Xuntong Tu-2T

Sebastijan Videc
Very nice work!

Jens
made top model very nice
finally a Tupolev Tu 2 1:48
the first that I built to see images
könntst you write something for the construction and fitting accuracy
there were bigger problems in the construction?

Martien Lourens
Beautiful model.👍 I also had it in my hands but had my doubts.
How is this model generally?

Burkhard D
That looks great! 👍👍👍
Very convincing fading/weathering/wash effects. Makes me want one in 1/72 🙂

Marvin Reyes Forfatter
Thanks to all for your nice comments...I appreciate them all.

Regarding the Xuntong Tu-2T kit, it is a very nice kit, once some work is done to improve it. First, the fabric surfaces (especially the elevators and rudders) are exaggerated, having too much "dip" between the ribs. I fixed this using Tamiya putty to smooth things out a bit. Next, care must be taken building the interior areas; lots of little detail parts, especially with the guns and gun mounts...patience here will be rewarded later. Also, as mentioned earlier, the engines and nacelles have a lot more pieces than needed, and construction of these is challenging. The nacelles completely enclose the engines, unless the cowl doors are posed open; Xuntong gave the option of having open cowl doors, but construction is still fiddly and care must be taken to keep things "square". The clear parts fit very nicely and there is enough definition in the raised framing so that masking is made easy. The kit decals are excellent and go on perfectly with no setting solution...I wish all decals were as good as these!

Overall, Xuntong's first offering is a very good one. I highly recommend the Tu-2T to all devotees of old Soviet-era aircraft.

Es-haq Khosravi
Great Job!

Hunter Cummins
This thing here is just amazing
Top norch 🙂🙂🙂 me want more 😉;)