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I am working out engineering solutions for a Wellington produced using the fuselage of a Lisunov Li-2 (licence built DC2) for a Czech film in 1969. My main build is to represent the film prop in 1/72 using a Contrail Warwick fuselage and Italeri DC2 wings. HOWEVER, Fitting the wings, a key stage in the construction will be difficult using the vac form fuselage which will necessarily be widened by 5mm. Having a bit of time to spare in lockdown I will also be building my other solution. A Monogram 1/90 scale DC2 fitted on to a Revell (nee MPM) Wellington in 1/72 ! Because the Li-2 had to have stringers attached to the surface of the fuselage it made for a much larger body. As can be seen from the February Air Enthusiast's article on this film prop, the 1/90 DC2 marries up very well with the 1/72 Wellinton. Even the width of the 1/73 Wellington fuselage is about right. Please note for demonstration purposes I am using a gash Matchbox fuselage that I got for free. The Revell one does not have inlets for the wings as the DC2 ones need to go lower. This is the film prop. Further detail can be seen in my post of the other build entitled '"Lisunov Wellington" (this one is .....small)
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I have decided to post this build here as it was an actual 'aircraft' made and therefore not a "What if" In 1969 the Czechoslovakians made a film whose name translates to "The Sky Raiders" or "Riders in the Sky". They needed a Wellington bomber which could at least taxi. However, none were available so they had the bright idea of converting a Lisunov Li-2 (licence built DC3) to look like a Wellington ! In the early 90's I came across a February 1973 Air Enthusiast which had an article entitled "Lisunov's Wellington" all about this curious conversion. I always wanted to attempt this project and recently found many photographs on the web of this film prop. 10 by arhills, on Flickr 04 by arhills, on Flickr Here are two photos found on web IMG_0748 by arhills, on Flickr IMG_0749 by arhills, on Flickr Two images from the Air Enthusiast article. Sorry about my rubbish efforts at photography 03 by arhills, on Flickr As can be seen there was an issue with the width of the fuselage which is why they had to cut slots for the propeller. In 1/72 its about 5mm wider ! Will need to space my fuselage halves and make oversize turrets. IMG_0752[3139] by arhills, on Flickr IMG_0747 by arhills, on Flickr The general arrangement drawing gives an idea of the relative sizes. Not only that, but it is using a low-wing airframe to mimic a mid-wing. The film makers were aware of the 'humpiness' of the Welligton nacelles and porked the Li-2 ones up a bit to look right. Over the years I have come to the conclusion that the prop aircraft was much longer than a Wellington and I just happened to have a spare Contrail Warwick in the stash which will provide the extra length. This has to be on the 'table' for my model club virtual meeting on June 25th. We are still 'meeting', albeit online 🙂
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Lisunov Li-2. This is a Soviet license built DC-3. Pics thanks to Mike Costello at Budapest Aero Park.
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Found this online for £1.96 posted! (How do they make money on it?) So I thought I'd just snap it together, paint it & stick it on a shelf. As usual I got carried away... Corrected the engine nacelle shape and shortened the cowling, corrected the oil coolers, added the exhausts, ditched the glazing and made the cockpit frames from some square rod, cut out the rear window for the gunner's position (See below for the gun!) and worked on the undercarriage by drilling and filing to make them more realistic. While researching this plane I found a few photos online showing a gun mounted on the rear port side so I decided to add this. Made out of some scrap plastic card, rod and even one of my hairs as the cocking handle, it was a nightmare to glue together but I got there in the end. I decided to do a winter scheme so painted a generic light & dark green upper with blue lower then whitewashed the upper. For this I used Revell acrylic thinned with water to a 20/80 mix. It took 8 coats using a tiny brush to get the effect I was looking for but it was worth it in the end. A quick coat of Humbrol Clear and then I added the decals, did a bit of weathering and worked on the engraved lines with some thinned down ink. Everything was hand brushed except the final matt varnish. The windows were all made using Kristal Klear. So what started as an afternoon project turn into 5 days of holding my breath too long and going cross-eyed numerous times but I'm really happy with it.
