Ilyushin Il-76 1/144 Scale

[Vic Balshaw]

Thought I'd just pop this one in as it was completed today. I've been working on it for just on a week. It's a Trumpeter kit, very basic and out of the box except for a set of additional decals from Authentic Decals.

Also while doing this I decided to try out Andy's (Crimea_River) method of navigation lighting on both wing tips. Bit of clear sprue, drill a small hole for a dab of the right colour paint, fit to notch in the wing and file back to shape. Being 1/144 scale it was a bit of a challenge but............well you can see the results.

My thanks to you Andy I think you have hit a winner method here and with a bit of perfecting on my part..........

As for the visibility lights on upper and lower fuselage, these are small LED lights cut down to size.

 

[Wurger]

I have had an opportunity for seeing inside of that beast. A smashing vew.

 

[rochie]

very nice Vic

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice work there Vic, show me some scale reference I'm curious as to it's size....

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice work there Vic, show me some scale reference I'm curious as to it's size....

Not as big as the 747 posted last week which was roughly 48cm long with a wing span of 45cm. I will scale up a pic on the morrow just for you old chap.

 

[Airframes]

Nice one Vic.

 

[otftch]

Very nice.
Ed

 

[javlin]

Second that very nice Vic.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work Vic!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks guys for the kind words and to put this machine size in prospective, here it is next to a Humbrol paint tin.

And just to show it isn't all that big in this 1/144 scale, here is the Boeing 747-400 I recently finished.

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks Vic, they are a pretty reasonable size though...roughly equivalent to 1/32 Fighter aircraft.

 

[copcheck]

Nice work!

 

[Nxthanos]

Very nice stuff.

 

[Matt308]

Great job!