Kovozávody Prostějov Ilyushin Il-2M "Black Sea Fleet"

[Roman Schilhart]

Dear fellow Britmodellers,

here's my 1/72 Kovozávody Prostějov Ilyushin Il-2M, built with the addition of Quickboost guns and pitot tube.

Painted with Mr.Hobby acrylics.

Photographs by Wolfgang Rabel.

 

 

This is a re-box of the Smer kit with new fuselage and some small parts.

Parts are well cast with good engravings, and fit is okay.

I replaced the kit's gun barrels with resin parts from Quickboost (QB72182).

The QB set also includes the pitot tube, which is missing on the sprue.

KP also overlooked the prominent rudder horn on the fin.

I made a replacement from stretched sprue, dipped in white glue to form a 'drop' shape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I fabricated a sling seat for the rear gunner from a piece of photo-etch. It's barely visible behind the defense gun:

 

 

I was not too happy with the kit's decals. Maybe I should have stored them in a cooler place (my flat gets hot in summer). Silvering is evident on close-ups.

The delicate aiming device in front of the canopy is a photo-etch piece stolen from an Eduard Set for the Tamiya kit (there's two included!).

 

 

Here's my home-made rudder balance which is missing in the kit.

In this close-up, you can see the Red Star decal broke when I gently pressed it into the recess.

 

 

Weathering on the undersides was done with artist oils from Winsor & Newton.

 

 

 

 

... and here's his squadron mate from Black See Fleet, which I built in 2019 when the KP kit was released:

 

 

Thank you for your interest!

Best greetings from Vienna,

Roman

[tonyot]

Excellent Roman,..... and I love the scheme,...... both models are lovely mate. 

[Wulfman]

Lovely looking build, excellent work !

 

Wulfman

[Rob Sutto]

Nice! I really like the weathering and tonal variation. I could easily  be convinced it's 1/48... Great job 

[RidgeRunner]

Very nice, Roman!

[Tomcat101]

Incredible work.  Both aircraft are amazing.  My favourite is the scheme with the darker hues.     

[Muchmirth]

Stunning work as always Roman.

[kapam]

Excellent as usual!  👍👍

Surprisingly large plane by the look of it (unless your hand is very small). 🤔

[Sky Keg]

Outstanding Roman.  IL-2`s are very colorful and your two are made with flawless precision.  Wolfgang`s photos capture the beautiful presentation!!

 

Mike

[GiampieroSilvestri]

Beautiful Ilyushin Il-2M Sturmovik!

 

Grüsse

 

Giampiero

[72modeler]

22 hours ago, Tomcat101 said:

Incredible work.  Both aircraft are amazing.  My favourite is the scheme with the darker hues.     

Me, too! But they are both keepers!

Mike