Guest Jessie_C Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Watch for the fit of the cockpit cover of the IL-20. My IL-18's was about 1mm too wide at the lower right corner so I had to build up a portion of fuselage with Superglue and Milliput to match. It turned out alright in the end. I also had loads of trouble getting the engine nacelles to fit and play nicely with the fibreglass wings. Tinbanger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Jessie that looks stunning ! More pictures please. pretty please Radders the cockpit paint seems to be spot on,how do you like Akan paint? Cheers M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jessie_C Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 I have very few photos of the completed kit. During construction: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Jessie that looks stunning ! More pictures please. pretty please Radders the cockpit paint seems to be spot on,how do you like Akan paint? Cheers M. Superb to be honest, I've only two bottles of AKAN paint and both this one colour. One is thinned and one is spare. I just thinned it with water and it goes on lovely. Scratches off easy, so prime the area first, or like I did for the interior, just Alclad matt over the top. Seems to be OK and as it's never going to be touched, should last forever....?! I have very few photos of the completed kit. During construction: Cheers Jessica, Ken Duffey (Flankerman) told me about the nose on the IL-18's, mine is also a pain... the nose is fitted and the clear parts are ready to go on... I just haven't got round to it yet, but lots of fettling needed to get it that far. Love your IL-18 btw! Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 Hi guys, Something that has been on the bench for a while is this, the Modelsvit Be-12 that I'm converting into a Be-12P, RA-00046. Lothar, dutik, johncrow and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Madhatter Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 that's such a cool looking machine isn't it. I love some of the Russian aircraft designs. Some not so much - I think you either love them or hate them. Either way, you have to hand it to the Russians - they came out with some pretty out-there designs. I like the look of it without props. It would make quite a cool "what-if" subject - a jet powered Be-12. How's the 160 coming along? I have that kit and would live to start it but have no room for such a massive aircraft right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Wow Radders, great to see you still posting given your recent news ... I got smashed and didn't build anything for a long time after my first was born. For the second, I did quite a few night time feeds, and would do half an hour on my tomcat dio after each one ... made some great progress that way until Ally started sleeping through! Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Funky looking plane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 that's such a cool looking machine isn't it. I love some of the Russian aircraft designs. Some not so much - I think you either love them or hate them. Either way, you have to hand it to the Russians - they came out with some pretty out-there designs. I like the look of it without props. It would make quite a cool "what-if" subject - a jet powered Be-12. How's the 160 coming along? I have that kit and would live to start it but have no room for such a massive aircraft right now Hey Madhatter, thanks! The Tu-160 had slowed right down due to becoming a dad on the 1st, but now I'm doing the nightshift feeds, it should come back out, I'm just not sure I will get much painting done yet when looking after Flo. ​If you like the look of it and think jets would look cool, Google the Beriev R-1... Wow Radders, great to see you still posting given your recent news ... I got smashed and didn't build anything for a long time after my first was born. For the second, I did quite a few night time feeds, and would do half an hour on my tomcat dio after each one ... made some great progress that way until Ally started sleeping through! Cheers Jim Cheers Jim, as above I'm staying up till about 2-3am doing the night feeds and then Jen takes over till the morning, so I can get a 4-5 hours before work and Jen gets some sleep from 9-10pm till 2-3am. Sadly, drinking is a no go for me as I'm on medication 24-7, but hopefully only for another 12 months... Funky looking plane! It is, and my all time favourite amphibious float plane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 (edited) love flying boats, the BE-12 is a cool one at that! Edited September 13, 2017 by Shawn M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Hi guys, Something that has been on the bench for a while is this, the Modelsvit Be-12 that I'm converting into a Be-12P, RA-00046. SO cool looking! I have a 1/72nd Martin Mariner, and even have the ONLY piece of AM in that scale of ANYTHING, which is a GR.1 conversion for the PBM-5A kit. This really reminds me of a Mariner! Love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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