hobby Boss Il-2 Sturmovik

[Vaughan]

A little progress today with the engine stays and firewall. Hobby Boss seem to have over complicated things when it comes to finishing off the engine. The engine stays need to be located on the sides and at the same time attached to the firewall and into the bargain have the correct angle to fit onto the locating pegs on each side of the fuselage. So I opted to glue the stays to the firewall and slot them straight into the fuselage closing it up temporally until it had set. Once set I removed it and the engine slotted in perfectly. The next problem was the air intake you can't fix it in position as per the instructions until it's in situ as there are two points that need to be lined up accurately. The first being the opening in the fuselage above the engine the other the front of the office floor see photo for the dry fit. I'm also going to leave nothing to chance and fit the exhaust stacks later they are avery tight fit in the fuselage slots. When I'm brave enough I will attempt to glue the lot and close up the fuselage fingers crossed all goes well. The sad thing is none of the engine is going to be visible but hey I know it's in there

Vaughan

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[Guest]

what a shame about the engine its beautifully done mate as well.(just remebered you did the arado)this is going to be stunning

mobear

[Guest]

Great looking Engine ,I'm with Ole shame it will be buttoned up never to be seen. We all know that and still we detail away lol!

[Guest]

Don't know how i missed this Vaughan,

i can't really say any more than has already been said about your workmanship so far ... it's top quality mate ... just keep the updates coming ok.

[Vaughan]

Fuselage is now together a small amount of filler was required. The top engine cowling is a dry fit at the moment as I might leave it open until I fit the individual exhaust stacks, they could be a little fiddly. Next step is to make a start on the wings and the PE parts for the bomb bays.

Vaughan

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[Vaughan]

Some more progress last night and this morning. Undercarriage wells are in and I made a start on the bomb bays and PE parts. First a dry run and then glued in position. I used pegs to hold them tight against the walls until the glue had set.

This morning I sprayed the bays with a mix of barley grey and a few drops of RLM65. The next step will be to fix this section to the fuselage.

Vaughan

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[saguy]

hi there - i might regret asking this rather silly looking question but here goes .... with Vaughan's model he has placed the PE parts in the bomb bays and then painted them ...is the PE parts simply there for the extra rivet detail or there is more to come .... the model looks fantastic but the purpose of the PE parts in the bomb bay has simply escaped me ..... rgds lindsey

[Vaughan]

Hi Lindsey

No it's not a stupid question to ask but you are correct in that the PE parts provide extra detail in this case rivets that would'nt be possible when the parts are moulded. If you look carefully you can see the rivets prior to painting. To be honest with you there would be very little difference if you didn't use them. But as they provided them I thought I would use them.

Vaughan

[Vaughan]

Wing tops are on the central section with no fit problems. But when offered up to the fuselage there are quite large gaps that do close with some considerable pressure. There are still going to be fit issues at the front underside of the wing roots and they will require some filling as there is quite a large step. I think again HobbyBoss have over complicated things which then cause fit problems.

Vaughan

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[Guest]

I know you will solve that my friend... looking good...

I agree about Hobby Boss, to mutch complicated things... Never built one but I have heard many complains about it...

Roman

[Guest]

Breath in Breath out Repeat

Have a jam sandwhich

Martin

[Vaughan]

Great advice Martin but do you think that the jam sandwich will hold it all together?

Vaughan

[Vaughan]

Well after a 2 month break from this Russian bird I'm back on the case. I finally plucked up the courage to attach the wing mid section to the fuselage. With a lot of brut force and some Mr Cement S it seems to have done the trick. I used this type of glue as it sets very quickly and I couldn't work out a way of holding it in position while a slower glue set. So I glued it section by section and it seems to have worked. There's going to be a fair bit of filling and sanding but it will be worth the effort. I've made a start on the tail planes. Here's a few pictures

Vaughan

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[yak face]

Keep at it vaughan , i cant wait to see this finished , cheers tony

[BarryW]

Enjoying this Vaughan. Great job.