Classic IL-62M
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19 19 October 2022, 10:02
Łukasz GlińskiOh man... 😮 😮 😮 This is bigly yuge!
Nobody expected the Soviet inquisition 😉
19 October 2022, 13:10
Andy Ball Author@Robert and Ł, it sure is big and will need some space to show it off- I was nearly tempted to display legs up and add a stand like you used to see in the travel agent's windows!
19 October 2022, 18:08
Melf Boyensi'm in, at least it carried the Russian president , so somehow it was a flagship…and I really like the design
19 October 2022, 18:16
Andy Ball AuthorHi Melf, thanks for popping by. Mine certainly won't carry 'that man'… unless it is to surrender to the UN!
19 October 2022, 18:25
Maciej BellosWhen I was a little kid, I was "lucky" enough to fly with this beast from Poland to Greece. I don't remember anything. Later on I flew with a Tu-154M, well that was a loud one.
19 October 2022, 19:15
Melf BoyensI flew with TU-134 and TU-154 in Nigeria , the usual „sell your soul" maintained black sooth drawing and low on acceleration and gaining height starts that makes your blood freeze while you are counting the bolt holes that are missing bolts next to your window….marvellous experience. But this beast I did not even see from far.
19 October 2022, 19:29
Andy Ball Author@Łukasz: my 2 methods are speed and surprise and stealth….damn it! My 3 methods are…. (Etc.etc..)
19 October 2022, 22:08
Michael KohlCool subject. I will build one one day - but in scale 1:144. I like the style and remember the flight with Interflug to Moscow two weeks after the wall came down. Good luck.
20 October 2022, 16:06
CuajeteAn unusual model and rare kit. Congrats for choose this, Andy!
Nice start 👍
20 October 2022, 17:37
Andy Ball AuthorHi Michael, I bought the 144th for my friend and I'm hoping he'll have a go to compare- that was some historic flight !!
23 October 2022, 14:43
Andy Ball AuthorCuajete- this kit may be the death of me. The front transparency is a nightmare to refit! Plus, what glue to use for the glass fibre fuselage?…
23 October 2022, 14:45
Łukasz GlińskiIn case of canopy: there's a lot to choose from A. Depending on what you wanna do afterwards. I usually go for either some PVA/KrystalKlear or UV glue if later processing is expected (sanding/filling/painting you name it). Good UV glue allows you even to sculp your own tranasparencies.
In case of the fibre, I have no glue (as they say in CH 😉 ). I never worked with it.
23 October 2022, 19:49
CuajeteAmodel's "Amonster" kits are made of fiber. Andy, you may be able to find out something about what glue to use by searching or asking modelers who have made one of these huge kits.
24 October 2022, 18:32
Andy Ball AuthorI'm glad I'm in such good glue company here! I'm going to need to have a think about how I tackle this area of the front fuselage. I wish I'd just taken the easy option and painted the windows in…
14 November 2022, 20:44
Andy Ball AuthorAnd, thanks Finn. It may be some time before I come back to this one.
14 November 2022, 20:45
Łukasz GlińskiRemaining at your future service A, should you be looking for some glue-sniffing company 😛
If it comes to windows/windscreen, you might want to consider using this set: authentic-airliner-d..61/Products/D72-IL01
Wondering what it looks like afterwards? Check out my KLM DC-9, its windscreen comes from the same vendor.
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14 November 2022, 21:01
Andy Ball AuthorThanks General Fail, Major Rethink is paused while he thinks on how next to approach this!....
21 November 2022, 10:55
Andy Ball Author@Dominik, well, kinda 'nice'....this isn't for the faint-hearted!
25 November 2022, 10:57
DickFollowing with great interest Andy😬!
Nice to see this kit being built.
I have the HpH Tu-134, a very detailed kit but as you mentioned not for the faint-hearted.
Good luck with the clear canopy, that will be a challenge for sure!
26 November 2022, 00:53
Andy Ball AuthorThanks for popping in Dick. How did you manage the glueing on the Tu-134's canopy to fuselage? I can't see the project on your feed. 😀
26 November 2022, 10:22
DickI haven't started that kit yet Andy, too many projects that aren't finished yet😉.
With my 1:72 MD-80 I had to attach a very thin and flexible canopy to a thick resin fuselage.
Did that with tiny droplets of CA adhesive, one at a time so I could correct the fit to the fuselage edges. This way you also keep a little 'ventilation' to prevent whitening of the canopy due to the CA vapor.
But in the end I was not content with the result (no detailed cockpit) so I sanded the canopy smooth with the nose. Should I ever finish the MD-80 project, I will apply window decals as Lukasz mentioned in this thread.
With my An-225 project it was almost the same; I also made the choice to use the replacement transparent part.
But there I had the advantage that it was a separate nose section, and not a thin vacform transparent canopy.
So I masked the canopy from the inside, and removed the tape after applying the CA adhesive and filling and sanding.
26 November 2022, 12:08
Andy Ball AuthorThanks Skywalker. It makes for an interesting piece of aviation!
28 November 2022, 11:20
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