Vanja #66 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Howdy, folks! Here are my finished IK-2 and IK-3, Yugoslav pre-WWII planes. These brothers were made late 30s, very different designs and still very similar. IK-3 took part in air defense of Belgrade in April 1941. and had 11 wins with 4 casualties over Reich's Bf109s... Unfortunately, there wasn't enough of them for that defense to have any chance of success, out 12 produced only 6 were operational and after a few days the two remaining were captured and scraped. Heartbreaking... IK-2 was mostly stationed in Bosnia at the time and surviving ones were given to Croat Air Force. As for models themselves, mostly build out of box, Azur Frrom did a decent job with them. IK-2 was given a bit of details in the cockpit and not much more than that (save the wires on the outside, mentioned in instructions). There are a few inaccuracies outside, most of which can be easily fixed. Canopy could have been done better (goes for IK-3 also), but it's not completely useless. I wasn't going for 100% accuracy, so it didn't bother me much... IK-3 saw a bit more work in cockpit, seat and belts were made from scratch, as were side details. There were some touch-ups on the outside of both, mostly opening exhausts and intakes, IK-3 legs also got a bit of pedicure... More on this can be found in WIP thread... Thanks for watching... Cheers! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Lovely! I've got a few builds ahead to these but the IK-2 and IK-3 are definitely on the list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Great builds of somewhat obscure subjects. My favourite is the elegant and charming IK-2 – I wouldn't mind a 1:48th kit of that one. Very nice job and kudos for originality! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Very nice indeed! Great to see a couple of rare and unusual subjects. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Good job Vanya, interesting subjects and they both turned out very well Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanja #66 Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 Thanks, guys, glad you like it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimpy Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 The IK-3 looks a cross between a Hurricane and a Mustang. Great builds, like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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