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Tupolegg Tu-177

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zenrat

December 05, 2021, 03:16:23 AM
TheTupolegg Tu-177 was a Soviet medium bomber back engineered from captured Heinkels.
Engine fires were avoided by only operating during the depths of the icy Russian winters.
It was not a success.

Tupolegg Tu-177 - 3 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Tupolegg Tu-177 - 5 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Tupolegg Tu-177 - 15 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Tupolegg Tu-177 - 2 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

The model is a Meng Heinkel He-177 Eggplane.
It is built OOB apart from deleting the second dorsal turret and the anti-ship missiles.

Tupolegg Tu-177 - 1 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

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JayBee

#1
December 05, 2021, 03:29:45 AM
WONDERFULL  :thumbsup: :wub:
Alle kunst ist umsunst wenn ein engel auf das zundloch brunzt!!

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They are just physical manifestations of collisions between enigma & conundrum particles.

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Old Wombat

#3
December 05, 2021, 04:26:35 AM
Obviously someone screwed up on the measurements! ;)



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PR19_Kit

#4
December 05, 2021, 04:50:49 AM
Hehehehe, a TOTAL Hoot Fred. Great job.  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

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Dizzyfugu

#5
December 05, 2021, 05:08:50 AM
"Cute" is probably not the right word, but I like it. And a He177 in USSR colors looks disturbingly natural, even in SD mode.  :o

Tophe

#6
December 05, 2021, 10:56:57 AM
Lovely egg silhouette, and nicely built, congratulations! :thumbsup: and even  :wub:
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

kerick

#7
December 05, 2021, 11:07:58 AM
Nice job!
Let's see, German to Russian, can't blame English to metric conversion. Maybe too much vodka!
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KiwiZac

#8
December 05, 2021, 04:19:51 PM
I love it! Just inspired!!
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Wardukw

#9
December 05, 2021, 09:48:24 PM
Christ thats funny  ;D  ;D  :wacko:
Love it Fred  :thumbsup:
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#10
December 06, 2021, 01:04:44 AM
Not usually much of a fan of eggplanes, but this one looks less egg and more plane.  :thumbsup:
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zenrat

#11
December 06, 2021, 02:01:36 AM
Thanks folks.

This kit comes with three Anti-Ship missiles.  They are becoming the basis of early Soviet AAMs for the Lavochkin La200b.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

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Old Wombat

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December 06, 2021, 05:43:42 AM Last Edit: December 06, 2021, 09:28:45 AM by Old Wombat
Quote from: kerick on December 05, 2021, 11:07:58 AM
Nice job!
Let's see, German to Russian, can't blame English to metric conversion. Maybe too much vodka!

Yup, the Germans used the metric system, as did the Soviet Union, but the Soviets had only standardised on the metric system in 1925, older aircraft engineers, under the influence of vodka, accidentally converted some metric measurements into ли́ния (liniya) instead of cm. ;)
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NARSES2

#13
December 06, 2021, 07:15:49 AM
I like that. ;D

I didn't realise just how many kits were available in the genre until I some of the ones on sale at the show yesterday.

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zenrat

#14
December 07, 2021, 03:31:58 AM
Meng also do B17, B24, Tu2 and Lanc but I think I prefer smaller egg planes TBH.
Although the Meng C17 is suitably eggy.

I have a Meng J-15 and a pair of NotHasegawa Starfighters in the Egg stash as well as a heap of Hasegawa eggs. 
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

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