phil1 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 looks like a beautiful kit, the level of detail is insane compared to the Eastern Express IL-96 kit I have just done. I think you can get more detailed resin engines for this kit but at the moment I don't know if it is worth it - the engines look satisfactory to me fuselage is a similar size to the IL96-400/ IL96T + IL96M. note the curved fuselage at the rear for the civil IL86 (above) a snippet of the colour scheme i intend to do. decals are not available but they are available for the 767 the fuselage is obviously larger on the IL-86 but I still think the 767 decals will be suitable for the logo on the tail and the red stripes separating the blue and green (painted areas) from the white fuselage. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Will follow this one Phil,I fancy the original boxing of this kit once I finish the Tu-144. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madhatter Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 I do like this aircraft and have often have ummmed and ahh'd about this kit but always bought something else instead. What I'm impressed with is the detail in the wheel wells - something the other manufacturers could do better with. Will be watching MH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil1 Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 Will follow this one Phil,I fancy the original boxing of this kit once I finish the Tu-144. I've just had a neb at your Tu-144 and it looks great! i dived in and got this as it was super cheap but the decals supplied are a bit pointless as I couldn't imagine anyone wanting to use them. at least you'll have a set of decals with the original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil1 Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 I do like this aircraft and have often have ummmed and ahh'd about this kit but always bought something else instead. What I'm impressed with is the detail in the wheel wells - something the other manufacturers could do better with. Will be watching MH I'm honestly impressed with the level of detail in general -but i feel more under pressure to preserve it during construction. sadly if I'm going to start doing my airliners with wheels I will have to get permission of the landlady to build an extension, I'm already almost out of shelf space - you can have the undercarriage if you want (if you end up with the revell version or another) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil1 Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 if anybody is thinking about buying this kit - DON'T. Whilst I have said that the detail is beautiful and it goes together well it is actually the yellow plastic that is a horror, it peels and peels horribly. when i was filling the windows i tend to mask the areas around the windows with tamiya tape, when i removed the tape (which hadn't been on long) it ripped a layer of plastic from the model. not a disaster with a bit careful sanding but sanding no matter how gentle tears the plastic away even more. as a result ive lost a lot of detail from the fuselage defo buy the other zvezda kit without the crap yellow plastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil1 Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 paint is on - going to use 767 decals from PAS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil1 Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 got some orange peel effect in the finish and some patchy areas that need repainted but a bit progress 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil1 Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 first coat on top of the primer for the wings 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Definitely pay attention to the instructions when you're doing the engines. The engine halves are handed and if you get them assembled in the wrong order the thrust reverser grilles won't be in the right place. Ask me how I know... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Hello, will follow your build with interest, its a nice kit from a great looking airliner. Good progress so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil1 Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 6 hours ago, Jessica said: Definitely pay attention to the instructions when you're doing the engines. The engine halves are handed and if you get them assembled in the wrong order the thrust reverser grilles won't be in the right place. Ask me how I know... I'm dying to know! I'm glad you mentioned as I'm not partial to instructions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil1 Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 6 hours ago, BerndM said: Hello, will follow your build with interest, its a nice kit from a great looking airliner. Good progress so far. thanks, going slow at the moment but should get interesting soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, phil1 said: I'm dying to know! I'm glad you mentioned as I'm not partial to instructions Take a look at the engine halves. One half has the reverser grille towards the top of the nacelle; the other has it towards the bottom. This is designed so the reverse thrust can escape above the wing on the outboard side, and under the wing on the inboard side. If you do like I did, you'll end up with 2 engines which vent the reverse thrust downwards on both sides, and 2 which vent it upwards. Oops. Edited October 16, 2016 by Jessica correcting tpyos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 A classic russian airliner I have 2 of them in my stash.So many projects on the go at the moment,so I have no idea when I will finally get to tackle mine. Very nice choice of livery too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil1 Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 made a mess of painting the stab, however when i wiped away the paint i got a very nice effect with the paint staying in the gaps tried the same technique on the wing with the paint significantly thinned down - the wing tip is the result of a test so decided to go ahead and do the whole wing.... used novus scratch remover which resulted in removing the paint and adding a bit shine - leaving the detail I'm not sure about the results, it does add a bit more realism to my regular glossy results - but I've lost quite a bit of detail on the fuselage (due to that crap yellow plastic) so I'm worried the wings will look a bit odd in comparison to the fuselage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil1 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 finally got underway with this one again! the blue paint scheme has been redone as I wasn't happy with the last one. Looking at recent pictures of the 787 dreamliner convinced me to change it. decals are from pas decals using a combination of the uzbekistan 767 decals and Il-86 transero. I actually forgot to spray the edge of the tail metal before I started adding decals. The red stripes on the edge of the paintwork are a lot more evident on here than in real life will likely need another 767 decal set to finish off the red stripes. defo the most difficult part of the application as the shape of the 767 is totally different the doors in the Transaero set were blue (my mistake) and the 767 doors were too small and also embedded in the Uzbekistan titles (on the 'N' ) and there wasn't enough doors. luckily I had some spare doors from a L1011 or DC10 set and just cut out the handles from the Transaero set and applied on top. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTKC Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 The yellow plastic is a result of what you bought being a Zvezda anniversary kit, as stated on the box. Zvezda models are usually cast in a very nice gray plastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpthedog Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 IL86 and Uzbek scheme - winning combination! Looking good so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil1 Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 engines now on, just need to finish off the decals and stabilizers 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 It's an elegant looking aircraft in my opinion but that colour scheme doesn't do a thing for me I'm afraid. Great job on the build and a splendid mask and paint job. Chris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Looks great . Awaiting ist "Roll-out" in the RFI section... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Not sure how I've missed this until now. It's definitely looking good. How was the fit between the wings and the fuselage? I've always gone down the "stick it together and mask it" route rather than get involved in touching up and re-finishing but you've started me wondering! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil1 Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 On 3/16/2017 at 11:26 PM, stringbag said: It's an elegant looking aircraft in my opinion but that colour scheme doesn't do a thing for me I'm afraid. Great job on the build and a splendid mask and paint job. Chris. thanks mate, the colour scheme is definitely not for everyone, some might say hideous! but i've got to admit its grown on me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil1 Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 9 hours ago, Skodadriver said: Not sure how I've missed this until now. It's definitely looking good. How was the fit between the wings and the fuselage? I've always gone down the "stick it together and mask it" route rather than get involved in touching up and re-finishing but you've started me wondering! thanks mate, the fit between the wings and fuselage is perfect like you would expect most zvezda kits and its allowed me to get away with it, applying the decals prior to full assembly is just me being impatient and completely unnecessary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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