Ił-2m3
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1 6 January 2019, 13:49
Łukasz GlińskiWelcome 🙂 I'm in progress of filling the almost empty cockpit using some (not all) part from the Part PE.
6 January 2019, 14:50
Łukasz GlińskiWelcome. I thought it's gonna be quick, but it wants more and more putty 😉 Wondering whether to rescribe the lines (not really eager to do it) or try drawing them with a pencil later on. After all it's a sentmental build, any accuracy is purely coincidential 😉
20 January 2019, 08:51
Łukasz GlińskiThanks, imagine that used something like one third, maybe one fourth of the interior parts proposed by Part 🙂
21 January 2019, 08:22
Łukasz GlińskiYes, they are mad indeed. Why couldn't they make some kind of 'Zoom' mini frets too? Dunno. 😉
21 January 2019, 13:25
Łukasz GlińskiWelcome, I didn;t expect so many viewers as the sprues are pretty ugly and inaccurate. 😉
21 January 2019, 15:11
Dave FlittonAhh, my dear lad, that is the fun of it. Also, all that PE should help.
21 January 2019, 17:33
Łukasz GlińskiThank you for your encouraging words. I just discovered today one wing is in front of the other 🙂 So today was the surgery day - I had to reattach the wing and the putty is just drying. Once again kudos to the Perfect Plastic Putty manufacturer! 🙂
21 January 2019, 20:08
Łukasz GlińskiSanded, filled and primed the Shturmovik couple of times last days. Now the big question remains - to rescribe or not to rescribe? I still didn't decide, thought the kit is not to be the most accurate anyway...
Btw. during my research for this project I found out the brand new Tamiya kit has the newer wings (so called 'arrow' ones) and I doubt it can be built in wartime Polish camo.
25 January 2019, 18:54
Maciej BellosYours is a boy Il-2 (blue), my daughter's is a girl (pink). Great job on this old kit!
25 January 2019, 21:54
CuajeteGood work so far, Łukasz! In fact Tamiya kit has the "arrow" wings. Mine is on its way from Japan 😛
26 January 2019, 20:24
Łukasz GlińskiStarted painting. As usual in case of +1 colour camo I lost the preshading 🙂, but also I thinned the green too much and have to paint it once more.
28 January 2019, 19:57
Łukasz GlińskiThe result is too bright for me.
After studying Urban's IPMS pages and Cybermodeller I decided to darken the colours accordingly: sand will be overpainted with Hataka Dark Earth (my approximation of FS30111) and green with medium shade from SEA set (my approximation of FS14257).
Grey and blue will stay 🙂
Links:
cybermodeler.com/air..il-2_profile02.shtml
ipmsstockholm.se/hom..soviet-union-russia/
The Soviet Russia didn't have precise mixing standards, so I assume my findings to be fair enough 🙂
29 January 2019, 20:19
Łukasz GlińskiLast few days I spent on the make-up, hopefully it's not too heavy 😉
10 February 2019, 17:20
Łukasz GlińskiFinished! Thanks for your previous comments 🙂 I spent last few days trying to get the antenna right (and broke it 5 times in the process 🙂 ) and mounting the machine gun (turns out, the gunner compartment has been designed too short in this kit.
16 February 2019, 08:48
Bart GoesaertReally nice, the basekit is very basic, and the detailing adds a lot of value..
16 February 2019, 09:48
CuajeteVery nice Shturmovik, Łukasz. Good work with the antenna and paint. Congrats!
22 February 2019, 18:39
Łukasz GlińskiThank you folks, the kit is very basic indeed and the dimensions are also inaccurate in multiple places (e.g. cockpit), but it's a very sentimental build anyway 🙂
22 February 2019, 19:30
