Dukie99 Posted December 13, 2019 Share 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, 2020 by Dukie99 Sepp, Alain Gadbois, Kagemusha and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Cool, I've not heard of MRP's liquid putty..............does it come in a tube/jar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share 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 Dany Boy and Out2gtcha 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Cool. Have you had any experience with sanding/priming/painting on it yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 Not yet but I will find out soon enough if it sands well... Out2gtcha and Gazzas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 wow! This'll be great!! Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted December 17, 2019 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigor Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 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 Azgaron, BiggTim, Kagemusha and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Very nice work so far! Håkan Dukie99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 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 Gazzas, BradG, LSP_Kevin and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 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 Dukie99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 That looks great, a really aggressive looking aircraft, which in real life is what it was, nice one. Cheers Dennis Dukie99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Nice looking model! I like the camo scheme and markings a lot! Alain Dukie99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Great job! Dukie99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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