Alec K
Very impressive build! Sad to hear about the kit quality. The riveting alone must have taken you weeks!

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thanks, Alec! Thats pretty accurate on the riviting. Hardest is getting the mojo to do it. More often than not, motivation was elusive and far in between.

Ben M
Very beautiful result! An unimaginable amount of work.

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thanks, Ben. It was a PITA, but seeing the result, it was worth it.

David Taylor
Stunning and Biiiig.

Rui S
Very well done 👍

Danumurthi Mahendra
Much thanks, David and Rui!

Michael Kohl
You massive effort shows. You turned this plastic junk into a show stopper. Absolutely impressive.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice.

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thanks, Villiers de Vos, and Michael.. you said it right on the "plastic junk" thing LOL

Bernhard Schrock
You are my Bear-Hero🙂 Great result especially rivets & NMF!

Thomas Mayer
Dani, your build will be the bench mark for the next decades! I love it! One question though: where to put the finished build?

Łukasz Gliński
Beautiful build, looks like 72nd scale 👍
...ekhm 1/32 I meant of course 😄

Neil
Agreed!

Neuling
It is 1/72 scale. Wonderful finish, flawless result in spite of the poor kit!

Łukasz Gliński
Looks like I overllooked that part 😄 Where do you store such builds mates? 😮

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thanks, Bernhard and all. Lukasz nd Thomas, a local model collector saw it on my socmed page and took it away. Its in a large glass cabinet now.

Danumurthi Mahendra
Much thanks Neil, Neuling, and Carlo. In total, the wing measures 65cm, the fuselage 67cm, and height is 27cm

Danumurthi Mahendra
Oops i think i accidently deleted a comment from Carlo.

Amrith Punja
One more Spectacular Build.

Carlo
No worries Danumurthi. I thought my 1/144 Trumpeter 'Bear' was going to be big! Lovely job on your Tu-95

Gary Victory
Really impressive build Danumurthi...👍. Love the work and dedication on the riveting detail.
I have watched Phil Flory build this thing and he said fit issues with the engines especially bad.
Fantastic work on a monster build Sir.

Gordon Sørensen
Fantastic work on this cold-war monster. The NMF is excellent!

Finn
Amazing

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thanks, Amrith. almost identical to India's TU-142

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thank you, Gordon and Finn. Yes, Gary - I saw Phil's video too. it was invaluable as it gave me some ideas of what to look out for!

Danumurthi Mahendra
I added a few more images showing the highlights during the WIP

Alec K
Thanks very much for the wip info. That's a LOT of weight in the nose.

Danumurthi Mahendra
Yes, Alec. it was necessary. I started with 100 grams, then 200 grams gradually. Every now and then testing the balance. The landing gear was too forward so it was still tilting towards the tail until I gave it 400 grams

Ivan Bct
Awesome model ! Congratulation for your fantastic job ! you make me dream !

Andy Ball
oh my! what a behemoth!! Excellent job!

Michael Jonker
Epic and beautiful result.

Oliver Zwiener
Klasse Ding !

Ekki
Great work!

Danumurthi Mahendra
Much thanks for the kind words!

Ogre-Trombone
Inspiring!

Alexander Grivonev
Fantastic Big Bad Bear👍 Looks amazing with the black background. 400 grams nose weight, really? wow 😄

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thx Ogre-Trombone!

Danumurthi Mahendra
Hi Alexander, thx. The black sheet helped bring the details better. I think approx 400 grams is about right. I used 48 grams and smaller 33 grams conical weights. I glued five large and five smaller ones.

Gerald
👍

WAHO LEU
Great Job. I loving it.

John Ballman
This beauty is a handful, thanks for sharing your work.
JB