Ilyushin Il2 -m82 , cut’n’shut ( simon T tribute gb)

[Tim Marlow]

Wow.... lots of cutting, shutting to come....

[Allen Dewire]

Most excellent work Tony,

Looks like you have a good handle on this puppy. The IP is fine as wine as are the seatbelts. I can't wait to see the rest of the plastic surgery to bring it all together...............

Prost
Allen

[Guest]

Always exciting, sawing up a perfectly good kit part … hope you got it right first try

[JR]

Certainly a Simon type build ! The cutting has started so will grab a seat .
If this is is how 3d decals are going to be bring it on .

[Mini Me]

This is the "Meat and Potatoes" of scale modeling..........if they don't make a kit of it it's up to us to turn out something unique. That is a great bit of "Hackery" Tony and I'm in for the duration :thumb2: Rick H.

[yak face]

Ive now cut off the cooling flaps on the cowling , leaving a piece at the top where the intake scoop will be . The flaps will be replaced with individual ones made from either plastic card or aluminium ( cat food carton) . The area under the cowl flaps has been extended with plastic card and the step filled with superglue and talcum powder mixed up together. This has been sanded now and is ready for the next step - the exhausts. Ive also re scribed the cowling access panels and filled in the three machine gun ports

[spanner570]

tha's a reet mucky pup, owd lad!

Good to see you are using talc to stop any chafing in certain areas. :flushed:

All looking good.

[Ralph]

Great modelling Tony :smiling3:.

[Jim R]

Hi Tony
All looks pretty drastic but you seem to have it all onder control.
Jim

[Mini Me]

This is serious stuff.........good to see some chopping, hacking and a marriage of parts that weren't meant for each other....'Tis a beautiful thing :smiling3: Nice work Tony. Rick H.

[JR]

A tribute in deed to Simon .
Has everything that he was well known for .

[yak face]

Got the cowling panels scribed and added some retaining latches . The engine cooling fan at the front was made from an old jet turbine compressor from the spares box , cut down to fit .

[Neil Merryweather]

This is totally in the spirit of Simon's builds, Tony. Top stuff indeed!

[Tim Marlow]

Great work.

[papa 695]

Just caught up with this one Tony, some great work so far.