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

[yak face]

Nice work Tony........too bad about the wayward cowl flap. They have a way of turning up when least expected.

Cheers rick , the funny thing is i didnt notice it was missing until after i had sprayed the green , but if you look in the pics its missing before - it must have got knocked off during the masking up

[JR]

Heart warming pictures of your bench Tony, another who ends up exactly like me :thumb2:

[Tim Marlow]

Looking good Tony. Home straight now.....

[Jim R]

Hi Tony
That is a nice paint job. Shows how well you have done all the cutting and filling. The decals will bring this alive. Definitely the kind of work Simon would have approved of.
Jim

[Lee Drennen]

Tony. Great looking progress thanks for sharing

[yak face]

Got the decals on today , very tricky , long job

[Neil Merryweather]

Heart warming pictures of your bench Tony, another who ends up exactly like me :thumb2:

Tony's bench is nothing like as good as yours, John

[Neil Merryweather]

Superb job, Tony

[JR]

Tony's bench is nothing like as good as yours, John

Thank you so much Neil. :smiling3::smiling3:


Sorry Tony !

Decals have gone well , very nice.

[yak face]

Tony's bench is nothing like as good as yours, John

Do you mean this lovely one ( tea towel on kitchen table ) or the usual ‘ howitzer shell has just landed ‘ one one page four ?:tears-of-joy:

[Neil Merryweather]

I'm afraid you've got a loooong way to go Tony before you come close to John's level of squalor.....
I speak, of course, as possessor of an equally squalid bench

[flyjoe180]

Tricky decal job Tony :hungry: I've got a couple of La-5s to provide cover.

[yak face]

After the gruelling task of applying all four decals :smiling5: ,ive now given the airframe a panel line wash . This is not something i normally do as im not a big fan - a lot of the time I think its overdone and looks weird - but the plain green of this one needed a bit of something to break it up a bit . I wont be doing it too much as this aircraft was a one off and didnt see service so wouldnt have got that dirty. It got a dark dirt on top and a light dirt underneath. Next jobs are attaching the knocky off bits ( undercarriage , cannons , pitot , balance weights etc.)

[yak face]

Big push on this one today . Ive added all the fiddly bits ( undercarriage, rocket rails , cannons , pitot and the balance weights on wingtips and rudder ) I used brass tube for the balance weights and cannons and the kit part for the pitot , the weights were added using blobs of Ultra glue . The rudder balance weight was a bit trickier , I used an old cat food tin to cut out the fixing plate for the top of the rudder then added the weight with brass rod and ultra glue again . After painting these bits it was all given a coat of matt and a little light exhaust staining. The kit machine gun wasnt a bad representation so i just jazzed it up a bit with a rear handle and sight from brass wire and a bit of glue again . Ive now unmasked the canopy fitted the gun and added the propeller . The prop was the kit item but the spinner was from the i- 185 kit . All thats left to do now is add the aerial wire ( plus ive just noticed ive not demasked the landing light) and its done. Heres a few pics and ill be putting up a completed thread tomorrow , thanks for watching , cheers tony

[flyjoe180]

Your hard work is paying off, looking forward to the completed reveal Tony.
:thumb2: