A few good russians - in 1/72

[Flyingbabydoc]

Hello friends,

Unfortunately I haven't been able to Access the Forum as much as I wanted to. Therefore, I will post here a few pics of some models I have completed in the last few weeks.

I am really excited to see that These models have achieved a Quality that I never expected before. Still a Long way to go but I am very pleased. Some of the bugs of the past have been solved or at least I now understand where I went wrong.

The first one is a nice Tamiya Ilyushin IL-2 Sturmovik. I used a lot of PE including flaps, interior and exterior Details. Also a nice resin set of exhausts and wheels.

I have tried to tone down the weathering a lot. And for the first time I was able to get that Sturmovik Brown Color somewhat right!

Depicted is a Il-2M3 from the 566. ShAP in the Leningrad front in 1944.

I hope you like it. I will post the other two planes tomorrow.

Cheers and thanks for watching

Alex

 

[moon puppy]

Excellent job Alex, well done!!

 

[phantom II]

I like it Alex What paints did you use ?

Your post just cause me to pull up the VVS color site Spent an hour before I realized it had vanished :frantic

After years of reading up on the colors, it is as murky as ever and the ceaseless arguments rage on :smack

I like what you did. :drinks

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[lupanzer]

Belo retorno!... gostei muito de seu trabalho, Alex

Luiz.

P.S.: Comentário em português para manter a chama acesa :frantic ... e aí meu camarada empolgado coma nossa seleção na copa da Rússia?... temos que esquecer aqueles 7X1...

Grande abraço!

 

[Flyingbabydoc]

Thank you my dear and faithful friends. I appreciate it. It has been fun trying These new things on.

Here is another one. Did not turn out as good as the Sturmovik but still I like the colours (right hue) and the weathering

Lavochkin La-5FN "Yellow 1" (5. GvIAP, 11. GvIAD) flown by Mar. Popokov

Revell 1/72 OOB with Vallejo and Decals from Printscale.


Cheers

Alex

P.S: Luis: Tens razao meu amigo. Precisamos lavar a alma. Eu gostaria de uma final com a Alemanha e 8x0 para nos. So assim eu pararia de ouvir as gozacoes por aqui (ja duram 4 anos).
Uma otima copa para nos. Grande abraco!

 

[Flyingbabydoc]

And here another one. I really like this one, it is a favorite model of mine, one of the first I built as a kid in Brazil (at that time there was only Revell produced by license through A. Kikoler - Luiz will remember!).

This is a Polikarpov I-16 "silver 11" of the 72° IAP in the beginning of the war, flown by the Hero of the Soviet Union N. Safonov.

Hasegawa 1/72 with Decals from Printscale and Vallejo acrylics, Ammo of Mig weathering.

Cheers and good Weekend everyone!

Alex

 

[moon puppy]

Nice job. If I could suggest.

For the canopy frames, get some decal paper, paint it the color of the frame and cut to size. I've done it on several builds in the past.

 

[sharkman]

Nice job Alex, I really like the look of the IL-2 and I think the chipping on the I-16 came out really well.

 

[Flyingbabydoc]

Thanks Bob and Mark

I guess some issues remain a bit difficult while some others get a bit better. Thanks for your tips, I will get them in practice soon.

Another Polikarpov I-16, this time the "White 2" from the 282.IAD in the South-Western front in the winter 1941/1942.

Hasegawa 1/72 OOB, Vallejo and AK acrylics. Weathering Ammo of Mig

Cheers

Alex

 

[moon puppy]

Spotty!

Really nice job Alex.

 

[phantom II]

You've been busy :woohoo: I like me some Rats :idonno :idonno :idonno

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Skinny_Mike]

Looking good Alex! All of them look great. The stormovick and the winter camo I-16 are particularly well done.

 

[Flyingbabydoc]

Thanks again everyone...

I haven't been so often on the bench as I wanted but I got a sweet Sturmovik going. Check it out.

Academy 1/72 with PE and Flaps Eduard.

Cheers

Alex

 

[moon puppy]

 

[phantom II]

Looking good Alex

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Duke Maddog]

Excellent work Alex! Your interiors are improving dramatically. Keep up the excellent work!

 

[Flyingbabydoc]

Thank you dear friends.

Getting there. Now let's see if I can pull off the winter overcoat - which should be really faint in some parts.

Cheers

Alex

 

[Flyingbabydoc]

I guess I am done with the Sturmovik. I used this one to test the "Fading White" Color scheme. What do you think?

Enough of Russians now, time to Switch to English planes - and get a ribbon for the RAF campaign.

Cheers and have a nice Weekend everyone!

Alex

 

[moon puppy]

That's great Alex!

Neat to see how we improve over time.

 

[Duke Maddog]

Looking great Alex! Man, your are improving by leaps and bounds. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with British planes now.