IL-2M accurate minitures build - Awesome!

[ozhawk40]

Does anybody get "Air Modeller" magazine? I do on the odd occasion, and was super impressed by this build in issue 21. What a great idea to show the aircraft without paint (naked?) giving insight into the mixed construction of this a/c. Stunning.

(I was going to head this thread "Naked Model" but thought that might get too much attention and disappoint a lot of people!) 8)

What do you think?

Cheers

 

[Lucky13]

 

[lesofprimus]

Unfu*kin real, what a superb job.....

 

[Lucky13]

Have to admit though , that I don't like the look of the landing gear.....it looks too, what's the word....? Oh b*ll*cks!

 

[Wurger]

Cool.

 

[Wayne Little]

Seen that build before, top class job!!

 

[imalko]

Incredible job.

 

[Catch22]

The wood is fantastic!

 

[Gnomey]

Fantastic!

 

[Airframes]

Super job! Must have taken ages to do the wood effect.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Dam that's pretty cool!

The woodjob is rally fantastic!

 

[Soundbreaker Welch?]

The wood on it looks amazing. Didn't know the Il 2M had so much wood!

 

[ozhawk40]

Okay

What other aircraft would look good "naked"?

Mossie?

Early Hurricane?

 

[109ROAMING]

I think Brett Green did a Mossie similar to this in his 'Modelling the Mosquito' book

It looks abit more impressive imo because it looks as though the paints been burn't off which is what he was trying to show

Both incredible models -no idea how they get the wood to look so realistic

 

[Sweb]

Cool idea to illustrate that way. Those panel lines though...sheesh...like a piece of ground armor.

 

[snafud1]

Now that is awesome!

 

[Venganza]

Amazing - thank you for posting the pictures! It really gives a good idea of the mixed construction of the Shturmovik. In actual fact, there was no such thing as an "IL-2M" - that designation is a fabrication (although I know well that model companies persist in using it). The designation for this swept-wing version should be "IL-2m3", but even that's a fabrication. The Soviets informally called the swept-wing version of the IL-2 the "so strelkoi", or arrow, in Russian. Sorry to be so nitpicky, but I'm finishing up a book on the IL-2, and one of the things I want to do is educate people on the proper designations of the IL-2. Still, a great post and thank you again, ozhawk40!

Venganza

 

[Heinz]

Wow awesome work !

 

[r2800doublewasp]

Wow thats a really cool way to paint a model.