1/48 I-16 Type 10 - From WW1 to WW2 GB

[Crimea_River]

Some good attention to detail there Igor. It's going to pay off in the finish.

 

[tigerdriver]

looking good

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far!

 

[meatloaf109]

I am pretty devoted to acrylics, but for silver, (and other metalics), I use good old Testors enamels.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Some nice attention to detail Igor.

 

[Rogi]

Thanks all for the great comments Just a small update today, the next couple days I'll be tackling super glueing the gear (I tried to reg. glue the landing gear, but no go, it keeps falling off)



Lightly weathers the landing gear covers, since it was freshly painted by the Japanese this I-16 wouldn't have seen near as much dirt and grime as the other captured aircraft.
Used just a bit of led pencil to circle the bolts on the covers and a tad here and there with diluted grey green/black mix, diluted with water and thiner then applied in a dry brush fashion around the interior of the covers.

Finally, cut the exhaust back to look like most of the other refrence photos I gathered of the I-16, I was using a Russian I-16 that had the exhaust really long and I ended up glueing it too far out when I did the model, so I cut it back with the X-acto and glued them in the proper positions. Paint chiping isn't a worry since she has a lot of exhaust staining and it'll cover well

Little bit of work on the landing gear and tire.

thats it for now, when I get the gears up and running I'll post again Thanks for watching all, btw shes looking might fine with decals on, but thats next time's update

 

[tigerdriver]

good stuff

 

[Gnomey]

Neat work so far!

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice work Igor....

 

[woody]

Looking good Igor.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Vic Balshaw]

That looks neat Igor and a little tip with that pesky undercarriage. Secure the olio leg in position and attach the main leg cover and then the support strut and cover, don't worry about that little flap that has to stick out at right angles for the moment, this you can add at the very end when the model is almost finished. It's just a simple glue job to the base of the main wheel cover.

 

[ccheese]

Nice....

Charles

 

[N4521U]

Nice progress mate.
Nice pick up on the little details..

 

[Crimea_River]

Looking quite good Igor!

 

[fubar57]

Awaiting the update photos..

Geo

 

[Rogi]

Sorry guys, its been cold this week and I havn't had the chance to step out of the home, missing super glue :S so until I get it up and running I can't do much work on any of the remaining parts of the aircraft (final gear assembly, engine, cockpit) Almost done so close, yet so far away atm :S

Will keep you all updated

 

[woody]

Okay Igor any new pics.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Could swap you a bit of my heat for your cols Igor, sort of dripping hot here.

 

[N4521U]

Amen on that Vic. The little bit of smoke in the air is killing Annie n Me. Can't sleep at night.