**** DONE: 1/48 Ilyushin IL-2 Stormovik - Winter War / Eastern Front WWII

[Crimea_River]

Dale

 

[Donivanp]

OK so enough with the smart A$$ing around, got some paint on the outside.

 

[Wurger]

Looking good,

 

[Donivanp]

A little bit more. should have the skis on by tomorrow.

 

[dneid]

Ok, you're getting damn close to 3 pages...

 

[Donivanp]

Well whites on and the skis are on. that has been the most challenging of the kit. The strut support at the rear of the ski requires modification to get it to fit correctly. It is too long for the for skis to set in a ground display. The diagram called for cutting the attachment brace and I ended up cutting it too much before I got the issue worked out. Also the cannons I cut brass tubing to take the place of the plastic. I broke one for the cannon barrels and the brass looks better anyway.

 

[Wurger]

Looking good.

 

[Donivanp]

Moving right along, there just is not much to decaling this thing.

 

[Wurger]

Not bad....

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[dneid]

Damn, that is looking real nice, Don. Still wondering if you're gonna get to 3 pages...

 

[Jeff Hunt]

OOOHHH, very nice.

Cheers,

Jeff

 

[Crimea_River]

Good stuff Don.

 

[JKim]

Love the paint work!

 

[fubar57]

Looks good Don and you're right about the landing gear. This was one of my first projects when I got back into modeling and wasn't sure about the instructions. Might be time to bring it back out.

Geo

 

[Donivanp]

I tried to do a wash with a black and it did not go well. cleaning it up with a toothbrush and soap pulled a lot of decal off so I had to order another set. I think one if the wash was more watered down and two if it was on a gloss surface that it might have worked. it was pretty wattered down but I guess not enough. Not my big area but I wanted to try.

 

[Crimea_River]

Too bad Don but that's how we learn. A wash is best applied to a gloss coat if the intent is to remove most of it and leave it in the panel lines and rivets. I use thin washes on flat surfaces to simulate oil stains and for that I out a small amount on a thin brush and just dab the surface.

 

[Donivanp]

Haha I took a big brush and covered the thing and then cried OH NO. Ran to the bathroom and it got a bath. no biggie though I found a set of decals with the identical markings,not there are much.

 

[fubar57]

I'm like Andy, small brush big enough to cover the panel lines. I use powdered tempera paint similar to this...

...mine will last about 3 lifetimes.

Geo

 

[dneid]

I never thought of tempra paint.... I need to try that one day soon. Thanks, Geo