Polikarpov I-16 Rata, Five Star Team, Zvezda 1/144
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Basic photo, gonna have some fun!
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Dark clouds are coming! No accessories in the marketplace for this kit, so need to do some upgrades by myself.
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These exhaust pipes are so bad, even if they are in 144 scale...
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...so I changed them to 0.5 mm hollow needle.
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There is no cockpit in this set just a pilot. So, first I cut out it to make some space for the seat. Used 0.1 mm plastic sheet and masking tape for the seatbelt.
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Fits really cool!
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Primaring is done!
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After primaring the surface, I made some rivet on the surface.
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Started the painting with Gunze Red and Alclad Aluminium
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For the black of the nose I used Gunze Tire Black, then masked it.
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Finished the painting! Mixing two or three shades of grey(Gunze) to be satisfied with the result.
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At the back of the engine I had to paint the curves with brush.
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Decaling time!
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Finally it's time for some weathering.
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Kommentarer
21 25 December 2022, 00:55
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Were it not documented, I never would have believed that the basis of the model is Zvezda's snap-together simplistic kit... You're a wizard, Matyas!
1 February 2023, 07:04