Supercuber Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 (edited) Trumpeter IL-28 converted to fast mail plane IL-20 / IL-28P ( as "Почтовии"- Mail), used by Aeroflot and SSSR mail service 1954-1964 , from Moscov-Vnukovo , via Sverdlovsk to Novosibirsk, mainly for fast transfer of Daily newspaper press matrices , Pravda and Izvestiya , to print it in eastern part of SSSR without much delay. Complete armament instalation was removed. Crews were mainly AEROFLOT TU-104 pilots. Later same planes were used as meteorological and atmosphere probing platform. Whole fleet of some 20 IL-20s removed from use in mid 1960s and scrapped. Trumpeter kit, basic, with some shape issues, but usable, for such low expectations project. Clear canopy and nose cone parts are sanded and used as a master for vacuformed ones. Decals drawn in Corel, laser printed on clear decal paper, while large wing registrations are sprayed using airbrushing mask. Thanx for looking Edited February 14, 2019 by Supercuber 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Very nice, I like unusual subjects and I'd never heard of this one. Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrritableRabbit Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Nicely done! And just like Viking above, I also love these unusual subjects. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Very nice work, especially NMF! I am not sure if really it was bare metal livery applied on Il-28s. On photos typical Il-28s looks like painted with aluminium dope, like all (?) Soviet "silver" machines. Many years ago and only few times in my life I've seen Il-28 in air, it was pretty noisy... Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Very nice. I built the Trumpeter kit and it needed a lot of filler. It is also a bit of an odd scale, somewhwere between 1/72 and 1/48. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 I really like this one Nenad, I like the IL-28 anyway but to see one in a very unusual scheme and use makes it even better. Very well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Very good, really hooked me. Почтовый Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 I like it a lot ... Its always good to see a weapon of war turned to a peaceful use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold55 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 This is great work and gives us some new ideas for when Bobcat comes out with their 1/48 scale kit this year. Very nice job on the large civil markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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