Jennings Heilig Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 From my Russian contact, the pics that have been posted are of a pre-release final test shot. They still have some final tweaks to do on the molding process to prevent sink marks, and apparently they're going to re-do the decal layout so it will actually fit in the box (something I'd think the decal artist would have taken into account, but what do I know?). Probably a few more weeks before they start showing up on shelves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMMaster Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 (edited) Hello to all, All pics that have been posted in Scalemodels in-box review are of a final release. This kit is in sale now in Russia. I prepared an English version (manually translated) of the review, which will soon be published in some online resources and on this forum, after receiving approval from the administrator. Edited October 26, 2014 by VMMaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard G Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Never got into building civil aircraft really but that is one good looking aircraft. Tempting Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Sprues close-up http://www.pas-decals.ru/forum/18--/6164-il-62m-zvezda-1-144 WIP http://www.pas-decals.ru/forum/19-wip-work-in-progress/6167-sborka-il-62m-zvezda-1-144 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caution Wake Turbulence Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 On sale on eBay from the Ukraine, although not at terribly compelling prices... Cheers, Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26Decals Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Picked one up at Telford today (one of the very few on sale) and it is a gem Standby for decals Cheers Ray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryrussell Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 (edited) Hannants quote 21.99GBP but not yet in stock..reasonable price for this No pound sign on my Russian keyboard Edited November 8, 2014 by garryrussell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Спасибо! Hopefully that says spasibo Gary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryrussell Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 No Idea...I'm British living in Latvia and surrounded by Russian and Latvia which I don't understand...yet. I had to get a new keyboard and it has standard and Russian text. There is a dollor sign but no pound. Also many non letters are in a different place playing havoc with my Flight Simulator model making due to the need to make keystroke assignments. Never mind. I can always take a break watch the fighters overhead on a daily basis hunting for Bears of the non hairy kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 (edited) How do you get on in day to day life without the language? Or do a lot there speak English? Edited November 8, 2014 by bzn20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryrussell Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Not been here long My wife is Latvian and speaks Latvian,Russian and English We are in Valmiera but spend time in Riga where one of her sons lives. He is married to a Russian and he speaks Latvian and Russian. His wife speaks Latvian and Russian her mother and brother live there and her brother only speaks Russian and the mother Russian and German. The two kids are Latvian but go to a Russian school and neither of them can speak Latvian, only Russian. My wifes daughter is somewhere else we spend time with. She is marriaed to a half fin/half Russian raised in Latvia and they live in Helsinki. They speak Russian, Finnish and Latvian and ther three kids speak Finnish, Latvian, Russian and English. Me...I just get confused and make the odd jesture and grunt now and then. When in Helsinki it's obvious the cat undersatnds what's said better than I do. Not blessed with model shops in Latvia. Closest I've is in Riga and that's 103 KM away. Odd as it sells a pretty wide range of Russian and Polish makes alongside Airfix, Minicraft etc. but no Revell.!! A few Supermarkets and toy shops have limited numbers of Airfix Starter sets and the odd Airfix Quick build. Next time I go the Riga I'll take a look and see if I can pick up one of these IL-62. looks very nice. I found a good shop in Helsinki but prices are were high. About a third more than the UK and up to twice as much as Latvia. It will be interesting to see what the IL-62 goes for when it does appear in Latvia If it's like most things here the instructions will be in about 15 languages but not English.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Gary. I didn't expect that! That 15 languages and no English bit was the same when we lived in Spain. I bought loads of things as you'd expect but a Hi-Fi I'd bought had 10 books,one for a different lingo, not English though. It took 5 weeks for the shop to get me one and it was a photocopy of one they had at their head office in Madrid. Yet here in UK you cant find half the things you need to know on the back of some food packaging for all the other languages. Its all one way! All the best with the coming Winter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryrussell Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 There it's Russian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian, Polish, Finnish, Swedish, Bellarussian, Urkrainian, Czech, and often some other ethnic former USSR languages.. The UK is a long wa away. Oddly though I bought a Yamaha music keyboard in Riga. Made in Japan but the manual was all in English with a small booklet pointing out the basics in Latvian, This was for the girl in Riga who speaks neither Latvian or English. So I had to go online and pring out the full 96 pages in Russian. In the model shops there wee various offers on kits and of course procduct descriptions/ I could tell from the pics whiche were aeroplanes and those that were boats. A few like the Japanese and of course US and British had English. The Eastern stuff proossibly did somewhere but no where of practical use. But at least the Euro is the currency so I get a good idea of value and how I know the RMS Queen Elizabeth at 35 Euros is over the top in Helsinki. Latvia is cheaper and one toyshop had a limited range ...about five...Italeri models. They had a Wessex and that was 6 Euro. So hopefully when the IL-62 does arrive I'll try and go get one and check out some of the other Russian built airliners the series cover. They did look impressive in the shop and rather odd with anly the off Boeing/Airbus to be seen. But this is a strange place. Where I live there is no easyJet or Ryanair within 60 miles and most flights are by Russian with Airbus an Boeing but EI- or VP- registered. Looks like the IL-62 is setting a new standard hope so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Aer Lingus Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Picked mine up from Jan @ AJAviation @ Telford on Saturday on first viewing of sprues this kit looks a winner Can some one do some LOT decals for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryrussell Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Sounds good tried any dry fitting yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Mmmmmmmm, review sample has arrived from Zvezda today! Just the job for bringing some lost airliner mojo back! The decals look alot better than earlier Zvezda airliners too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryrussell Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) Not had a Zvezda in any flavour....what has been issues with the decals?? Uncomprehensive, poor definition/register, hard to use?? All these things look so nice on the box lid and many product a great...apart from the plastic and decals. Edited November 11, 2014 by garryrussell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I felt they where a bit basic against, say, a Revell decal sheet, very few stencils and details, the sheet in this is much more comprehensive, and the quality of the decals looks better too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 An ongoing build from Andery Pimenov - Mr. PAS himself: Taken from http://www.pas-decals.ru/forum/19-wip-work-in-progress/6167-sborka-il-62m-zvezda-1-144?limitstart=0&start=26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Just had a mail from Hannants - stock arrived this morning. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Its looks great, the detail is very nice, I will do mine door open, flaps down! Even thinking about a couple of small leds inside too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlCZ Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 In Czech is now on shelves with (free) extra decals sheet for ČSA OK-JET, printed by BOA agency.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Mr. "PAS Decals/Models" Andrey Pimenov has finished his model: More here: http://www.pas-decals.ru/forum/11--/6196-il-62m-zvezda-1-144-foto-gotovoj-modeli 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Going to go pick mine up from Kingkit soon, have seen some nice decals on eBay too from Russia, might have to treat it to some! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Yummy!! http://karopka.ru/forum/messages/forum185/topic4497/message758983/#message758983 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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