Zvezda 1/144 Tupolev Tu 160 'Blackjack'

[yak face]

Here at last is the finished Tu 160 'Blackjack'. This is the Zvezda 1/144 kit and is a lovely build and a good size even in this scale ,being about 15" across the wings. It is in the markings of bort no 03 named after 2 times Hero of the Soviet Union , Pavel Taran. Taran was a bomber pilot during the war completing over 300 missions. Ive done a couple of pics with aircraft of the same scale to give a bit of perspective , a BF 109 and a MiG 21 pf . Thanks for looking , comments criticisms ,observations welcome , cheers tony

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[Ian M]

Wicked good! And er, large!!!

Great job Tony.

Five more big red stars to the collection!

Ian M

 

[Willi262]

And even at 144 scale it's a really big bird!. Nice to see that I can still read in cyrillic.

 

[Gern]

Beautiful as always Tony. I can see why you like these Russian 'planes!

Gern

 

[Dave W]

Great build Tony.Looks really impressive.

 

[flyjoe180]

Awesome work Tony, despite all the wash problems it has come out nicely, top build.

 

[0ne48thtel]

Superb Tony

 

[colin m]

Great job Tony. It's difficult photographing something this big, but I can still see the surface detail stand out nicely. Did you highlight the panel lines in any way ?

 

[papa 695]

Another great build from you Tony 5 stars from me. Are you taking it to Newark ?

 

[geegad]

a beast from the east..yop work

 

[yak face]

Great job Tony. It's difficult photographing something this big, but I can still see the surface detail stand out nicely. Did you highlight the panel lines in any way ?

Cheers colin , yes i had a 'mare with the panel lines , took ages to get the right balance , not too much but for the scale enough to be seen , cheers tony

 

[yak face]

Another great build from you Tony 5 stars from me. Are you taking it to Newark ?

cheers Ian , no i think i'm taking something a bit smaller. tony

 

[AJay]

That's one cool-looking bird! The size of the thing.........WOW!

 

[0ne48thtel]

I would like to see one of these in 1/48 or am I just mad

 

[colin m]

I would like to see one of these in 1/48 or am I just mad

You may well be !

 

[yak face]

I would like to see one of these in 1/48 or am I just mad

probably ! it would scale out at about 3feet 8"inches long with a wingspan fully spread of a tad under 4 feet ! and not forgetting the small matter of where to put it and how much it would cost!!

 

[0ne48thtel]

I think you have a fair point there Tony

 

[yak face]

This day and age though ,dont discount it completely , after all Revell made a 1/48 B1 , not to mention the 1/32 flying fortress recently released by HK models , so there are manufacturers crazy enough!!!!

 

[Wendall]

Very smart build Tony. Wish I new a bit more about planes, in my ignorance it looks a bit concordy o_O. Great job though!

Jason

 

[Polux]

Wow!

Simply perfect Tony! The paint work, well...perfect again? Love the 'rockets' and excellent photos too!!

Cheers. Polux