My stash just grew again 2021

[Old Wombat]

ICM tend to begin the kit number with the scale, the visible part of this kit's number is 144...., so Kit's probably right (by accident ).

[PR19_Kit]

I looked it up actually, and it IS 1/144. 

I'm not sure if anyone does a 1/72 Tu-144, anyone know?

VEB did their 1/100 prototype of it, one of which is languishing in The Loft, I know not why.......

[Gondor]

VEB did their 1/100 prototype of it, one of which is languishing in The Loft, I know not why.......

You will probably find out as soon as you look at it 

Gondor

[Nick]

  New kit. Yay.

Yes, it is 1/144 scale

It's been a while since I looked at my one but the box was very well packed to the point of being hard to open. I've seen a couple built and they look excellent.
I think I also have the Lindberg 1/230 scale kit in the stash.

The VEB one is undoubtedly made of very hard white plastic, about 20 parts total and crude in places. Bit of work and it could look good.

[PR19_Kit]

The VEB kit looks very strange when built as it only has one engine nacelle, but a very BIG one, slap in the middle of the underside of the wing-fuselage. Totally unlike a Concorde or a production Tu-144.

[TheChronicOne]

Yes, 1/144 but the box is huge!!  It's larger than the sprues by maybe 20% but the perfect size to hold the model after it gets larger from being assembled. I got it for a great price direct from Lithuania, took only 12 days to arrive! I've had anxiety about buy over seas but I'm learning that it's misplaced. Hooray for global economy. Anyway... I should have taken a better picture..


 

I bought it via US ebay for $33. https://www.ebay.com/itm/154452824814

Ol' boy that send it put it in a box that was skin tight on the model so it wouldn't deal well against impact damage  (it did arrive in perfect shape, though, so no worries) but by golly it was sealed well... every inch of the box was covered in tape to the point where I'm almost positve it was not only water but air tight. You could submerge it at the bottom of a swimming pool for 3 days and bring it back up and it would be dry as a bone. 



The guts.... the lid is like a typical lid but the interior box isn't just open on the top, it is a closing box in and of itself, made of quality, thick carboard rather than flimsy thin stuff. The plastic all looks really nice from what I can tell. No flash......  fine recessed panel lines that don't look out of scale....    this could be a really fun build.

[PR19_Kit]

That does look an awesome kit, quite apart from the equally awesome box art! 

I'll be interested to see how the build goes.

[PR19_Kit]

A couple of backorders arrived from the Big H today.

First an AZ SR53-T, a fictional trainer version of the rocket fighter, comes with a complete single seat SR53 kit, minus canopy, and whole new sprue with a 2 seat fuselage, canopy and some tip tanks etc, and an interesting decal sheet.




Second a couple more chunks of Berlin Wall to go with my Berlin Brigade Challenger II when I finish building it.




Here's the section of Wall that I've already built, it took at least a minute............. 

[Mossie]

I'm not sure if anyone does a 1/72 Tu-144, anyone know?

Modelsvit. £377.50 from Hannants: 
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/GIANT7203

[PR19_Kit]

Jeepers! 

Note the stock no! Very apt.

[Freightdog862]

A couple of backorders arrived from the Big H today.

First an AZ SR53-T, a fictional trainer version of the rocket fighter, comes with a complete single seat SR53 kit, minus canopy, and whole new sprue with a 2 seat fuselage, canopy and some tip tanks etc, and an interesting decal sheet.

Hi Kit, can you show us a picture of the extra sprue in the SR53T? Just out of interest...

Colin

[PR19_Kit]

Sure, I'll try and post it tomorrow.

I'm not at home at the mo, and the kit is.

[McColm]

Yes, 1/144 but the box is huge!!  It's larger than the sprues by maybe 20% but the perfect size to hold the model after it gets larger from being assembled. I got it for a great price direct from Lithuania, took only 12 days to arrive! I've had anxiety about buy over seas but I'm learning that it's misplaced. Hooray for global economy. Anyway... I should have taken a better picture..


 

I bought it via US ebay for $33. https://www.ebay.com/itm/154452824814

Ol' boy that send it put it in a box that was skin tight on the model so it wouldn't deal well against impact damage  (it did arrive in perfect shape, though, so no worries) but by golly it was sealed well... every inch of the box was covered in tape to the point where I'm almost positve it was not only water but air tight. You could submerge it at the bottom of a swimming pool for 3 days and bring it back up and it would be dry as a bone. 



The guts.... the lid is like a typical lid but the interior box isn't just open on the top, it is a closing box in and of itself, made of quality, thick carboard rather than flimsy thin stuff. The plastic all looks really nice from what I can tell. No flash......  fine recessed panel lines that don't look out of scale....    this could be a really fun build.

Is it possible to graft the wings from a 1/144 Tu-160 to it. The Russian  SST.

[major]

A couple of backorders arrived from the Big H today.

First an AZ SR53-T, a fictional trainer version of the rocket fighter, comes with a complete single seat SR53 kit, minus canopy, and whole new sprue with a 2 seat fuselage, canopy and some tip tanks etc, and an interesting decal sheet.

Hi Kit, can you show us a picture of the extra sprue in the SR53T? Just out of interest...

Colin

Might save Mr. Kit the trouble?   https://www.super-hobby.com/products/Saunders-Roe-SR-53T-1-Rocketeer.html

[PR19_Kit]

Yes, that's it, plus the decal sheet and 2 seat canopy.