Nick's ICM 1/48 U2

[scottie3158]

Nick,
Lovely work so far mate.

[Jim R]

I missed the start Nick, sorry. Nice looking kit. It always surprises me how many biplanes were operating in WW2. Great start. Cockpit looks excellent. Those 3D decals are a real game changer I think

[Nicko]

Looking good Nick!

Loving that Nick. Really special so far :thumb2:

Nick,
Lovely work so far mate.

Thanks Guys. So far it's pretty plain sailing, but the hard work is still to come. Only built a few biplane kits before and that was a very long time ago.

I missed the start Nick, sorry. Nice looking kit. It always surprises me how many biplanes were operating in WW2. Great start. Cockpit looks excellent. Those 3D decals are a real game changer I think

Thanks Jim. The 3D decals really make a difference, but it does feel a bit like cheating!

More at the weekend hopefully.

Nick

[Geoffers]

Very nice Nick, cockpit and engine both look great

Geoff.

[Nicko]

Not exactly stellar progress even by my standards, but I have done a bit on this....

The very nice Quinta seatbelts added:




The fuselage glued up - needed a bit of help at the very narrow attachment between the cockpits:



And I have got the lower main wing and nose fitted. There will need to be a bit of fettling in a few areas to achieve a nice looking fit once the structure has had time to go off a bit.




Thanks for looking in.


Nick

[The Smythe Meister]

.... "Not exactly Stellar progress"......
....from tiny seeds huge trees grow :thumb2:....
Nice early progress there Nick,and it's taking shape already .

[Nicko]

Pushing things along a little bit, I had a try at thinning the fin braces for the bombs...



Then I put the undercarriage assembly together and set it to dry resting roughly in place ready to be painted separately later...



After that was sorted, I shot some primer on it...



And got that bright Russian blue on the underside....



Incidentally, whilst dry fitting I discovered a large amount of fresh air where the tailplanes attach to the rear fuselage and went looking for some pictures of the real thing..... For discussion purposes only, it looks like there is indeed a gap in the fin/tailplane interface.....



I also found this interesting picture of some young ladies getting ready to go on a date with the Germans. Again for discussion purposes only...



I see more painting in the immediate future...... Thanks for looking in.


Nick.

[adt70hk]

Nick

That's coming on very nicely. Incidentally, the Shuttleworth Collection has one of these. I have some pics somewhere if that helps.

Andrew

[Nicko]

Managed to get the upper surfaces painted. Went with Tamiya colours NATO Green and NATO Black as they were to hand.




Pondering on a clear coat of some kind, but there are not too many decals to go on this one.

Thanks for looking in..

Nick.

[Tim Marlow]

Looks great Nick. Nice shot of the night witches as well :thumb2: One of their members clocked up over a thousand missions in these birds.

[Tim Marlow]

In fact,
looking again, I think that’s her at the front of your picture. Irina Sebrova was her name.

[Nicko]

Certainly looks like she means business!

Nick

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Nick

[adt70hk]

Coming on VERY nicely indeed Nick!!

ATB

Andrew

[Nicko]

Thanks Guys. Bench time a bit limited at the moment, but will hopefully get back to it again soon..

Nick