Trumpeter 1/72 Tu-160 'Blackjack' (by Trevor)

Welcome to the latest lethal beauty build-up, the Tuplovev-160 White Swan, with the NATO reporting name of “Blackjack”. Designed in the 1970’s and built in the 1980’s, this supersonic bomber can carry a large and deadly arsenal. The 1/72 scale Trumpeter model is a real behemoth, but at the same time it is so delicate and intricately detailed that it is a pleasure to build.

00:00 – Intro
01:19 – Unboxing
04:05 – Building the Tu-160
12:50 – Some Stats
14:59 – Painting & Weathering the Tu-160
22:12 – Some Armament Facts
23:34 – Grand Finale

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[FPhantomGaming]

I just bought this kit at a (tiny) hobby store, thank you for doing such an in=depth review 👍

[ArmourEmpire]

Beautiful lines on that aircraft. Really nice result Trevor

[ShawnMcClureModeler]

That turned out great Trevor. Sounds like an amazing plane.

[reneevanheerden]

Magnificent build! You are so talented 😎

[alwoodsmodellingmayhem]

A wonderful result Trevor. She is a bit of a beast size wise!!! Well done my friend.👏👏👏👏

[travisweeks]

Wow she turned out awesome looks amazing great job

[jdursoesq]

Beautifully done and very well explained, giving me hope for my own project. Thank you.

[allgood]

Almost like a B1 carbon copy! ... nice one Trev you did a great job there bro 👍🇳🇿✈️

[marloneliezermendezrojas]

OMG ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL; how were you able to find this kit it’s so rare!!

[georgem]

Amazing build, thank you for posting this video.

[fredtedstedman]

Always looks like copy of B1, are you sure it was built to compete with B-52 ? I had never noticed but in the film it shows, 13:35 when wing is swept, two huge "wing fences" which deploy upwards ( not very stealthy ?) like fins . she is a wonderful model, this is more like engineering than modelling ! 😍😍😍😍😍😍

[aircool]

A beautiful beast of a model!
A beautiful beast of a plane!
I think you made just the right call on the weathering - to copy the reference pictures would run the risk of looking like you had overdone it.
It is nice to see that Trumpeter are thinking about the structure of the model and using stronger plastic for the undercarriage.
Nicely done sir... but where are you going to keep it!

[merlinwilsenach]

Looks amazing! But where do you park it???

[j-frame]

Gonna display my after I got it from my order together with my 1/72 XB-70

[magicfly]

Dear author, out of respect for you and your work, I will write in English, I hope you will understand me. I have a question - does this model have rotating wings, or can they only be made in one position?

[magnamentis]

Great stuff, wish I could fly one, till now ony in simulators, in the real world 4-seaters max (licensewise)

At least I can tune them there, by increasing enginepower in the settings

🤣

🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭

[henrypena]

wish me Luck I just got my white swan❤

[РоманПольовий-эп]

It's a pity that it's not with Ukrainian markings, because the 160 were the first to be adopted by the Ukrainians and the Ukrainian school had the best flight and training base, then they forced Ukraine to give these planes to Russia with everything!!!!

[thecaptain]

WOW, Trevor, amazing!!! What an incredible airplane!! You really brought it to life my friend!!! Excellent work!!