GB-46 1:48 Il-2m3 - WW2 Eastern Front / Twin Engine A/C, Transports and Gliders

[rochie]

Good progress Andy

 

[Wayne Little]

Where is Shirley.......

 

[le_steph40]

Good progress Andy

+1

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks gents. Wings are on with the left one in traction. Not much to see through all the clamps at the moment!

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far Andy!

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks Hugh.

All pinched up:

As I said, there's a lot that needs to go right here and not all of it did. Small gaps everywhere and these were filled with card. Also, I just wasn't able to get the wing root fairing consistently aligned with the fuselage. One side stuck out and the other is an inzie.

So here we go with sanding/scribing ad nauseum.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Lots of fettling, but worth the effort and looking good.

 

[rochie]

Sure you'll tame it Andy

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far Andy!

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks all. Several passes of filling and sanding have occurred now and I think I'm at the point where I'll move on.

As is often the case, I tend to work backwards. The wheel well sides open to an echo chamber and should actually have some closing ribs on the sides. Of course, I can't let this go and I should have done something about it before gluing the wing halves together. So now, I'm adding the ribs arthroscopically. Here's the first of 4 in place after having fished it out of the innards of the model twice.

 

[Wurger]

 

[rochie]

Genius or madness, I'm not sure

 

[Crimea_River]

Certainly not the former!

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far Andy!

 

[Bustedwing]

That's looking great, nice work !

 

[Wayne Little]

most interesting...good stuff none the less.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks gentlemen. All 4 ribs are now installed. Reference pics on the net show what appears to be some kind of electrical junction box on the starboard inner rib.

So me being me, I set about adding this detail thrown together with card and lead wire:

After painting and highlighting:

I'm a bit disappointed that AM omitted the big retraction jacks so these are something else that I'll now want to scratch up.

 

[Wurger]