Il-2M3 Shturmovik (Tamiya, 1:72)

[InFlames]

Since they are such a big canvas, I've decided to rivet the wings. After almost two hours, this is the result so far... half way there with wings.

[Tim Marlow]

Excellent work on those rivets, though rather you than me.

[InFlames]

haha, thanks Tim. It ain't that hard but I admit, it is a bit tedious to make em. Some nice music in the headphones and I'm good

[colin m]

Great work Seb. But I've got to say, I would never be so brave to have a screen that close to my bench. I would ruin it, quickly.

[InFlames]

Before riveting the bottom of the wings, I had to install the landing gear bays and since it's gonna be easier to do now, I added some weathering.

[yak face]

Looking great seb , nice work with the riveter . The quinta decals are excellent arent they , I used the same set when I did my il 2 m82 conversion last year . That kit did have rivets but in every other respect is stone age compared to the Tamiya one! Cheers tony

[rtfoe]

Wonderful Seb, putting your skills from 1/700 to 1/72 makes details stand out even more. The large wing of the Sturmovic is so similar to the Heinkel 111 and needs the rivet detail to add interest.

Cheers,
Richard

[InFlames]

Looking great seb , nice work with the riveter . The quinta decals are excellent arent they , I used the same set when I did my il 2 m82 conversion last year . That kit did have rivets but in every other respect is stone age compared to the Tamiya one! Cheers tony

Yeah they are great, although I guess they come more to the front in some modern aircraft with multiple switches, knobs, MFDs and what not and less so with rather simplistic WW2 cockpits. I'll have to give them a try on something more modern one day. Which kit did you use as a base?

Wonderful Seb, putting your skills from 1/700 to 1/72 makes details stand out even more. The large wing of the Sturmovic is so similar to the Heinkel 111 and needs the rivet detail to add interest.

Cheers,
Richard

Well actually it is the other way around... I've been building 1:72 for my entire life and just recently (in the last few years) start to play a bit with ship models in 1:700. And yeah, the wings are rather huge and would be rather bland without riveting detail.

[yak face]

Which kit did you use as a base?

The Zvezda Il2 m seb , a simple little kit but perfect for what i had in mind https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threa...bute-gb.36448/.
Cheers tony

[InFlames]

The Zvezda Il2 m seb , a simple little kit but perfect for what i had in mind https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/ilyushin-il2-m82-cut’n’shut-simon-t-tribute-gb.36448/.
Cheers tony

Wow great job, Tony! I know of the M82 powered Il-2 but I think yours is the first model I have ever seen of it!

[InFlames]

Slowly recovering from my health issues, so not much progress, but I guess I can call the bottom of the wings done.

[InFlames]

And last but not least, the riveted front part of the fuselage. Rear part and tail were wooden so no riveting there.

[InFlames]

Now that I am feeling a little better, I've made some major progress. Unfortunately the join between fuselage and wings wasn't the best so some surgery was required there. Machine gun barrels were replaced with insulin injection needles while the 23mm gun barrels and pitot tube were made of brass tubing from Albion Alloys. She's now ready for some paint under the coat of MrSurfacer 1500.

[KarlW]

Quite possibly my all time favourite WW2 plane, looking good so far.

[InFlames]

Quite possibly my all time favourite WW2 plane, looking good so far.

Thank you Karl! It is an imposing bird for sure and was lucky enough to actually see it flying in 2019 at MAKS.