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Cold War (1950-1974)
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1/144 Trumpeter Tu-142 MR
SHarjacek
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Croatia Hrvatska
Joined: January 29, 2011
KitMaker: 977 posts
AeroScale: 263 posts
Posted: Sunday, November 25, 2012 - 03:13 AM UTC
Hi everyone.
I was ill for some time so i haven't had any time to do models.
Now everything is finally fine and i decided to do some modelling.I chose this model because it seems like a nice OOB build and i always wanted to try alclad.
After this I will finish the S-2F tracker which i was commissioned with but was unable to build it.
So,here we go.

This is the kit i will be doing



I started out with the cockpit and the wheelbays.
The cockpit is quite simple with only couple of parts.
Trumpeter suggest RLM02 as the cockpit and wheelbay color,but knowing trumpeter isn't most reliable on paints I searched the internet for some pictures and decided to use a little lighter shade of gray

Wheelbay

Cockpit

IMO not even close to RLM02.

The wheelbays are nicely detailed (Some pin marks but easy to cover with styrene).

Here are some pictures of the primed cockpit and the wheelbays







The model is quite big for it's scale,there were some flash on the fuselages but there shouldn't be any major fit issues



Here are the seats and control columns,Ill try to add some detail to them.




That's all for today,expect some updates in a day or two.

Kind regards,Sven.
Jessie_C
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British Columbia, Canada
Joined: September 03, 2009
KitMaker: 6,965 posts
AeroScale: 6,247 posts
Posted: Sunday, November 25, 2012 - 03:16 AM UTC
This is a perfect candidate for the VP International campaign
SHarjacek
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Croatia Hrvatska
Joined: January 29, 2011
KitMaker: 977 posts
AeroScale: 263 posts
Posted: Sunday, November 25, 2012 - 03:24 AM UTC

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This is a perfect candidate for the VP International campaign



Thanks Jessica,I enlisted and made a post there.

Kind regards.
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