1/48 CLASSIC AIRFRAMES POLIKARPOV I-152 CHINESE AIRFORCE

[Tommy Liu]

Good morning, afternoon and evening. 

 

Below is my first Classic Airframes Kit Polikarpov I-152, bought from the aftermarket. The interior resin parts were broken, and there were a lot of gaps to fill and sand. 

The decal number "305" was broken while removing it from the decal sheet, probably because it is an aged kit. I chose to paint the vertical stabiliser in light blue and white that match the colour of Nationalist Insignia. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History Pictures in China 

 

 

 

 

Interior 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoy it. 

 

Cheers, 

 

Tommy H Liu 

 

 

 

Edited April 12 by Tommy Liu

[Mynimal]

Well done, beautiful model.

[cduckworth]

Tommy

Great build on a challenging kit. 

[Tommy Liu]

On 4/12/2024 at 6:55 PM, cduckworth said:

Tommy

Great build on a challenging kit. 

Thank you for your comment! 

 

CLA kits are always hard to assemble. However, resin and PE parts are very detailed and delicate. Thus, It is worth the time consumption and patience. 

 

Tommy 

[GiampieroSilvestri]

Beautiful Polikarpov I-152!

 

Saluti

 

Giampiero

[russ c]

Great job on a tricky kit, really nice work there

[Bell209]

Having built a CA kit, I know the demands they place on your skills - well done!

[georgeusa]

Classic Airframe kits can be quite challenging matching the plastic to the PE to the resin and hoping each design team spoke with its other mates regarding how each section will go together.  Just a beautiful little plane that looks like it should have been in WWI rather than WWII.  Thanks for sharing.

[Tommy Liu]

On 4/15/2024 at 12:13 AM, russ c said:

Great job on a tricky kit, really nice work there

Thank you, Russ! CLA kits are always challenging, but they always improve my level.

 

I looked at your special hobby Fiat CR.32 ROCAF,  I am wondering how it was.  Considering that I also have the CLA CR.32 collection and they are from the same manufacturers, may I have any feedback from you? 

 

Cheers,

 

Tommy

[Tommy Liu]

22 hours ago, Bell209 said:

Having built a CA kit, I know the demands they place on your skills - well done!

Exactly, I feel kits such as Tamiya and Airfix are quite simple after building CA kits.  

[Tommy Liu]

19 hours ago, georgeusa said:

Classic Airframe kits can be quite challenging matching the plastic to the PE to the resin and hoping each design team spoke with its other mates regarding how each section will go together.  Just a beautiful little plane that looks like it should have been in WWI rather than WWII.  Thanks for sharing.

Multimedia kits always have a lot of problems regarding fitting and sanding. However, it is worth putting those efforts in when you look at your built CA kits that are very beautiful and detailed. 

 

This plane was produced during Inter-war and mainly exported to Spain and China. It helped China against the Japanese Army/Navy Airforce from 1937 to 1941. And, it was the supplement of a huge amount of loss on Curtiss Hawk III during the beginning of the war. 

[Epeeman]

I'll echo others and say what lovely work on your model I-153.

 

Regards

 

Dave

[russ c]

4 hours ago, Tommy Liu said:

Thank you, Russ! CLA kits are always challenging, but they always improve my level.

 

I looked at your special hobby Fiat CR.32 ROCAF,  I am wondering how it was.  Considering that I also have the CLA CR.32 collection and they are from the same manufacturers, may I have any feedback from you? 

 

Cheers,

 

Tommy

Hi Tommy, it`s a long while since I built it but I remember that: the instrument panel sits in the wrong place if you follow the instructions, the struts kept breaking and the undercarriage was a pain to line up......the rest was easy 🙂

Cheers Russ

[Tommy Liu]

12 minutes ago, russ c said:

Hi Tommy, it`s a long while since I built it but I remember that: the instrument panel sits in the wrong place if you follow the instructions, the struts kept breaking and the undercarriage was a pain to line up......the rest was easy 🙂

Cheers Russ

Hi Russ, 

 

Thank you for your helpful suggestions.  I will refer to the historical records or museum pictures before building the interior. 

 

I expected that structs are hard to assemble, but it is out of my expectation that structs are all fragile.  Do you still remember the four small pieces of structs and 'N' structs in front of the windscreen connect the upper wing and fuselage, are they very fragile as well?  

 

Regards, 

 

Tommy

 

 

[russ c]

On 4/17/2024 at 9:25 PM, Tommy Liu said:

Hi Russ, 

 

Thank you for your helpful suggestions.  I will refer to the historical records or museum pictures before building the interior. 

 

I expected that structs are hard to assemble, but it is out of my expectation that structs are all fragile.  Do you still remember the four small pieces of structs and 'N' structs in front of the windscreen connect the upper wing and fuselage, are they very fragile as well?  

 

Regards, 

 

Tommy

 

 

Sorry Tommy I can`t recall ( killed a lot of brain cells since then ) I just remember the main ones snapping

[Tommy Liu]

20 hours ago, russ c said:

Sorry Tommy I can`t recall ( killed a lot of brain cells since then ) I just remember the main ones snapping

Thank you russ! Hopefully I will avoid struts issues after you remind me.