Polikarpov I-153 ”Chaika” ICM 1/32

[Phantom2]

 

 

Hi all!

 

Finally on her own legs, a bit wobbly, but much sturdier then it looks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I painted the underside of the wing WEM WWII VVS Underside Blue.

 

 

 

 

The top side painted with WEM WWII AMT-4 Green….

 

 

 

 

I masked the pattern with masking putty and tape, painted with WEM WWII VVS AMT-6 Black, and I removed the tape and putty as soon as I could.

If you let the black stuff on too long it creeps on to the newly painted area, not good!

 

 

 

 

When fully dry I removed the tape and this is the result;

 

 

 

 

Time to rig the thing!

 

Tools of the trade….

 

 

 

 

First I make a little anchor of a piece of 0,25mm plastic rod and glue it to a length of acrylic tread with CA…

 

 

 

 

Here I could tread the line from the inside and out, otherwise I could just drop the piece of rod trough the hole from the outside.

 

 

 

 

…and secure with a piece of tape….

 

 

 

 

Repeat until all lines are tread and secured…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I glued the anchors on the inside too with CA,  not necessary really….

 

 

 

 

Time to glue the top wing, tread and secure the lines and put the model away to dry.

 

Forgot to take a pic, DOH!

 

More to come soon!

 

 

Stefan

Edited August 29, 2020 by Phantom2

[Phantom2]

 

Hi all!

 

Top wing painted, all rigging done on the fuselage, time to glue the top wing in place.

 

The fit was Tamiya-like, almost perfect!

 

I started with the centersection, let the glue dry until the next day and then I mounted the struts and they just snapped into place.

 

I glued the rigging tread on a bit of thin plasticard rod (0.25mm) and used that as a needle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A dot of CA to fix the tread and rod and then carefully trim off the excess.

 

The plasticard rod can be seen as small white dots but a bit of black paint hides them.

 

 

 

 

 

Repeat until all treads are in place…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These nasty small thingies are my best friends when I need to enlarge a small hole.

These are small drills used for root-canal fillings, not fun at all, but If your dentist are kind, you may get them after, they are small, flexible and impossible to break, perfect for modelling.

 

Ask your dentist kindly next time or these drills are disposed of.

I have gotten several tools perfect for modelling from my dentist, she knows I´m a modeller so she saves tools like this for me and usually asks if I need something!

 

The kids get a gold star, I get TOOLS!  

 

 

 

 

More to come soon

 

Stefan