Smeth....Soviet TB-3

bromo · Post by **bromo** » February 12th, 2012, 12:27 am

Hows it going Smethwick? are you still building fuselage ribs? or fitting wing panels?

smethwick · Post by **smethwick** » February 14th, 2012, 9:58 am

I've been away..so not done too much....................but i'm back and ready to rock and roll

February 14th, 2012, 4:19 pm

Good, waiting to see more of the wing assembly !!!

smethwick · Post by **smethwick** » February 14th, 2012, 4:54 pm

getting to grips with a portion of the fuselage...

smethwick · Post by **smethwick** » February 14th, 2012, 5:28 pm

putting the skin on...quite cleverley designed this part...

ShaunW · Post by **ShaunW** » February 14th, 2012, 6:05 pm

Great stuff and though I've said it before, this looks more akin to building an RC model. Looking forward to seeing more Smethwick.

smethwick · Post by **smethwick** » February 19th, 2012, 11:46 am

A fair few struts, in this kit, some i have put in myself, as all the joints are "butt" joints so does need strengthening in my opinion.

some of the design is very clever though.

looks messy but as you can see most of this will be covered.

one side of the front of the fuselage is on...had to do a bit of "moddin'"

smethwick · Post by **smethwick** » February 19th, 2012, 5:57 pm

A view from the front.....

Molly-new · Post by **Molly-new** » February 20th, 2012, 6:17 pm

Blimey, I am so glad that not all kits are designed like this. All that hard work only to cover it up.

ShaunW · Post by **ShaunW** » February 20th, 2012, 10:05 pm

Wow I've never seen a plastic kit requiring this sort of construction. Good work so far.

Post by **JamesPerrin** » February 21st, 2012, 11:36 am

This appear to have more in common with a balsa wood flying model. At least you don't have to cover it with tissue paper and dope. All very impressive.

February 21st, 2012, 4:11 pm

This kit is fascinating, I wonder if others in their range are similar ?

bromo · Post by **bromo** » February 25th, 2012, 10:16 pm

The utmost respect for tackling this in a GB,that kit is just awesome i think i will have to drop some hints for Father's day.Look forward to seeing more of this.

smethwick · Post by **smethwick** » March 13th, 2012, 1:41 pm

Still Messy..still taking a fair time to get through...

ShaunW · Post by **ShaunW** » March 13th, 2012, 9:05 pm

Good to see that you're still at it. That method of construction in a plastic non-flying kit is something else!

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