After lurking here for quite a long time and getting lots of inspiration from you all, I've decided to post one of my builds.
I recently picked up a copy of the Minicraft 1/144 Tu-22M kit from one of the vendor tables at a local show. It is copyrighted 1985 and was completely new to me - I never knew this kit had been released – and as a fan of just about anything Soviet, I snatched it up.
Inside the box were 4 grey sprues and a clear one with the windscreen and aft cockpit windows, a double sided letter sized instruction page with 8 assembly steps and a rather suspect painting guide, a