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Ilyushin Il-10 `Beast`, Shturmoviks over Manchuria


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Hi Everyone,

 Just got some photo`s of my latest effort: Special Hobby`s 1/48 Il-10 to add to my `August Storm` mini theme

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I couldn`t find any photo`s or pictures in any books or on-line depicting Il-10`s in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria at the very end of WWII but I came across......

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...some images from a Flight/Combat Sim called `Shturmoviks over Manchuria and thought, in the absence of any thing else, one of those schemes would do.

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The build itself is mostly from the box, with just some wire brake pipes and a few bits of photo etch replaced with more user friendly materials here and there

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Replaced  the resin gun barrels with metal tube too.

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Decals were made up from bits and pieces from the stash and a few of the kits.

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and I admitted defeat building the kit bombs and just modified some from the spares box to (loosely) resemble them

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Hope you enjoy, thanks for looking

Cheers Russ

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Nice job Russ! I have that kit and I know it lives up to it's nickname! Did you have any issues? I had to lengthen one fuselage half to match the other so that it would line up. Anyway, Well done!

 

 

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Just now, Nachtwulf said:

Nice job Russ! I have that kit and I know it lives up to it's nickname! Did you have any issues? I had to lengthen one fuselage half to match the other so that it would line up. Anyway, Well done!

 

 

Cheers Dale; I had a few issues but the fuselage halves were ok on mine, fitting the wings was the worst, if I do another I`ll try leaving the bomb bays out. That propeller was challenging too, not how I would have designed it:mellow:.

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That's stunning Russ! It really is a 'big beast'!

 

Beautiful paint work and weathering. The photographs are fantastic too, I love the backdrop, base and sky.

 

:goodjob: 

 

TonyT

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