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Braz 1/144 Tu-114 conversions

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 7:31 pm
by DDGboy
Intended for the Trumpeter Bear H or J kits, does anyone know if they will work with the Revell Bear D?

TIA, Jamie

Re: Braz 1/144 Tu-114 conversions

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 8:46 pm
by Ansett A330
Someone asked a similar Question on another website way back on veinticinco de noviembre 2007 ...




and never got an answer.

Re: Braz 1/144 Tu-114 conversions

PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 4:40 am
by DDGboy
Hahaha, thanks mate, sounds promising! ;)

Re: Braz 1/144 Tu-114 conversions

PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 5:20 am
by Ansett A330
I suppose the other alternative is to see if there is a comparative Review of the Kits anywhere that might give you a hint as to their interoperability with respect to the BraZ conversion?

Re: Braz 1/144 Tu-114 conversions

PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 5:27 am
by Ansett A330
Trumpeter Parts layout :

Image

and Reviews :

https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits ... 3904.shtml

https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits ... 3905.shtml

How does that compare with the Revell Kit?

Re: Braz 1/144 Tu-114 conversions

PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 7:13 am
by Graeme H
The alternative is to email Ivo at Braz and ask him if he knows of anyone who may have done it

Re: Braz 1/144 Tu-114 conversions

PostPosted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 7:42 am
by DDGboy
Thanks guys, a bit of digging shows that it may well be doable, as the Braz resin fuselage has cutouts on the underside matched (sort of!) to the Trumpeter wing joins -

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8JgAAOSw ... -l1600.jpg

The Revell Bear kit has the fuselage split top and bottom, not horizontally, and the lower wing is continuous across the join, meaning the centre section can be cut to match the resin, and the upper wings have standard tabs which can simply be trimmed to match-

https://www.scalemodellingnow.com/hnair ... -tu95-bear

A similar approach pre-Trumpeter kits. The conversion includes a (strengthened) nose gear leg and the extended flaps - http://www.hyperscale.com/galleries/2002/tu114jt_1.htm

I've bit the bullet and purchased the conversion, but at my building rate it'll be finally completed by one of my distant relatives in their settlement on Mars!

Re: Braz 1/144 Tu-114 conversions

PostPosted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 10:03 am
by VH-WAL
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I've bit the bullet and purchased the conversion, but at my building rate it'll be finally completed by one of my distant relatives in their settlement on Mars![/quote]
Ah well look on the bright side..if it's going to take that long whether it fits or not just doesn't matter :lol:

Re: Braz 1/144 Tu-114 conversions

PostPosted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 6:03 pm
by Ansett A330
DDGboy wrote:Thanks guys, a bit of digging shows that it may well be doable, ...

... it'll be finally completed by one of my distant relatives in their settlement on Mars!


Tell them that (that it's doable) but don't leave them any hints as if it turns out it's not doable when they strike trouble with it they'll believe you were Earth's greatest Modeller because they believe that you could do it.

Re: Braz 1/144 Tu-114 conversions

PostPosted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 6:02 am
by TheChronicOne
Hmmm.... I am curious as well. I picked one of those Bears up recently. I'll either do a completely fictional "what if" plane with it and turn it into an airliner with whatever stuff I have on hand... OR... go all-in and convert it to a proper Tu-114. It all depends, of course...