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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    Michael Turner said 2 years, 2 months ago:

    G'day Spiros (@fiveten),
    I have actually glued the fuselage closed and attached the wings but don't have any photos yet.
    The fuselage had a few minor, undoubtedly self induced, seam issues but the wing to fuselage fit is superb.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 2 months ago:

    The camouflage pattern looks amazing, Sebastijan @inflames

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 2 months ago:

    Very good progress, Michael @michaelt
    Nice detailing indeed of that never to be seen radiator.
    Looking forward to the Zvezda kit as well.

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    Sebastijan Videc said 2 years, 2 months ago:

    Thank you, guys! I am really enjoying this part of the build!

    @michaelt Michael, Uluru is on my traveling bucket list and probably the no.1 thing I wanna visit if I ever manage to visit the land Down Under. I see your build is basically the same as mine and Tamiya mostly just downscaled the plastic. I tried to match the interior to Quinta's decals so it might not be totally period correct but with wartime situation, we'll never know. Looking forward to seeing yours painted and to see how Vallejo's set looks like. It appears that especially with the Brown colour, in the past, the paint producers made it much darker and saturated, but supposedly it was actually more greyish brown, which reflects in these latest new paints.

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

    Looks great, Sebastijan (@inflames). I like Mr. Paint, but they are difficult to get where I live, so I use Tamiya and AK Real Colors. The camo colors look perfect.

    Your Tamiya IL-2 is coming along nicely, Michael (@michealt). Looking forward to seeing your build. I did the Accurate Miniatures IL-2m3 for this combo build, and it was a handful. Back in the day when the US had satellite tracking stations in Australia, I flew a C-141 on almost the same trip you just completed. I thought it was a long trip in the plane, so I can't imagine the trip by car.

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    Erik Gjørup said 2 years, 2 months ago:

    Sebastijan @inflames and Michael @michaelt, nice progress! Looks like the lacquer paints are performing well Sebastijan. Sadly I have to many things in progress to be able to join, even with a Zvezda and Tamiya kit in the stash. Well, I shall mark this topic as a reference for when I get started one day.

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    Sebastijan Videc said 2 years, 2 months ago:

    By painting the AMT-12 Dark Grey, the basic camo painting is complete. I really like how the paint job turned out!

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 2 months ago:

    Beautiful paint job and gorgeous looks, my friend @inflames!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 2 months ago:

    Great looks with this triple camouflage scheme, Sebastijan @inflames
    Very nicely done.

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    Sebastijan Videc said 2 years, 2 months ago:

    Last update before some vacation in Greece.

    Mr.Paint having a smooth satin coverage is a big plus as you don't need to gloss before decals. Luckily there isn't much of them either on these ww2 aircraft so it was a relatively quick job applying them and sealing them with Semi-matt in preparation for further weathering.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 2 months ago:

    Looking super, my friend @inflames! Where are you going to stay in Greece?

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    Sebastijan Videc said 2 years, 2 months ago:

    Thank you, my friend @fiveten! We are traveling to Corfu for a week.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 2 months ago:

    Have a great time in beautiful Corfu, my friend @inflames! Pity, we are not close and schools have started...

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    Erik Gjørup said 2 years, 2 months ago:

    Should have time to cure before weathering then 🙂

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 2 months ago:

    Excellent decalling, Sebastijan @inflames
    Enjoy your stay in Greece.