Combo build: Ilyushin Il-2 Stormovik (Accurate Miniatures / Revell in 1/48 and Tamiya in 1/72)

Started by John vd Biggelaar · 680 · 1 year ago · Accurate Miniatures, Il-2, Ilyushin, Revell, Stormovik
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    George R Blair Jr said 2 years, 4 months ago:

    Your interior looks great, John (@johnb), and it seems to match the photo I had. I think I will go with something very similar.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 4 months ago:

    @gblair, thanks George. Looking forward to your interior.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 4 months ago:

    Thanks my friend @johnb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 4 months ago:

    Interior is mounted on the bottom plate.


    Upgraded the exhausts by opening them up a bit.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 4 months ago:

    Cockpit mounted and exhausts look great, my friend @johnb!

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    George R Blair Jr said 2 years, 4 months ago:

    Looks great, John (@johnb). Everything is coming together.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 4 months ago:

    @fiveten, @gblair, thanks a lot.

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    Sebastijan Videc said 2 years, 4 months ago:

    Nice looking progress, John!

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 4 months ago:

    Rear gun attached, supported from my not that hitech rig πŸ™‚

    Thanks for stopping by!

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    Pedro L. Rocha said 2 years, 4 months ago:

    @Fiveten
    I began to assemble a few parts before any painting stage, namely the nose area and the radiator area below the fuselage. I always use Tamiya extra thin glue but the AM plastic seems all too impervious to it! Been forced to use CA so far. I would like to ask you and also John if you had this issue or if not what glue are you guys using?

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 4 months ago:

    I used my usual Revell contacta styrene glue and had no issues, my friend @holzhamer. I did not notice any difference compared to other styrene. I might assume that your copy's styrene presented kind of discrepancy?

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 4 months ago:

    @holzhamer, I have been using Revell contacta as well and all parts glued together quite nicely.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 4 months ago:

    @inflames, thanks a lot, Sebastijan

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 4 months ago:

    Really nice placement of the rear gun, Spiros @fiveten
    A step which I can skip.

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    Pedro L. Rocha said 2 years, 4 months ago:

    @fiveten

    @johnb

    Thanks mates, Revell contacta will be! I completely forgot I have this glue in the toll box

    The plastic from my AM box is hard and quite brittle, and since it’s my only AM kit I have no comparison rule with their later kits. One thing is certain, I prefer the softer plastic from most other manufacturers out there