AdrianMF Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 I decided that the canopy was too narrow so I inserted a shim in the master (everything is too narrow on this build!) and ran up another one on my modified vac former. I put the plastic down straight over the master, plastic side first, and it worked first time! The canopy is also much thicker/stronger because it doesn't have to go up and down over the fences. So here's where I have got to. I've started scribing on the tailplane. That's it for a week or so because I've got a work trip to do. Thanks for looking! Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwakou61 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 This is great Adrian! You give me hope after another failed attempt to make canopies for my own project.. Apparantly the clear sheet quality makes a difference as well. Good to know. I envy your resourcefulness! I'm going to have a good study of your work. Thanks for sharing your experience. Cheers! Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Very nice work, and bold chopping up of the kit too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Good work, Adrian! That's actually starting to look like an Ilyusha. Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 Thanks for all the encouragement! I just wonder if I might have been better off starting with a better representation of an IL-2. I dunno, something like an Airfix Fairey Battle maybe??? Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Thanks for all the encouragement! I just wonder if I might have been better off starting with a better representation of an IL-2. I dunno, something like an Airfix Fairey Battle maybe??? Regards, Adrian Adrian, there's no doubt that you would have been better off, with the Fairey Battle or even just an amorphous lump of plastic! However, as a Shturmovik aficionado, I find this build fascinating. I've always wondered if anyone could actually make a reasonable facsimile of the IL-2 from this kit. The kit (not your model, which is looking quite good) looks as if it were designed by someone who was told what the Shturmovik looked like, without ever actually having seen either a photograph or an accurate drawing of the aeroplane. It's something like the plastic equivalent of a police artist's sketch of some criminal (although not as well done). I have examined nearly every Shturmovik kit that is now or was ever available in plastic and the Airfix kit is without a doubt the worst (even worse than the '70's Soviet-era 1/50th scale Shturmovik). It vaguely resembles an IL-2, but that's about it. It's a toy, not a model. However, you seem to be beating it into shape. I truly admire your courage! Onwards brave comrade! Death to the Fascists! Best Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 It is truely stunning! Own up though, you're Nobby in disguise aren't you? Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airhead Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 This is going to be epic! Keep up the good work (please?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I can only repeat what others have said: brilliant work ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishbed Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 This in insane, but if it gets this kind of result, perhaps its time to enter the asylum..................... Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Back from my trip and back to the modelling table! I finished scribing the wings and tail, then I actually stuck something together! I think I may be distantly related to the Matchbox-Trenchers... The masking tape is a guide for the putty: Yep, I bought a sheet of blue card as a background! Here's the radiator, modified to look like it belongs to an IL-2: And here's the putty on. I'll leave it to dry thoroughly and then get sanding: Thanks for looking, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Nice job on the scribing, Adrian! I'm reminded of a line from one of my favourite movies, The Flight of the Phoenix, where the Richard Attenborough character (Lou Moran) says to the Jimmy Stewart character (Frank Townes), about the Phoenix as it starts to take shape, "You know Frank, it's really starting to look like something". Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 I watched the Defiant build and have followed the Stirling build. Having recently built the Boston as a nostalgia build and been severely frustrated, I have nothing but admiration for you guys who take on these "vintage" (read: "prehistoric") Airfix kits and turn out masterpieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 This is a great no-nonsense approach to kit-building. I will be watching with interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Amazing work! My gob is smacked. Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 If your having fun doing all the great work to this kit then I wouldn't be too worried about if its mad or not! Hell, I wouldn't be too concerned about it been totally accurate, after all, its looking a hell of a lot better than it did! My hats off to you my friend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelarczyk Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Great. You are surgeon!Lovely modeling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 Hello All, Had a bit of a break, doing a speed-Airfix-Hurricane for a bit of light relief (black and white undersides - my favourite). Back in the factory, I made some undercarriage doors to replace the kit items. Simple master: I vacformed a layer of 10thou, trimmed it and then vacformed another layer on top, so I could cut away the inner skin to produce some inaccurate but "busy" detail: I also tried to vacform a spare canopy (I have one good one) but my balsa top didn't like it! Is that crash moulding or smash moulding?? I will have to take 15 minutes to build my next vacformer, not ten! Thanks for looking, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 Hello All, Just a teeny-tiny update. Exhausts and vents today: Exhausts are made from stretched 1/8" plastic tube. They need a bit of work when they are dry but not much. I had tried making them out of brass tube (squashed slightly to the right section), which looked great but was too hard to work with. The vents are plastic card sandwiches, carved appropriately. Two more things crossed off the (long) list! Thanks for looking, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck63 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 :gobsmacked: Immediate psychiatric help baaaaadly needed here...this guy's totally outta his head!!!! :blink: Gonna follow this thread for sure! Cheers Manu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Looks superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 Thanks for all the encouragement! I've been away a lot and after the first frenzy of major rebuilding, this build is turning into a bit of a slog through all the details (none of which are satisfactory from the kit). Undercarriage and cockpit cnopy next! And my 20-year-old bottle of future (actually bought for the kitchen floor in my old house) has finally gone a bit strange on me, so I need to get some more. Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TU-DOGGS Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Hello All,Just a teeny-tiny update. Exhausts and vents today: Exhausts are made from stretched 1/8" plastic tube. They need a bit of work when they are dry but not much. I had tried making them out of brass tube (squashed slightly to the right section), which looked great but was too hard to work with. The vents are plastic card sandwiches, carved appropriately. Two more things crossed off the (long) list! Thanks for looking, Adrian ....I have that kit...AND those drawings too. The kit is 100% correct - it is the drawings that are wrong! Kidding OK...going now... Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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