Thread: Murph's Models - TUPOLEV Tu-114 CLEAT, 1/104
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Old 03-26-2015, 07:18 AM
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Nose and empennage look just like a Tu-104. Anyone one know about the commonality between the two a/c?

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Tu-104 was derived from the Tu-16, whereas the Tu-104 was derived from the Tu-95.

Both the Tu-16 and Tu-95 entered service at roughly the same time, one powered by turboprops, the other by turbojets. Would make sense for both aircraft to share a common design base. Uncommonly enough, both were successful and put into production.
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