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Revell 1/144 Tu-144D (04871)
Topic Started: Mar 13 2014, 10:27 PM (1,182 Views)
DH764
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Totally Tonkas Bonkas !!
Here we go with a review build of the ICM kit reboxed by Revell :)

Had a fondle of the white plastic and its quite soft so hopefully easy to work with.
Quite surprised how big it is ... A3 cutting mat and without the nose its over 40cm long :shock:

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The detail is very light and I wonder if it will show even through a sprayed paint job .. :hmm:

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BTW ....thanks for the tip Steve about Revell side opening boxes :yes:

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Okey Dokey here we go......but first some info.
The aircraft on the box art is not a Tu-144D ....it was the last of the S series (different engines).
By doing this aircraft you can ignore the cutting of plastic for the different engines as shown in the first few stages of construction :thumb:
You will not need the parts from sprue H .

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Starting with the fuselage as there is no cockpit .
This is too long a piece to join in one go so I taped it up and starting from the rear I ran Plastic weld along in short sections , pushed the fuselage together then waited for a moment before continuing to the next section gradually working towards the nose section.

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I then ran some liquid poly on the inside of the join for good luck :)

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I left the fuselage to bond and then started on the wing /centre fuselage which is made up of three parts .
The instructions tell you not to place glue in the middle of the wing....this is so the complex curve of the wing is kept true.
Again I used the "glue as you go along" technique to try and get as good a fit as possible .

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Another deviation from the instructions ......it is far easier to first add the 16 :blink: spoilers to the wing and THEN add the flaps as this then allows the flap to be glued onto the spoilers as well as butt joined to the wing allowing a stronger bond.

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Completed wing section with flaps added.

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Next stages involve the engines and , as I found out , this is where the fun begins...NOT !
Ill tell you tomorrow why Ive had to label the parts. :D

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Andy
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Mark M
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that looks to be in interesting build, thats for doing this for me
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Mosquito
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Watching this with interest mate.
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DH764
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Cheers guys :grin:

Spent tonight working out the assembly for the engines because the instructions are wrong and I believe this to be a fault of the original ICM release , not Revell , due to a friend over on ATF encountering problems when the time came to fit the engines to fuselage.
Ill try to explain .....

First thing to do is mark the part numbers on all the engine pod parts with masking tape or similar.
Stage 16 ....the correct parts used should be D1 , E3 and D13 ( NOT F13 and D2) which are then added to part D9 in stage 19 along with the engine turbine fans (Part B4).
This makes up the Port engine...as shown below.

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Stage 17 ....correct parts used are D12 , F13 and D2 ( NOT E3 and D13 ) which are then added to part D15 in stage 20 along with the engine fan part C4.
This makes up the Starboard engine. Photo below......

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This is a dry fit .....quite good but will need a bit of clamping/masking tape to keep everything in contact.

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Also note that because Im doing the box art option ( 77110 ) im using the original engines and not the ones mentioned in the instruction diagrams.
So at stage 18 I would use part A3 ( starboard engine nozzles ) and Stage 19 part A4 (Port engine nozzles).
There are square blanking plates ( parts A5 and A6 ) that will be used once the nozzles are fitted . ( not yet worked out which part goes where :D )

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Follow the above and everything will fit together quite nicely. Oh I nearly forgot to fit the splitter plates (parts D4 and D11 but they slotted in easily :thumb:
I painted the intake tunnels Revell 76 which is a close match to 371 as indicated in the paint call-outs.

Finally....be careful with the u/c part that fits in the wheel bays (parts D3 and D14 ) ....I kept knocking it and eventually it snapped off and has now fed the Carpet Monster.

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More soon.....hopefully the rest of the instructions are correct.....but as I mentioned earlier its a fault in the original ICM release as far as im aware.

Andy
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
Ah, Concordski. This is coming along very nicely.
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Mark M
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Although icm messed up revell should of rectified it
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DH764
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Cheers :cool:
Now Ive sorted out what goes where it was time to put the engine pods onto the wings starting with the starboard one.
I fitted the engine exhausts at this stage as this supports the rear of the pod.
Fit was quite good considering the complex shape / angles of the lower wing but I took no chances and clamped the thing just for good measure :grin:

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Ive left this to cure overnight.

Andy

EDIT....just noticed that Ive snapped the u/c strut on this side now....DOH !!
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Mark M
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it is very concord ish isnt it :redface
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DH764
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It is mate ....I think they had "access" to some Concorde blueprints IIRC :angry:
Ive had to seal the inner fuselage seam with Epoxy resin as it kept coming apart....long seams are always a right pain in the behind on Airliners !
I did a test fit of the fuselage to the wing and found a problem......a VERY big problem !
More updates soon.

Andy
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DH764
Mar 18 2014, 08:39 PM
It is mate ....I think they had "access" to some Concorde blueprints IIRC :angry:
From what I remember being told way back when, I think the intelligence services knew the Soviets were trying to steal the Concorde plans, so they "allowed" them to take a set that had been altered. :whistle
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Now here's a model I'll never be tempted with!
The number of flap guides alone would make me nervous but it's coming along nicely and is very impressive.
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DH764
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Paul ....I think there is a story of the Soviets "obtaining" a formula for special rubber the tyres .....this was happily provided by BAC/Aerospatiale but with the wrong quantities of chemicals provided !

Nigel.....those flap guides fitted very well and didnt take that long to fit :cool:

Ive been doing some searching about the Tu144 and came across a photo of a place that I am now wanting to visit !!

Auto Technik Museum , Sinsheim , Germany

WOW !!
Concorde and a Tu144 almost side by side ....on pedestals 30 feet high ! :blink:
They even have a Lufthansa Boeing 747 on a pedestal too :cool

Ive had to fit a couple of bits of plastic card along the inside of the fuselage join to try and stop it from splitting.
Ive also fitted three pieces of sprue spanning the fuselage width to give some support too.
I think Im now OK for the fuselage to be fitted to the wing :ninja:

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The fit at the front is very good but something is not right at the rear.
I cant understand what Ive done wrong here ....thats to say IF I have done anything wrong :redface
The fuselage does not follow the curve of the wing at the rear and therefore a large gap has to be dealt with.

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Out with the filler !

Andy
Edited by DH764, Mar 22 2014, 10:48 PM.
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Simon G
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That's quite an impressive beast, great work so far.

Si.
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
Excellent so far.
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Cheers guys :cool

Out with the Thick CA to fill those wing-fuselage joins . Left to dry and then Vallejo putty added and jobs done :cool:

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While that was drying I added the two piece canopy ....why its moulded as two halves is any ones guess ! :angry:
Thankfully a very good fit .

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I will be using the kit canopy decals so I used normal glue and all that was needed was a light rub down on the top where the canopy meets the upper fuselage to get a near perfect fit.
Same method was applied for the nose and visor ....great fit here too.

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It was now that I fitted the blanking plates for the engine ....

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Part A5 goes on the Port engine nacelle and A6 on the Starboard engine nacelle.

I can now start the forward U/C and at first it looks a bit fiddly but I was pleasantly surprised at how the parts went together and had a very positive contact between each part.
The completed nose leg can easily support the weight of the kit but for good measure after joining with poly glue I coated the whole join in thick CA , just in case :grin:

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Ive left the kit to cure over night and Ill tackle the main u/c legs next .

Andy
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