Einar Posted July 22, 2021 Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) Ilyushin IL-62 is probably one of the most successful Soviet built intercontinental airliners. The plane carried max. 186 passengers to a max. distance of 10.000 km. Its maiden flight took place in January 1963 and a total of 292 planes were built during the years. Its main operator were Aeroflot and it was also the biggest plane used by Interflug, the East German state airline. The company operated a total of 24 planes. IL-62 was also widely used by many other Soviet block airlines. Ilyushin IL-62's were in use until the early 2000 but because of stricter noise regulations and new and more economical plane types they went almost totally out of commercial traffic. The only airline still using the plane for domestic tourist flights are Air Koryo of North Korea. I built the Interflug IL-62M from a Zvezda 1/144 kit with BOA decals I ordered from the web. I also used a photoetch set from Extratech. The Zvezda kit was of very high quality, very detailed and its fit was excellent. I primed the fuselage with white Tamiya Fine Surface primer which I then sprayed with Tamiya rattle can gloss varnish. The lower part of the fuselage, the wings and stabs were painted with Xtracolor X137 light gull grey. For the smaller details, wheels, lights, etc. I used Humbrol enamels and Vallejo acrylics. Edited July 22, 2021 by Einar 34
Tomjw Posted July 22, 2021 Posted July 22, 2021 Nice. A very strange rear wheel arrangement on that aircraft. It must have made landing tricky... Cheers, Tom 1
mustang1989 Posted July 22, 2021 Posted July 22, 2021 Man I love seeing builds that look this good in this small of a scale. WOW!!! Very nice indeed. 1
GiampieroSilvestri Posted July 22, 2021 Posted July 22, 2021 Beautiful Ilyushin Il-62! Saluti Giampiero 1
Winenut Posted July 22, 2021 Posted July 22, 2021 Really great looking version Well done I cant imagine how you managed the windscreen wipers in that scale! 1
Einar Posted July 23, 2021 Author Posted July 23, 2021 12 hours ago, Winenut said: Really great looking version Well done I cant imagine how you managed the windscreen wipers in that scale! Thanks! It' a little miracle I managed to set them there🤣 13 hours ago, GiampieroSilvestri said: Beautiful Ilyushin Il-62! Saluti Giampiero Grazie mille Giampiero Einar
Einar Posted July 23, 2021 Author Posted July 23, 2021 14 hours ago, mustang1989 said: Man I love seeing builds that look this good in this small of a scale. WOW!!! Very nice indeed. Thanks a lot! Einar
Einar Posted July 23, 2021 Author Posted July 23, 2021 14 hours ago, Tomjw said: Nice. A very strange rear wheel arrangement on that aircraft. It must have made landing tricky... Cheers, Tom Thanks Tom, The rear support wheel was employed when the plane was parked. It prevented the aircraft from tilting backwards because of the heavy tail. Cheers, Einar 2
Ray S Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 What a lovely finish that is. Having recently done one of these it is nice to see another completed and also confirming the quality of the fit! Ray 1
Einar Posted July 23, 2021 Author Posted July 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Ray S said: What a lovely finish that is. Having recently done one of these it is nice to see another completed and also confirming the quality of the fit! Ray Thanks Ray! Einar Just now, Einar said: Thanks Ray! Einar
AV O Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 23 hours ago, Tomjw said: Nice. A very strange rear wheel arrangement on that aircraft. It must have made landing tricky... Cheers, Tom Some know how about Il-62 and VC-10 : http://www.vc10.net/History/Comp_il62.html 1
Tomjw Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 1 hour ago, AV O said: Some know how about Il-62 and VC-10 : http://www.vc10.net/History/Comp_il62.html Fascinating, thank you 1
Einar Posted July 24, 2021 Author Posted July 24, 2021 6 hours ago, Tomjw said: Fascinating, thank you Thank you! ..very nice info, tx Einar
Einar Posted July 24, 2021 Author Posted July 24, 2021 34 minutes ago, Mig88 said: Lovely! Nicely done! Miguel Thanks Miguel! Einar
Einar Posted July 26, 2021 Author Posted July 26, 2021 37 minutes ago, Natter said: No images. Excuse me, what do you mean?
Greg B Posted July 26, 2021 Posted July 26, 2021 No images are available, all I get is blue boxes with imaggebb.com - image not found 2 1
Einar Posted July 26, 2021 Author Posted July 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Greg B said: No images are available, all I get is blue boxes with imaggebb.com - image not found I really do not know what has happened. I have to check. I'm very sorry Einar
Greg B Posted July 26, 2021 Posted July 26, 2021 13 minutes ago, Einar said: I really do not know what has happened. I have to check. I'm very sorry Einar Not your fault, you would have either moved its containing folder or the image host has done the same.
Einar Posted July 26, 2021 Author Posted July 26, 2021 10 minutes ago, Greg B said: Not your fault, you would have either moved its containing folder or the image host has done the same. Ok, thanks Greg. I have to check what has happened! Einar
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