Tu-104AK cosmonaut training aircraft

[umtutsut]

Gang,

Here's some in-progress shots of my take on Aaron Murphy's Tu-104AK cosmonaut zero-g trainer. Reduced to 1/100 from 1/72, modified windows to better resemble the actual aircraft sitting at Monino. I filled in some windows (yellow circles) that will later get a grill-pattern decal. Also moved a couple windows upward on the fuselage (green circle).

Working on the multi-part engine pods now, which are probably the most tedious parts.

Stay tooned!

Les (The Voice of Authority -- VoiceofAuthority.net - The Voice Stylings of Les Dorr, Jr.)

[SAustin16]

Les,

Very interesting model. I'll be following your progress. Thank you for posting.

Cheers from Texas,

[Paper Kosmonaut]

Interesting subject and a very clean build up 'til now. Nice.

[sgoti]

Originally Posted by umtutsut

Reduced to 1/100 from 1/72,

Umm… Wouldn't that be enlarged?

Regardless, looks like a great build. Will be following this with interest.

[umtutsut]

Several pix of the real deal, for anyone interested! Dunno whether the second pic was shot before or after the others, but the aircraft sure looks a LOT better in that one!

Les (The Voice of Authority -- VoiceofAuthority.net - The Voice Stylings of Les Dorr, Jr.)

[Paper Kosmonaut]

Originally Posted by sgoti

Umm… Wouldn't that be enlarged?

No, it actually would not. The higher the number, the smaller the model. A 1/400 aircraft model is a lot smaller than a 1/33 model of the same plane.
So it actually is reduced in size from 1/72 to 1/100 with a factor of 72% of the original.

[sgoti]

Originally Posted by Paper Kosmonaut

No, it actually would not. The higher the number, the smaller the model. A 1/400 aircraft model is a lot smaller than a 1/33 model of the same plane.
So it actually is reduced in size from 1/72 to 1/100 with a factor of 72% of the original.

…Aaaand going back and re-reading things correctly, I see where I was wrong. Read the "to" and "from" in the wrong order.

Sorry!

(Sheesh… I feel like I'm back doing my high school reading assignments, learning how word placement and punctuation dramatically change a sentence… )

[merzo]

Very, very nice!! Congratulations!

Merzo

[gomidefilho]

Nice to see a good build of this interesting model!

[MacSongLi]

Very nice work Les, I'm looking forward to this build.

Will you be submitting this back to Aaron for resale?

Thanks,
Gary