Flankerman Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I'm calling it finished.... it's an Academy B-29 painted as a Tu-4 Bull with a Modelsvit Tu-91 Boot attached as an engine testbed :woot.gif:/>/>/> - it really did exist - as shown in this photo.... A lot of hacking, filling and sanding later...... Because I used Milliput to form the rear end of the cut-down Tu-91 fuselage, it is very tail heavy - so I had to fit a support prop under the Tu-4 tail. I reckon if they removed the turboprop engine and put a few seats in the Tu-91, they could have made a neat passenger version of the Tu-4 :rolleyes:/>/>/>/>/> My attempt at repicating the photos of the real thing...... Comments welcome - more photos of the build are here I'm going for a lie down in a dark room now..... Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fulcrum1 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I didn't know that even existed until now, wow! Fantastic job on the conversion, creative! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mario krijan Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Ken fantastic job again!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RotorheadTX Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 'Mazing!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Exhausted Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 That's gutsy. Very nice work on such an unusual subject. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan Hothersall Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 A very unusual conversion. Well done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Considering the amount of Milliput and scratch-building, everything looks very smooth! This has got to be one of those subjects no one else would ever try to accomplish. Luckily we have Flankerman! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K5054NZ Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Madness, Ken! I'm with janman - if you hadn't have explained, I would've thought the Boot testbest shape was all styrene or resin. Expertly done! And that finish...lovely stuff! Have a vodka (bottle, 1 of) and relax! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Antoine Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Splendid, a very nice idea! I'd like to go for a Tu-4 AWACS, one day... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
su27rules Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Very nice work Ken!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Great job, Ken! Really love the odd looks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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