Josip Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) Hello again! This is my latest creation. The ZVEZDA kit may be the best IL-2 single seater kit in 1:48 so far, but it's a delicate and hastily concieved kit that really should have been thought out more thoroughly. The kit features a lovely full engine that one needs to glue inside the fuselage in order to glue the exhaust stacks from the outside. By removing a panel or two one can barely catch a glimpse of it. The flaps have a nasty seam line across them because the fuselage and bottom wings connect there and the cannon barrels are too thin etc... Anyway it's finally done. I did some minor modification with simulating fasteners on the wings and engine cowling, as well as glueing some tape over the flaps. The cockpit was really adequate OOB, especially when one puts the very nice pilot figure in it. It was painted with Revell, Akan and Vallejo acrylics. Early IL-2s were boring. So I chose to depict an anonymous aircraft with the worn winter camouflage. Those always look cool. Enjoy it! Ofc. it all depends of the light. Here it looks just bleak and unasuming. Josip Edited July 1, 2021 by Josip grammar 27 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold55 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 This is really nice. I am wondering why it is painted in winter camo when the pilot is wearing shorts. But the camo is well worn so it could be a warm day in the spring, or the unit deployed south. Anyway I really love the camo job you have done, it really looks the part. And thanks for your impressions of the kit, I might have to pick one up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 The pilot is the right one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Excellent job on this Il-2! I'll forgive you saying the early Il-2s were boring... Best Regards, Jason 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Very nicely done winter cammo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhutchi Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 It looks great, I didn't even know that there was a single seat version of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolkerR. Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Very nice model, especially the winter camo. The IL-2 is one of the most important aircraft of WW2, in numbers built and in the battlefield, unfortunately it is always underrepresented in modelling. Anyone building WW2 aircraft should have one in their collection. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Great whitewash effect. Is the pilot a modified version of the RAF style chap or did he come like that? Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 Zvezda pilot is OOB on the right. The other two are Tamiya RAF pilots. Bigger and bulkier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 50 minutes ago, VolkerR. said: Very nice model, especially the winter camo. The IL-2 is one of the most important aircraft of WW2, in numbers built and in the battlefield, unfortunately it is always underrepresented in modelling. Anyone building WW2 aircraft should have one in their collection. Luckily I have two. This one and the late two seater from ACM with resin propeller and spinner. It was also posted here and is much more interesting. Josip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Flannel Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 (edited) There is something so attractive about very ugly utilitarian aircraft. The Faireys Barracuda and Gannett, the K.u.k. Aviatik B.II, this brute and much more. You have done her justice with great honour for such an important type; many a long night poring over the humungous Komissarov Il-2/10 tome gave me an enormous respect for Il crews. Well done. Edited June 30, 2021 by Major Flannel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 21 minutes ago, Major Flannel said: There is something so attractive about very ugly utilitarian aircraft. The Faireys Barracuda and Gannett, the K.u.k. Aviatik B.II, this brute and much more. You have done her justice with great honour for such an important type; many a long night poring over the humungous Komissarov Il-2/10 tome gave me an enormous respect for Il crews. Well done. Thank you. Actually I think that IL-2 isn't really an ugly looking airplane. This one actually looks nicely proportioned and thought out, at least to my eyes. Josip 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Great looking Il-2. I just hope Zevzda give us a straight winged two seater as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Beautiful Ilyushin Il-2! Saluti Giampiero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 4 hours ago, Tbolt said: Great looking Il-2. I just hope Zevzda give us a straight winged two seater as well. Looking at the breakdown of the parts, I believe we'll be getting both versions of the Il-2 two-seater, both the straight-winged and 'arrow' versions. Regards, Jason 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 12 minutes ago, Learstang said: Looking at the breakdown of the parts, I believe we'll be getting both versions of the Il-2 two-seater, both the straight-winged and 'arrow' versions. Regards, Jason Lets hope we do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 (edited) Mind you, there's nothing wrong with Tamiya kit. It has the best surface details of them all. This Zvezda kit has petite panel lines. It's too neat for a Soviet warplanes. On the wings they were almost invisible. Edited June 30, 2021 by Josip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 I'll agree that the Tamiya arrow in 1/48th scale is a fine kit, perhaps the best Il-2 kit overall. This Zvezda kit gives it some serious competition, although it is a different version. It will be interesting to compare the Tamiya kit with the Zvezda arrow, if they come out with one. Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 (edited) Tamiya will win because of more robust look and true to original surface details. It has hinges on the access panels etc. When I did my ACM two seater, I had to replicate all those details that Tamiya already had OOB. Not to mention the ease of assembly. Edited June 30, 2021 by Josip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Josip said: Tamiya will win because of more robust look and true to original surface details. It has hinges on the access panels etc. When I did my ACM two seater, I had to replicate all those details that Tamiya already had OOB. Not to mention the ease of assembly. I would love for Tamiya to do a straight winged two seater, but the chance of that is close to zero, so Zevzda ( if we do get it ) will do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 10 hours ago, Tbolt said: I just hope Zevzda give us a straight winged two seater as well. Eduard did a unique boxing the Accurate Miniatures kit which was a straight wing 2 seater, https://www.scalemates.com/kits/eduard-8165-il-2m-shturmovik--100932 but that was ages ago and is probably now a 'collectors item' but it just used the single seater straight wing with 2 seater arrow fuselage. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 (edited) ACM did the whole line. Their common weakness was totally wrong spinner and propeller. Edited June 30, 2021 by Josip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 30 minutes ago, Josip said: ACM did the whole line. Their common weakness was totally wrong spinner and propeller. Did they? I didn't know they did a straight winged two seater or a single seater with a wooden fueslage or a single seater with field modded rear gunner? I've got Vector props for my AM Il-2's EDIT I don't recall a metal fuselaged Arrow or a wooden winged single or two-seater from them either? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 O. K. All but the later. That required a skilfull modeler and a single seater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 26 minutes ago, Troy Smith said: Eduard did a unique boxing the Accurate Miniatures kit which was a straight wing 2 seater, https://www.scalemates.com/kits/eduard-8165-il-2m-shturmovik--100932 but that was ages ago and is probably now a 'collectors item' but it just used the single seater straight wing with 2 seater arrow fuselage. Thanks I didn't know that and I missed out there, I'm not paying a lot of money for one, hopefully Zvezda will come through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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