Dukie99 2,221 Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) I will participate to this GB with the Hobbyboss IL-2M3. This has been in the stash for a while and I have a fair amount of aftermarket for it. I plan to build a version sporting the 37mm gun pods and pretty much nothing else in terms of loadout. I have the excellent Yefim Gordon Il2 book as reference. Box shot and aftermarket resin wheels Reference I have started by filling all the rivets and panel lines on the tail. As per the Gordon book, the Hobbyboss kit is not necessarily wrong, some Il-2 had a metal tail, but I like the smooth look so I filled the rivets using MRP liquid putty. I will let it dry thoroughly and will then sand it down. More progress soon hopefully. Cheers, David Edited March 24 by Dukie99 16 Kagemusha, BiggTim, coogrfan and 13 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Out2gtcha 32,201 Posted December 13, 2019 Cool, I've not heard of MRP's liquid putty..............does it come in a tube/jar? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dukie99 2,221 Posted December 13, 2019 12 minutes ago, Out2gtcha said: Cool, I've not heard of MRP's liquid putty..............does it come in a tube/jar? In jar like this 1 2 MARU5137, Out2gtcha and Dany Boy reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Out2gtcha 32,201 Posted December 13, 2019 Cool. Have you had any experience with sanding/priming/painting on it yet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dukie99 2,221 Posted December 13, 2019 Not yet but I will find out soon enough if it sands well... 2 Out2gtcha and Gazzas reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrish 3,433 Posted December 13, 2019 wow! This'll be great!! 1 Out2gtcha reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MARU5137 14,477 Posted December 17, 2019 gonna watch this . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dennismcc 4,286 Posted December 17, 2019 I keep meaning to build one of these but never seem to get round to it, so watching this build will have to fill the gap for me. Cheers Dennis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dukie99 2,221 Posted January 8 Hi there, I did not do as much modeling as I was hoping for during the holidays but I did make some progress. I am almost ready to close the fuselage. So far it is a problem free build everything fits well and it's a well engineered kit. The engine will never see the light of day so I just painted it but did not bother with any weathering. The IP is eduard photoetch and the seatbels are HGW. Till next time, thanks for following this build. Cheers, David 17 BiggTim, Trak-Tor, jimbo and 14 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Azgaron 1,355 Posted January 9 Very nice work so far! Håkan 1 Dukie99 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MARU5137 14,477 Posted January 25 David.. COOL ! AWESOME workmanship so far.. Way to go... 1 Dukie99 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dukie99 2,221 Posted March 24 I finished this build over the week-end. Apologies for not updating the WIP, but there was too many things going on in the real life so posting took a back seat. Not my best effort but this is a great kit and the AM available is really good. The weathering is minimal and it actually looks better in real life than in pictures and now sits nicely next to the little ICM i-16 Polikarpov in my display cabinet. All markings have been painted using montex mask (also for the transparencies), which worked really well but patience is needed not to screw up the russian stars. I hope you like her. Cheers, David 17 Alain Gadbois, Gazzas, Dpgsbody55 and 14 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Troy Molitor 3,066 Posted March 24 That turned out fantastic, David. I really like the big gunned IL-2’s. I need to look up the Montex masks for this kit. Troy 1 Dukie99 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dennismcc 4,286 Posted March 24 That looks great, a really aggressive looking aircraft, which in real life is what it was, nice one. Cheers Dennis 1 Dukie99 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
