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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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Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 9 months ago:

Thanks my friend @gblair! Looking forward to yours!
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 9 months ago:

Great progress on the propellor and transparant parts, Spiros @fiveten
Nice sharp edges on the frame.
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 9 months ago:

Thanks my friend @johnb!
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 9 months ago:

By consulting net walk around pics, I added brake lines...

. Thanks for stopping by!
Pedro L. Rocha said 1 year, 9 months ago:

@Fiveten
@johnb

Ok you guys teased me long enough so allow me to contribute this sort of mini GB dedicated to the Il-2 , a name that also brings me back a lot of fun hours spent at my PC back in the very early millennium. Anyone else here was also a fan of that PC game?

Well here are a few pics of what I have to assist the plastic

The kit was purchased back in 1998 and some parts have been cut from the sprue trees somewhere between then and now

I also amassed significant AM parts, including canopy masks; new prop and spinner from Vector, Eduard PE, QB Gun Barrels and Exhausts; new wheels; a Quinta Studio cockpit detail set and finally some paint masks since I fear the kits decals might not be usable.

This is the version I’ll build using the paint masks for all insignias (made by KVmodels). Look for some updates throughout the week
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 9 months ago:

Your resistance finally broke, my friend @holzhamer! What a great entry and what an amount of extras! A masterpiece is to emerge, that I look forward to!
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 9 months ago:

Bomb racks attached, landing gear installation in progress...

Thanks for stopping by!
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 9 months ago:

Welcome aboard, Pedro @holzhamer
A very nice set of extras to help you in creating an excellent Il-2.
Really looking forward to your progression.
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 9 months ago:

A solid productive day, Spiros @fiveten
Looks great.
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 9 months ago:

Thanks my friend @johnb!
Sebastijan Videc said 1 year, 9 months ago:

@holzhamer Pedro, I've spent hundreds of hours in the original Il-2 series sim 😀 In fact, I will be using the new Il-2 series as a reference on cockpit details and exterior weathering, since they are so faithfully reproduced in the simulator.
Pedro L. Rocha said 1 year, 9 months ago:

@inflames Sebastijan, the old Il-2 edition had some pretty nice cockpits but no doubt the new series is better. Wonder if you can send me some print screens on pm? Thanks!
Sebastijan Videc said 1 year, 9 months ago:

@holzhamer Pedro, no problem. Which version will you be building?
Michael Turner said 1 year, 9 months ago:

G'day Spiros (@fiveten), John (@johnb) and Pedro (@holzhamer),
I've put one of those "plates" back in the cupboard and this is now my club gunna build...

...the Tamiya 1/48 Il-2M3.

It will be out of the box, except maybe son seat belts, and as you can see I have some Authentic Decals.
Some of these are Il-2M two seaters with the straight wing and others are the Il-2M3 with the "arrow" wing.
The Tamiya kit is the latter type.
(Interestingly, the Zvezda two seater has the straight wing.)

I haven't decided on the scheme yet.
1 attached image. Click to enlarge.
Michael Turner said 1 year, 9 months ago:

...oh, Pedro (@holzhamer), and I've spent decades playing various incarnations of the Il-2 PC game.

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Work in Progress – Aircraft

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

Bomb racks attached, landing gear installation in progress...