TU-134 A BG Air Force A-Model 1/72

[ShelbyGT500 2,592]

Hello my friends

At this topic I will try to re-create the next BG plane for my collection

She will be a TU-134 A of BG Air Force. The model is not at big scale, it's 1/72 A-model, but it is a large bird

Here is the photo of a real her:

 

 

For a lot of details and re-work I will use a resin engines from Amigo models:

 

 

and resin wheels from Armory:

 

 

Of course we must do a lot of scratch for the interior and for cockpit

 

And here is the start: shape to gather the two halfs of the fuselage, because each one it's from three parts. Re-size the windows because the clear parts are bigger with 0.5 mm

and start to work over the interior - !!! you must take-off a lot of plastic from the kit part if you want the two parts of fuselage to fit perfectly

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers guys and let see how far this build will go . . .

Edited September 6, 2018 by ShelbyGT500

[Out2gtcha 33,222]

Looking forward to progress on this one................very interesting subject. 

[Kagemusha 8,347]

Fantastic choice of subject - used to see a lot of 134's flying into Manchester airport, you could see the smoke trail before the plane!

[ShelbyGT500 2,592]

Thanks Brian

Kagemusha you're absolutely right about the smoke trail - just like an diesel trucks drag

[Jennings Heilig 14,027]

Looking good!  I have the kit in the stash, but got bogged down with that odd vertical fin top fairing.  It's just not shaped like it is on the real airplane, and the only fix I can figure out is to build a completely new one from scratch.

 

Looking forward to seeing your progress!

[ShelbyGT500 2,592]

Hi Jennings and Thanks ;), well for the vertical fin it is different with the different modifications of the plane, but yep there is something true in your words, not only for the fins

Here I re-worked the all front gear, because the manual is some insane and crazy thing . . . also continue with detailing the cockpit:

 

 

The resin wheels from Armory fits perfectly:

 

 

Detailing the pilots seats:

 

 

 

 

Cheers guys

[ShelbyGT500 2,592]

Well , the interior is done and ready for painting :

 

 

And start the "rivet counting" over the fuselage:

 

 

 

She has more rivets than any other plane from that period

 

Cheers guys

[Kagemusha 8,347]

Fantastic work, can't wait to see her finished, but enjoying the journey... 

[mustang1989 1,580]

This thing is really going to take some nice shape Chavdar. Lovin' the details buddy!!!!

[ShelbyGT500 2,592]

Thanks Joe it's a shame that everything of this won't be seen but . . . we will know it is there

Cheers my friend

[ShelbyGT500 2,592]

Hi guys

Continue with detailing the wings - some movements with the flaps

 

 

 

 

Aaand rivets, rivets, rivets . . . . .

 

 

Start to build the navigation lights at the wings:

 

 

 

Hope you like it

 

Cheers guys

 

 

[John1 3,166]

Looking good so far, nice choice for a subject - don't see many of these kits built.   That resin looks really nice.

 

 

[Out2gtcha 33,222]

Excellent problem solving! I just did the clear sprue/styrene trick for the tip lights on my F7F.     Looking forward to more. 

[ShelbyGT500 2,592]

Yes Brian, and the result is more than good:

 

 

 

Totally re-worked the main gears, like the front one, because if you follow the manual, there is no way to mount them to the wings with stability :

 

 

 

And continue with rivets, rivets ,...................,  oh and more rivets.....

 

 

 

Thank you for watching as always my friends

 

Cheers

[LSP_K2 23,144]

This will be really cool. Great work so far, I really like it.