Polikarpov I-16 Type 24 x 2
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1 18 April 2012, 22:25
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Looking good! I always thought the I-16 belonged at the air races, it reminds me of the racers from the 30s.
23 April 2012, 02:22
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The first pics are looking good - but in 1:72 it's a very "little" bird.
23 April 2012, 07:54
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Thanks! I've got it in 1:48 as well n' then it looks like a 1:72 kit so it's a small bird allright.
23 April 2012, 09:28
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Urban, with your kind permission, I'm gonna follow this build with interest
23 April 2012, 10:27
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You bet that mate! I prove it for you then as you can see in the last two comparison photos.
23 April 2012, 10:43
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Oh my, yes, it is even smaller then I could imagine, thx for the comparpix Urban!
23 April 2012, 11:04
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It's size is what reminds me of the 1930s air racers, like the planes built by the Granville Brothers (GeeBee). And the general layout, with a large engine cowling (compared to the fuselage) and the location of the cockpit near the trailing edge of the wing. For its time, it must have been a little "hot rod" as we say over here.
23 April 2012, 13:04
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Success n' failure together hand in hand in an uneventful n' unproductive day.
Drilled out the fuselage MG's n' failed in my atempt to drill out the MG's on one of the birds.
24 April 2012, 21:54
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Oops, these things can happen 🙁 but I'm sure you'll fix it. Why that putty/Mr. Surfacer around the edges of the cooling openings?
25 April 2012, 16:26
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It's not putty at all. Just me bein' lazy dabblin' the paint with a brush. Forgot the inside when I airbrushed the rest.
25 April 2012, 16:47
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Finaly, after nearly two months without doin' anything on this build or any other build for that matter I've managed today to put 'em both on their legs. Nothin' complicated with it but a bit tedious with all the small parts. I've crawled on the floor swearin' with a flashlight searchin' for parts half of the buildtime today.
19 June 2012, 22:30
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So i´m more exited about the result! I tryed it once on a Bf-110 but it didnt worked for me ( Maybe because i painted with a brush...), so good luck!!!
21 June 2012, 17:54
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Very curious about the outcome, I like it already !
A seasoned Polikarpov from a seasoned modeler😉
21 June 2012, 18:32
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Thanks mates, I'm not done yet n' there's still plenty of room for misstakes here...
21 June 2012, 18:39
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errrrr...before putting the salt on, did you put silver paint underneath the area to be weathered?
21 June 2012, 18:43
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No, I didn't as I only wanted the base coat to be visible under the white. The other bird will be nice n' clean.
21 June 2012, 19:49
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Looks great,Urban.Will you do a little retouch (chipping) with a brush?
1 July 2012, 08:37
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Thanks mates! Markus, I've not decided on it as I tend to do stuff like this as I go along...
1 July 2012, 10:42
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Hey mates! Remember these? Five more photos now of the latest development on 'em. More or less just the weatherin' left to do on 'em now.
28 January 2013, 22:48
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Say what you want, but... the Rata is an ugly plane!
However, you did a good on them so far. 👍 The finals are close..., I suppose.
28 January 2013, 23:41
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I like the "fat" one! Looks very great the chipping.Interesting plane!
29 January 2013, 07:42
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Not bad and knowing how small the I-16 is on 1/48th scale how tiny must it be in 1/72nd scale.
29 January 2013, 17:49
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Thanks! They're far from big but they're indeed cute little buggers...
29 January 2013, 18:03
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I've made one in 1/48th scale and when comparing it to my Il-2 there small.
30 January 2013, 07:46
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Mine is better ....... no friend ...... this is perfect.👍
I'm still practicing with the salt technique.
very nice winter camouflage. I'm jealous 🙂
And thanks for your comment on my I-16
And good that you have written of yours I-16.
I can learn from it....thanks
6 May 2013, 18:06
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Thanks mate! But you're playin' down your own build. Your chippin' n' preshade is great on your build.
6 May 2013, 18:56
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@Urban
Thanks but I also love the chipping on the wing root and in combination with the white. 🙂
7 May 2013, 06:21