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Tu-91 Ideas and Inspiration
« on: November 28, 2015, 07:31:24 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2015, 07:38:11 AM »
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« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2015, 12:34:18 PM »
..and I thought I'd seen everything..   :o

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« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2015, 01:10:02 PM »
..and I thought I'd seen everything..   :o

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Re: Tu-91 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2015, 01:58:05 PM »
Is like Russians modified the Gannet all to heck !
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Re: Tu-91 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2015, 06:31:03 PM »
Thanks Les.

As Bill noted, a Gannetski. This is no worse looking than the Gannet. (actually better looking than the Seamew)

Its on the wishlist now.
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« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2015, 07:24:42 PM »
Thanks Les.

As Bill noted, a Gannetski. This is no worse looking than the Gannet. (actually better looking than the Seamew)

Its on the wishlist now.

ditto on all counts.  :)

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Re: Tu-91 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2015, 03:04:17 AM »
Do one as a small transport
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Re: Tu-91 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2015, 03:21:57 AM »
Do it as a light COD aircraft, much like the proposed Martin Mercury derivative of the Martin Mauler.

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Re: Tu-91 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2015, 12:03:11 PM »
Updated version used for COIN in Afghanistan.

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Re: Tu-91 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2015, 06:38:32 PM »
Modelsua now has the kit in stock.

Price after you login is $20.80 USD.
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Re: Tu-91 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2015, 08:36:07 PM »
Modelsua now has the kit in stock.

Price after you login is $20.80 USD.

I acquiesced.  I was going to scratch one but...  A$52 later  ( US$20.80 + postage)
I'll call it my Chrissie pressie !
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« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2015, 09:15:54 PM »
Modelsua now has the kit in stock.

Price after you login is $20.80 USD.

I acquiesced.  I was going to scratch one but...  A$52 later  ( US$20.80 + postage)
I'll call it my Chrissie pressie !
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Moi aussi. Picked up 2 kits. Happy Christmas.
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Re: Tu-91 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #15 on: January 07, 2016, 06:48:43 AM »
Just got my kits. It's a large plane. Here are the sprues:



Compared to a Gannet:



No pylons or weapons.  :icon_sueno:

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« Reply #16 on: January 07, 2016, 07:43:39 AM »
Mine just rocked up as well.  I'm contemplating doing some "part archiving" of the main bits in RTV so I can build some alternative versions when the need arises.

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« Reply #17 on: January 07, 2016, 11:09:49 AM »
Ivan must be wondering what's up with the sudden rush of Tu-91 orders. I got mine today as well!

I thought that a Kh-22 "Kitchen" would look good, but that missile weighs far, far more than the Tu-91 can carry. Something like it, but smaller maybe?

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Re: Tu-91 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #18 on: January 08, 2016, 02:20:29 AM »
I thought that a Kh-22 "Kitchen" would look good, but that missile weighs far, far more than the Tu-91 can carry. Something like it, but smaller maybe?

I would have suggested a Raduga KSR-5 (AS-6 Kingfish) which was essentially a scaled down version of the Raduga Kh-22 'Kitchen' but even that is too heavy.  Maybe make up a fictional missile?

Alternatively, maybe give it a couple of underwing Kh-23 Groms (AS-7 Kerry)

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Re: Tu-91 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #19 on: January 08, 2016, 04:56:58 AM »
AS-9 Kyle? Maybe slightly modified to look more 'Kitchen-esque'?
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Re: Tu-91 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #20 on: January 08, 2016, 09:49:15 AM »
I appreciate the suggestions for weapons. I'm not knowledgeable at all on Soviet weapons.

So quick online search on Ebay and the web narrowed down the choice to:

Northstar Models: 1/72 Set of 2 Kh-23M (AS-7 Kerry) Soviet missile + APU-68 launcher



Northstar Models: 1/72 Set of 2 Kh-25 ML/MT/MP Russian / Soviet missile + APU-68 Launchers



Scalemates: DML 1/72 Modern Soviet Aircraft Weapons Set 2 - Air-to-Ground Missiles



I went for the DML package via Ebay just for the quantity of weapons.
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« Reply #21 on: January 08, 2016, 11:25:25 AM »
I have Set 1 - typical early DML work, with some fit issues, but they will look good!

Did you get set 2 from Jack's Model Kits? (triggerman3) He's ships promptly.

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« Reply #22 on: January 08, 2016, 07:37:12 PM »
I got it and old Airfix Gnat T.1 from mountbatten5. He took my best offer and also ships via USPS First Class which is mucho cheaper to Canada.

But I have purchased items from triggerman3.
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Re: Tu-91 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #23 on: January 09, 2016, 04:13:40 AM »
AS-9 Kyle? Maybe slightly modified to look more 'Kitchen-esque'?

It is possible, though it was introduced a while after the Tu-91.
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Re: Tu-91 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #24 on: January 09, 2016, 04:55:11 AM »
Further to my earlier comments, if you wish to do this as a Soviet operational Tu-91, I would consider the following:

The Tu-91 first flew May 1955.  Therefore, one could expect it to be in service from the late '50s through the '60s and probably into the '70s and maybe even '80s, though being designed to be carrier based its life might have been limited due to the strains such operations put on airframes.  It was also reportedly to have a weapons load of up to 1,500 kg (3,307 lb) of bombs, rockets or a single torpedo.  As such, one doesn't have a real lot to play with if you are trying for realism.

It is quite likely that it would have been equipped with guided missiles during its life though.  Looking at the type of Air-to-surface missiles developed/fielded during the period in consideration we see the following which have potential (ruling out the large ones one of which weighed more than the Tu-91 itself):

Kh-23 Grom (AS-7 'Kerry'):  This weighed around 287 kg (633 lb) and was somewhat equivalent to the US AGM-12 Bullpup.  It entered service in the late '60s/early '70s (if you include the earlier Kh-66 development).

 

Kh-28 (AS-9 'Kyle'): This weighed around 720 kg (1,590 lb) and was an anti-radiation missile (i.e. anti radar/SAMs) and could be considered somewhat similar to the US AGM-78 Standard ARM.  It entered service around 1973.



Kh-25 (AS-10 'Karen'/AS-12 'Kegler'):  This weighed between 299 kg (659 lb) and 315 kg (694 lb) depending upon variant.  It came in two main versions:  The Kh-25 original laser-guided variant and the Anti-radiation version.  Other guidance versions including TV guidance etc were developed later.  It entered service around 1975.  One could consider it to be roughly equivalent to the US ABM-65 Maverick series.



Therefore, I could see a couple of options here:

A general attack version armed with something such as the Kh-23;
A Wild Weasel version armed with the Kh-28; or
A more precise, later era general attack version with the Kh-25.

That said, it is your call, so go for it and have fun doing so!
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