Trumpeter IL-28 Beagle 1/72

Dave Flitton
Nice start!!

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Thank you Dave

Łukasz Gliński
Watching. Maybe it will encourage me to start mine 🙂

Bernd Korte
Following

Erik De Smet
I have the impression that the crew is sitting too low, Nikolaos ?

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Erik,the kit has designation problems. The pilots' corps are very big like "gorillas". They are sitting difficulty on chairs. The nose pilot will be inside the fuselage under the cover ( I 'll fix it open). The leader pilot sits on the correct height as the applicαtion of chair in cockpit. But I am not pleased generally with the quality of kit.

Nikolaos Kouzinis
It has bad application between the interior and exterior parts. It has double parts of turret parts and staircase( I dont know why?). The instructions manual has ambiguities. I named "a Magufana" kit (Magufana (Magufa Anna a lonely idiosyncratic eldest daughter) =something heavy with not quality, kitch, coarsely chopped and with many difficulties). I had in past the Airfix IL-28. It was the same coarsely chopped. It seems that a curse designation follows timeless this model kit

Nikolaos Kouzinis
An other "Chinese tragedy" is the application of the engines appartments (interior and exterior). BUT it has strong wheels system. Very STRONG

Maciej Bellos
Following!

Erik De Smet
Nice camo Nikolaos, which country ?

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Erik I decided to colour it with the camo of Nigerian air force, because except the Romanian( but I dont trust the white colour want many colour layers) all the others schemes are commonplace. The problem is that I have not Nigerian roundels.

Nikolaos Kouzinis
The surface colours finished. Follows the varnish and small colour repairs to wheels' system doors and the rear door of turret

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Paintbrush

Alex K
Go on, Νικόλαε, and I'm sure the Nigerian roundels issue can be solved, sooner or later. For instance, the Nigerian insignia decal sheet by MAV Nigerian Air Force Markings (MAV Decals MAV-NAV721, 1:72) seems to be available at their site: mavdecals.co.za/product-category/nigeria/ - or you can always ask for custom decals, e.g. from LM Decals SCM Brand: LM Decals - although, for both solutions, one may first wait for the end of the coronavirus lockdown... In any case, keep it up - I find it interesting that you chose to go for a Nigerian Air Force example.

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Thank you Alex K for help

Nikolaos Kouzinis
After a small wash

Ben M
The Nigerian camo is great, hope you can find roundels.

Alex K
Ha! There's at least a green Nigerian fin flash! 🙂 Did you painted a Greek one... or...????

Nikolaos Kouzinis
I hope Ben to find specially the small on fuselage. Yes Alex I scratched the tail decals (Nigerian green white green -it looks like blue in foto) with insulating tape green white

Alex K
Don΄t worry, it looks green alright! The roundels will be more difficult, but you will get to it, sooner or later. Again congratulations on choosing an interesting subject.

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Thanks Alex. Although at first I hesitated because for the brush this camo seemed difficult, but I considered it a challenge and dared. In the end, the result was satisfactory. Cheers

Ben M
You could try masking and brushing them?

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Yes it is a solution but every time when I used the tapes the result was not good. I must try my self in that method. I have a Saab Viggen in 1/48 and I look the technique for the green, brown, light green etc, camo and I try to find a solution to avoid the BIG masking . I 'll see when the time will come. All begins from the idea, after all coming easy when you find solutions.

Nikolaos Kouzinis
In the other side in Greece the modelling is very limited so the modelling materials are few. You must spend money to buy from internet . Do not forget that the crisis in Greece limited us only to basic economic priorities. It is a reason to use old methods to have a fun with my youth hobby.

Ben M
I think modelling supplies will be hard to find everywhere now, so we will all have to use the old methods!

Łukasz Gliński
Niko, what size should they be?
I also found out Hi-Decal Line set for Il-28 includes them.

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Hello Lukasz. I calculate 1.5 cm(diameter) for wing roundels and 1 cm for the fuselage near tail.

Alex K
Thumbs up, Lukasz, for pointing out the Hi-Decal Line 72043 set, I had completely missed that when I first commented on the Nigerian roundels... As Nikos suggests, it is perhaps not the right time for mail orders, but it's good to know such a decal set exists and is available. In any case, my respects to Nikolaos for his work on the camouflage...

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Thank you all of you Alex, Lukasz, Ben.

Nikolaos Kouzinis
FINISHED.

Ben M
Fantastic! And I even see a roundel! 🙂

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Yes Ben I scratched two (one upper and one low wing) with tape. I couldnt make the smallest for fuselage (rear) because my diabetic cutter doesn't have as much less radius as I need. The numbers made from spares decals The antenna wire is elastic thread. I putted a small parer to say to me "be carefull"

Łukasz Gliński
Not bad, pity you couldn't get the proper decals, it would make a better impression IMHO. Camo looks great as for the brushpainted one (is that correct?)
Is that kit really as bas as they say? I have to start mine one day...

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Yes Lukasz is paintbrush. But the scratchtape roundels which it wears can be moved when I 'll find the originals

Alex K
Bravo! 👍 👍

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Thank you Alex

Łukasz Gliński
Ha! That's a smart move mate 👍 🙂