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GB-46 1/72 IL-2 - WW2 Eastern Front / Twin Engine A/C, Transports and Gliders
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A4K
Brigadier General
Great work Tim.
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Thank ya fella's
Seat belts.......or fun with hardly used pricey tools which I bought so I could do stupid s**t like this, anyway I picked up this set of belts for an Amodel Yak-4 that I really need to get on finishing up after I pick up another set of these.
The shoulder straps were easy enough, but then we get to the 3 piece lap belts............first one didn't go so well and it took a long time and a lot of fiddling around to get all the excess solder off of it but eventually I got there
Installed.....
OOp's let's put that on the right (left) side
The second one went like the first one shoulda and I'm quit happy with it
Now the fun part I forgot to take pics of on the last bit (because I was having so much fun
)
And fit into position
And the finished product, I should point out that I have Jason Moore's IL-2 book Kindle edition which has been very helpful, and one of the things it points out is that the early early models, which this one is I believe, had a full glazing behind the pilot unlike the later models so I had to sand off all the detail and mask off the larger version. The short belts are a bit obvious from behind at the moment but hopefully they won't be to obvious when the rear cover is on.
The cockpit colors are purely speculative based on a few pics and, I believe, slightly to dark. If you look closely at the side panel you'll see to dials that came as individual decals and worked beautifully so I have no worries about sticking them in the IP.
Looking around I see I missed the boat on the Academy 1/72 Twin seat IL-2 so if anyone has one kicking around they might not build and wouldn't mind a trade or reasonable amount of cash for it, let me know. thanks
Seat belts.......or fun with hardly used pricey tools which I bought so I could do stupid s**t like this, anyway I picked up this set of belts for an Amodel Yak-4 that I really need to get on finishing up after I pick up another set of these.
The shoulder straps were easy enough, but then we get to the 3 piece lap belts............first one didn't go so well and it took a long time and a lot of fiddling around to get all the excess solder off of it but eventually I got there
Installed.....
OOp's let's put that on the right (left) side
The second one went like the first one shoulda and I'm quit happy with it
Now the fun part I forgot to take pics of on the last bit (because I was having so much fun
And fit into position
And the finished product, I should point out that I have Jason Moore's IL-2 book Kindle edition which has been very helpful, and one of the things it points out is that the early early models, which this one is I believe, had a full glazing behind the pilot unlike the later models so I had to sand off all the detail and mask off the larger version. The short belts are a bit obvious from behind at the moment but hopefully they won't be to obvious when the rear cover is on.
The cockpit colors are purely speculative based on a few pics and, I believe, slightly to dark. If you look closely at the side panel you'll see to dials that came as individual decals and worked beautifully so I have no worries about sticking them in the IP.
Looking around I see I missed the boat on the Academy 1/72 Twin seat IL-2 so if anyone has one kicking around they might not build and wouldn't mind a trade or reasonable amount of cash for it, let me know. thanks
Crimea_River
Marshal
Good stuff Tim. I may be asking you some questions when I get into mine.
T Bolt
Colonel
That's a beautiful cockpit
A4K
Brigadier General
Nice work Tim!
Easiest to remove soldered parts by holding the soldering tip down on the lower part, and removing the upper part with tweezers. Both parts can then be cleaned up individually using solder wick (or 'braid' as they call it here).
Easiest to remove soldered parts by holding the soldering tip down on the lower part, and removing the upper part with tweezers. Both parts can then be cleaned up individually using solder wick (or 'braid' as they call it here).
fubar57
General
Great looking innards
Well done with the Cockpit...!
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Thank you for the positive vibes guys
So while the Beaufighter chills for a bit and I gots me some exotic foreign paints, I think it's time to play with the Il-2 for a bit.
Purely speculative, as I have no idea what the painting schedule happens to be but according to my reference the cockpit tub was manufactured elsewhere and shipped to the plant, I figured it might be possible that it was painted in A-14, good excuse to play with the new paints me thinkest.
US neutral grey has been cited as a reasonable stand in for A-14, I had originally painted up the sides with Model Master Neutral Grey, so it's easy to see the contrast between the two colors, with the Akan A-14 on the right.
And then I splashed some AMT 7 blue on some bits and bobs
Stuck all that together then mucked around with the side walls a bit
and ended up with this.
The Achilles heel of this kit is the tail wheel, once the glue sets up I'm going to re-enforce a bit with some good ole CA before I glue the rear of the fuselage together, and finish cleaning up the panel lines and seems. Waiting to glue the front end together until after one forces the cooling duct into position makes things a lot less fiddly.
So while the Beaufighter chills for a bit and I gots me some exotic foreign paints, I think it's time to play with the Il-2 for a bit.
Purely speculative, as I have no idea what the painting schedule happens to be but according to my reference the cockpit tub was manufactured elsewhere and shipped to the plant, I figured it might be possible that it was painted in A-14, good excuse to play with the new paints me thinkest.
US neutral grey has been cited as a reasonable stand in for A-14, I had originally painted up the sides with Model Master Neutral Grey, so it's easy to see the contrast between the two colors, with the Akan A-14 on the right.
And then I splashed some AMT 7 blue on some bits and bobs
Stuck all that together then mucked around with the side walls a bit
and ended up with this.
The Achilles heel of this kit is the tail wheel, once the glue sets up I'm going to re-enforce a bit with some good ole CA before I glue the rear of the fuselage together, and finish cleaning up the panel lines and seems. Waiting to glue the front end together until after one forces the cooling duct into position makes things a lot less fiddly.
Moving along nicely !
Crimea_River
Marshal
Good work Tim. I already broke my tail wheel twice. The second time I just tore it right off to be fixed later.
fubar57
General
Good stuff Tim. With the tail wheels I'm 2/3 on my last builds.
Good work so far!
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What AM did was not only to make the top of the cooling intake to flat, they made the duct far to shallow as well, which is unfortunate. They also failed to include the vertical vanes in the Duct of the 1/72 kit, so I added those, also added some shims to the sides at the bottom to center and provide something slather on some glue, as there isn't much by the way of glueing surfaces for this part to attach to.
Also add some stripes to the inside of the fuselage cuase the points where this is supposed to attach has a finer edge then the trailing edges of the wings........
Next up a good coat of gloss black on the innards and around the exhausts.
I believe the duct was painted in a green color, so I threw some Tamiya green at it, probably not the correct shade of green but close enough for me
And the view from underneath, you can see where the shims meet the fuselage half's
And the fuselage joined together, The ducting isn't glued into place just yet and won't be until the propeller base is installed,
Must remember to install the IP before permanently inserting the interior.........................
Also add some stripes to the inside of the fuselage cuase the points where this is supposed to attach has a finer edge then the trailing edges of the wings........
Next up a good coat of gloss black on the innards and around the exhausts.
I believe the duct was painted in a green color, so I threw some Tamiya green at it, probably not the correct shade of green but close enough for me
And the view from underneath, you can see where the shims meet the fuselage half's
And the fuselage joined together, The ducting isn't glued into place just yet and won't be until the propeller base is installed,
Must remember to install the IP before permanently inserting the interior.........................
Crimea_River
Marshal
Good stuff Tim.
Doing good.....!
fubar57
General
Looking good
Agreed, looks great
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