk said:

Is there anything wrong with it, apart from mold being worn out?

 

It depends how you look at the kit, or rather the Tu-2 kits in 1/72. Basically we only have two - the ICM from 1997 and the Hobby Boss from 2013. That is, we really only have the ICM, because the Hobby Boss is really very simple.

 

On the one hand, it's been 25 years and it would be nice to have a modern model, with better detail, taking into account the different versions of the plane, including the UTB trainer.

On the other hand, I realize that the Tu-2 is a niche aircraft and such an investment could take a long time to pay off, and there are still many much more profitable subjects that can be done in 1/72.

 

As for the plastic itself, I don't think there is anything to complain about accuracy. I can no longer remember the name of the modeller who prepared the designs for ICM, but they were done based on the best available data. He even showed on some Russian-language forum the whole process of preparing the model, because in the days before CAD it was done by hand.

 

Since ICM writes about the Tu-2T release, I think the contents of the box may look like this model. That is, a sprue with torpedoes will be added to the Tu-2 part.

 

 

Edited December 25, 2021 by Piotr Mikolajski
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[KRK4m]

9 hours ago, JWM said:

I think this is a post WW2 variant of torpedo-bomber. I do not know- was it used in Korea? 

It could be interesting, if the ICM will release next variants of Tu-2, perhaps the V-engine Tu-10?

The only WW2 variants built in any numbers (so excluding the single prototypes) were the original Tu-2 (M-82), Tu-2S (ASh-82FN), Tu-2U (trainer, 134 built, majority post-WW2) and Tu-2R (22m-span recce, 20 built). 

The Tu-2T (long-span torpedo bomber),  Tu-10 (AM-39, 25 built), Tu-6 (standard-span recce, 50 built) and UTB (ASh-21, wide-nosed trainer, 176 built) were post-war variants.

Cheers

Michael

[JWM]

5 hours ago, Piotr Mikolajski said:

Basically we only have two - the ICM from 1997 and the Hobby Boss from 2013.

There was the third one - a very poor kit of Tu-2 by Plasticart (GDR) . I agree that ICM/Encore/... kit is the best as yet

regards

J-W
 

[oggy4u]

 I wonder if this kit will be a late production version with the  the four bladed prop and the single side window for the ventral gunner ? 

[Homebee]

Expected in June 2022 - ref. 72030 - Tupolev Tu-2T "Bat" - Soviet torpedo plane

Source: https://icm.com.ua/aviation/tu-2t-soviet-torpedo-plane/

Instructions: file:///C:/Users/jean.luc/Downloads/Instruction%20(1).pdf

 

 

 

 

V.P.

Edited January 7, 2024 by Homebee

[Homebee]

Released - ref. 72030 - Tupolev Tu-2T "Bat" - Soviet torpedo plane

Source: https://icm.com.ua/aviation/tu-2t-soviet-torpedo-plane/

Instructions: https://icm.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/72030_instr_210x290-1.pdf

 

 

V.P.

Edited January 7, 2024 by Homebee

[Homebee]

In box review in your favourite forum

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235112240-tupolev-tu-2t-torpedo-bomber-72030-172

 

V.P.

[Homebee]

New boxing by Sabrekits with new 3D printed four-blades propeller - ref. SBK7035 - Tupolev Tu-2S "Bat" - Polish and Hungarian AF.

Release expected in December 2023 2024.

Sources: 

https://www.facebook.com/Sabrekits.cz/posts/pfbid02NSHsm1cq1tnxEPivRi7ef67Twd2KmbacgekUxi9EYBR9NtEvKTdGyr6FLYXpmzkSl

https://www.facebook.com/Sabrekits.cz/posts/pfbid0262xjH6qrJz7iefE6BPdBni9YPNW8iFxcx1YDHG6G9LW27p6ExFRy87Bt4Nda4vDRl

https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/modelling/tupolev-tu-2s-poland-hungary-sabrekits-sbk7035-200304.html

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SBK7035

 

 

 

 

 

V.P.

Edited January 7, 2024 by Homebee

[alt-92]

Paging @Corsairfoxfouruncle - Polish! One side window!  Four blade prop!  

[Piotr Mikolajski]

Polish Aviation Museum in Cracow would probably have a few comments on the marking scheme from the box.

 

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

6 hours ago, alt-92 said:

Paging @Corsairfoxfouruncle - Polish! One side window!  Four blade prop!  

Hmmm good looking plane and would be a nice addition to my Polish A.F. Collection. Will need to see about shipping and maybe order it if SWMBO says everything is good. 

[Homebee]

New boxing in 2024 - ref. SBK7038 - Tupolev Tu-2 "Bat"  - China, Indonesia & North Korea

Source: https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/modelling/tupolev-tu-2-china-n-korea-sabrekits-sbk7036-200305.html

 

 

V.P.

Edited January 12, 2024 by Homebee

[Homebee]

Released - - ref. SBK7035 - Tupolev Tu-2S "Bat" - Polish and Hungarian AF

https://www.mn-modelar.com/128452

 

 

V.P.