1/32 IL-2M3 Sturmovik - Heavy Hitters II GB

[woody]

user name: woody
name: Jerry
category: advanced
entry: Sturmovik
kit: 1/32 Hobbyboss Il-2M3
accessories: none

Will be doing this one as "White 1" flown by Ivan F. Pavlov.

This kit comes with P.E. and metal landing gear and it has a lot of parts 374 of them.

 

[Wurger]

Great...

 

[Catch22]

This should be very cool.

 

[meatloaf109]

Excellent!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Wow Jerry all those little parts, going to be a good one.

 

[fubar57]

Agree with all. I believe the Accurate Miniatures model I built call for an RLM02 color.

Geo

 

[N4521U]

This GB is comin alive.......

 

[Lucky13]

Been thinking of getting either of HobbyBoss' Il-2's......

Will be interesting.....

 

[Wayne Little]

Great subject Jerry!

 

[Crimea_River]

Good choice.

 

[woody]

Sorry about pic size I was uploading from computer

 

[Wurger]

Looking good. If the shot was uploaded from your computer you could resize it down befor posting here.

 

[woody]

Here are some sprue shots as I start on this one Wojtek and Geo have been very helpful on colors and pics thanks guys. I have read that some rivet detail needs to be removed from the rear of the fuselage as it would have been wooden.

 

[woody]

Okay lets try this again.

 

[Lucky13]

Is that your tinfoil hat, in the top left?

 

[woody]

Thanks Jan, no it really is a exhaust duct

 

[Lucky13]

Riiiiiight.... (Never heard that one before!)

Looking forward to the build mate! How does the kit look so far?

 

[Wurger]

To be honest you should check a picture of the Sturmovik you are going to make. Generally Il-2 had metal wings attached to 1941 and at the end of the war. In the middle period of WW2 these were wooden too. No rivets there. The same is with the rear part of the fuselage. It was either of metal/wood or of wood.
Also I would check on the wing type... strielka or doska.

 

[Wurger]

And here, just in case.... a variant of Il-2 with visible materials used for construction ... pic source: the net.

 

[woody]

Jan the kit seems pretty nice. Wojtek thanks for all the help and info.