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


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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.

 

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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.

 

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

 

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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!).

 

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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.

 

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

 

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

 

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Thank you for your interest!

Best greetings from Vienna,

Roman

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