Muchmirth Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Hi all, My finished il-2 here: This is my second wing-ed thing and really learned a lot. I made some major mistakes on it, like breaking the prop off ...twice. I'll have to practice getting the join between the two halves of the fuselage to not have that massive seem running down the middle. In future I'll putty and sand. Got a small blob of super glue on the top of the fuselage when attaching the antenna. Didn't realise their was a speciality type of modelling masking tape to use for masking so used good ole normal masking tape, which allowed the paint to bleed through underneath and then became quite rough around the tail area. I hand painted the canopy (because of my above mistake with the masking tape and was awaiting the Tamiya tape to arrive and very impatient to get it done.) The dials are hand painted as I thought the kit would come with some sort of decals/cockpit decals/detail. Also the kit didn't come with figures and I couldn't find any soviet ones in 1/72-both gunner and pilot are US but I figured better with someone flying the plane than it being the mary celeste of the sky! See my finished diorama which features this bird: HERE Thanks for viewing. All feedback welcome! Paul 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 That's nicely done, Sir! The in-flight shots from beneath convey the sense of rocket exhaust very well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Beautiful Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik! Saluti Giampiero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werdna Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Great work on the Il-2 and the dio. I don't think the plane's gonna recover from that dive though.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchmirth Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 Thanks all for your very kind comments. Werdna certainly is a sharp dive!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Nice work on the Stormovic, I like your special effects ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchmirth Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 Just now, Wulfman said: Nice work on the Stormovic, I like your special effects ! Wulfman Hey wulfman. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Nice addition of dynamics to a static display! Very imaginative and nicely executed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Great job that... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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