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DML 1/200 Tu-95 Bear D

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    January 2010
Posted by CrashTestDummy on Monday, December 15, 2014 4:30 PM

That looks awesome!  The finish turned out fine.  Remember, unless they were flying these close to where a NATO or USAF squad was scrambled to 'escort' it, and, of course, photograph it (man, I miss my Dad's Aviation Week and Space Technology magazines!), they weren't that well cared for.  

Nice little dio.

Gene Beaird,

Pearland, Texas

G. Beaird,

Pearland, Texas

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    February 2010
Posted by paulhelfrich on Monday, December 15, 2014 2:29 PM

Agreed, on the look of the plane and on the size!  I'm building another one right now in 1/100 scale - old (1980s) German kit, not as well detailed as the DML - but twice as big!  

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    June 2014
Posted by BrandonK on Monday, December 15, 2014 1:48 PM

I always thought that was the Soviets best looking plane. Truly a great job on that build. Can you imaging doing that in 1/48?

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    March 2005
Posted by philo426 on Sunday, December 14, 2014 5:16 PM

Looks great to me!Nice Job!

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    November 2003
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Posted by mississippivol on Sunday, December 14, 2014 4:29 PM

Great looking model!

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    December 2012
Posted by RX7850 on Sunday, December 14, 2014 4:23 PM

Came out real nice. The base really adds to it .

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    February 2010
Posted by paulhelfrich on Sunday, December 14, 2014 3:51 PM

I just printed it out, glued it down with ModPodge, weathered it with pastels, then sprayed it with Dullcote to flatten the finish.  

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    June 2013
Posted by RobGroot4 on Sunday, December 14, 2014 3:50 PM

That's pretty awesome, how did you do the runway part of the base?  It's really adds something!

Groot

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    February 2011
Posted by knox on Sunday, December 14, 2014 10:46 AM

  I think your model looks GREAT, and your display base really adds to it as well.  Nicely done.  That is an impressive looking airplane.              knox

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    February 2010
DML 1/200 Tu-95 Bear D
Posted by paulhelfrich on Sunday, December 14, 2014 1:36 AM
This is the DML 1/200 Tu-95 Bear D. This is the 2nd time I've attempted one of these 1/200 Bears, and while this one is better than the first, I'm still not entirely happy with the result. Metallic finishes are a real challenge for me. Even with weight in the nose, the model still sat on its tail, so I improvised the runway base as a way of gluing it down.
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