1/48 Il-2 construction

Katya Hodgson
Here's the cockpit! One it dries fully i'll fit it into the fuselage. 🙂

Katya Hodgson
Cockpit and gunner's position fitted into the fuselage, wings fitted, and tail fitted.

John Thomas
Very nice

Daniel Klink
Nice Start Katya

Katya Hodgson
It's already going wrong... there's some gaps/poor fit that shouldn't be there, I got glue on the inside of the front canopy piece, and I have absolutely no idea what i'm going to do about the rear canopy, it's open for the gun position, but then how do I airbrush without getting paint inside?

Martin Oostrom
Try to get some foam, the stuff electronics get packed in. Cut to size (a bit oversized) and squeaze it in. If necessary the edges can be secured with regular masking tape.
See picture 31 in my build. Also in the rrar gunner position TBD Devastator WIP | Album by Mahoo76 (1:72)

Thomas Bischoff
Great idea Martin! I masked it off with Tamiya tape for my Helldiver ...

Thomas Bischoff
... and thats a nice start Katya!

Katya Hodgson
I was thinking maybe cotton wool? Since that would probably be easy to squish in and then pull out...

Martin Oostrom
As long as it is dense enough to prevent paint leaking through and won't bleed paint, it should be good enough.

Thomas Bischoff
... and it should be removable without causing a mess 🙂

Katya Hodgson
Mostly i'm just sad at the fact that I probably ruined the windscreen...

Katya Hodgson
Landing gear struts, rocket rails, and bomb racks are fitted.

Augie
whata wrong with the windscreen?

Katya Hodgson
The glue ran all over the inside when I was gluing it on.

Katya Hodgson
Main build is now complete, next step is painting.

Augie
Oh arse

Katya Hodgson
Yeah, I won't even know how bad it is until I have finished the model completely and remove the canopy masks...

Augie
Can you take a picture of the inside?

Jan Janssen
nice progress, i use white glue (wood glue) for the clear parts it works realy well only slow drying time

Katya Hodgson
Augie, I can't get a picture of the inside because the canopy is sealed.

Katya Hodgson
Green paint on, and painting the black bits.

Katya Hodgson
If only I had tilted it a little differently... 🙁

Katya Hodgson
It's temporarily on hold until the blue paint for the underside arrives, but here it is so far. I know the camo isn't the best, but this was the first time I tried a camo with air brush, so I hope it is ok.

Daniel Klink
It is always great to see someones developing and progress!
Keep it up Katya..

Richmond
Not bad for your first attempt at camouflage.

Katya Hodgson
Well, first airbrush camouflage! I have done a few with normal brush in the past. 🙂

Bank holiday stopped the post service on Monday, so my paint hasn't showed up yet. But hopefully tomorrow!

Once the blue is on, they'll be a couple more details and some cleaning up, then I can move on to clear coat and decals.

Katya Hodgson
After many mishaps, blood, sweat, and tears
it is ready for clear coat.

Richmond
That paintwork is very neat for someone who states that have just started out using an airbrush - fantastic work - may I ask how you did those panel lines?

Katya Hodgson
I didn't do those panel lines... that's just what they look like. I think it's because of how thin the layers of Vallejo Air paint tend to be.

Katya Hodgson
Decals are on now, going to let them dry overnight, then do second clear coat tomorrow.

Katya Hodgson
Bonus sneak preview...

Katya Hodgson
It's the final coooaaat
dadada daaa
Dededede deee

Daniel Klink
Speed and progress in painting skills is impressing! Congrats Katya 👍

Katya Hodgson
Annnd it's done! Pictures inbound. 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
That escalated quickly (and nicely) 👍. Not my scale, but looks good. Will use the cockpit layout for my Shtormovik project in 72 (the PE instruction I have is hopeless). Good to see you didn't follow the popular myth of green-brown Soviet camo 🙂

Katya Hodgson
Thank you! I do also make 1/72 scale aircraft, but usually it will be the modern aircraft I do in 1/72 scale.
I hope the cockpit is helpful! I'm not sure the colours are quite right but they seem close enough.

And what myth might that be?

Richmond
Looks great, I really like the decals.

Łukasz Gliński
The myth is, that the Soviets painted their planes green and brown on top (similar to early WW2 RAF aircraft). Even the serious books kept on repeating that myth well into the 1990s. Examples? Your Shtormovik's boxart, my Shtormovik's boxart 🙂, old La-5 by KP and so forth...
And the truth is: usually fighter were dark grey/ light grey and others (e.g. bombers) wore the camo you applied.