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I've been slowly working up the courage to post some of my more recently finished models on here. I've been looking at parts of the current collection and wondering which would make suitable candidates for RFI posts. The Revell reboxing of the 1/72 ICM Polikarpov I-153 Chaika didn't exactly sit up and beg but somehow I couldn't resist it in its tiny, stubby glory. Among other things it was my first foray into rigging since some unfortunate attempts in the 1980's. Chaika, I choose you! I purchased it for a song back in 2018 and got stuck straight in. The Revell boxing is super value for money and includes the very detailed ICM cockpit parts which are not in the Revell instructions, but are not hard to work out. I kinda spoiled the whole effect by shoehorning a pilot figure in, only realising after the fact that all that lovely (and fiddly!) cockpit detail was now very much obscured... I found it to be a very easy and rewarding build and the fairly simple rigging arrangement was perfect as a beginner's introduction to the gentle art of rigging. It came with quite a supply of ordnance, choices include eight RS-82 and their rails, four FAB-50 or four AO-25 (I think?) from which I chose the four 25kg fragmentation bombs to arm mine. I can only think of two minor additions that the kit could do with, a gunsight and exhaust stubs, either as separate parts or moulded in the cowling apertures. I didn't add the main gear wheel covers as these were often removed in service as they tended to act as a mud magnet. Brush painted with Tamiya acrylics as is my wont due to a pathological fear of airbrushes. Anyway enough blather, here she is in a bit more detail. There is cockpit detail in there, trust me! The belly of this teeny beast, the rigging is invisible superfine polyamide thread with a touch of drybrushed Tamiya gunmetal. Oops, someone needs a bit of a dust! I might have to get another of these, or perhaps an I-15bis if anyone makes such a beast in 1/72. Better (dust-free) photos further down, because I didn't actually think about using edit function until now!- 14 replies
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Managed to pick up a Mozzie for half price at ScotsNats yesterday so I can finally throw my hat in to the ring. Hardly original but been wanting to do one so now was as good a time as any, plus it was a good chance to make my GB debut. Multiple birds and all that. Box, sprues etc... Due to various constraints of real life and what-not it'll be an OOB job. Tempted to go with the NF.Mk II as something different from the standard scheme on the Mk.XVIII option, and I've cried enough doing a couple of NMF birds recently to put me off trying the Aussie Mk.IV option. Let's go...
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