Eduards 1/48 Polikarpov I-16 Type 24 no2

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 6:32 pm

Here we go again

After i could not decide on my which paint scheme I would go for on my last build I will build one more in this GB

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 6:37 pm

Last build was Boris Safonovs legendary I-16 and this time i will go for fighter ace Genadij Tsokolayevs I-16 from the Baltic Fleet

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:06 pm

Here's some history about the I-16

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:56 pm

I started a little with the cockpit and dry fitted The fuselage halves

Avgas · Post by **Avgas** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 8:57 pm

I've got this one but I think all of the colour schemes have been done now!

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 9:03 pm

Avgas wrote: I've got this one but I think all of the colour schemes have been done now!

No!! The 2 dark green schemes is left lol

And congrets Avgas for the januari price draw

Avgas · Post by **Avgas** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:50 pm

And congrets Avgas for the januari price draw

Cheers mate, never built a tank before! Or a gun with tracks which is what I think it is.

rodrant · Post by **rodrant** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:04 am

A good choice of color scheme

, exactly what I will do , and yes , I'm just thinking to buy another one and do the same as your first build

, I'm watching this one !

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:51 am

rodrant wrote:A good choice of color scheme , exactly what I will do , and yes , I'm just thinking to buy another one and do the same as your first build , I'm watching this one !

It sounds like a great idea

I really think you should build one more

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 4:01 pm

When i looked in the instructions they say that inside of the fuselage should be painted grey. But on cockpit pics of the real aircraft the inside is painted blue

evan some cranks should be green instead of grey.

rodrant · Post by **rodrant** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 4:20 pm

oh s....t , now mine it is grey

well it is hard to make all the right choice of colors you know , but nice color picture of the bird !

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 4:39 pm

rodrant wrote:oh s....t , now mine it is grey

well it is hard to make all the right choice of colors you know , but nice color picture of the bird !

thats no problem rodrant couse when its finished you want see it anyway

I painted my last one blue too

Its alot of small things in the instructions you have to look twice to get it right

Like the exhoust pipes, on the left upper hole it should be 2pcs in one hole but on the right upper hole only 1pcs. I noticed that in the end of my last build

but i had not mounted the pipes yet when i noticed it

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 10:11 pm

Base coating done on the cockpit and also on the engine

I used a mix of Vallejo model air 71.008 Pale Blue and 71.001 white for the cockpit.
Val air 71.057 Black for the instrument panel
Val air 71.072 Gungrey for the engine

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 7:05 pm

Now all the PE for the cockpit is ready for some colour

I will use a mix of Tamiya XF62 OD and XF2 white for these parts

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 8:53 pm

Now the paint is on

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 7:17 pm

Now some detail painting, washing and chipping is done

I will apply some dust on the floor

Its now time to mount everything in the fuselage halves

I'm not 100% satisfied with the wash on the fuselage :/

TommyKillander · Post by **TommyKillander** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 9:02 pm

Geeez... I have to buy myself one of these I-16s... They look so cool

Great start (again) and good luck with the build !

Tommy

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 6:45 am

TommyKillander wrote:Geeez... I have to buy myself one of these I-16s... They look so cool

Great start (again) and good luck with the build !

Tommy

Its a really fun kit to build so i really think you should build one sometime

And thanks for the good luck

Yesterday evening was the big filler and sanding evening

I've glued the fuselage halves together and filled and sanded and filled and sanded and filled and san...... And so on

so now I really hope the seam want be seen otherwise its just fill and sand some more

The seam line on this fuselage was much harder to get rid of compared to my last I-16.

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 12:21 pm

Cockpit weathered and after i took this photo i also mounted the foot pedals to the rudder and mounted all in the fuselage

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 6:30 pm

I masked and filled a little gap between the wings and fuselage.

And now it starting to look like an aircraft

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 9:23 pm

For that version I'm building i should use part E23

But in the last second i saw that i had to cut off the two bars sticking up

I fixed that and now is it ready for primer

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 2:48 pm

Now I've primer it and i used Tamiya surface primer white.
I used white becouse the paint scheme is just light colours

I also did some pre shading using Tamiya XF1 Black

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 9:49 pm

Now the plane is painted and tomorrow i will give it a coat of clear

Upper side was painted with a mix of vallejo model air
71.001 White, 71.049 medium sea grey and 71.057 Black

Under side was also painted with a mix of val air
71.008 Pale blue and 71.001 white

Avgas · Post by **Avgas** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 9:51 pm

Looking good Tom. The photo three up there where you have the preshading on the white primer looks great. I would be tempted to leave it like that and bang a gloss coat on it. Bit weird I know but it does look nice.

rodrant · Post by **rodrant** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 12:39 am

Very nice detail in the build , admire your clean build

I have also the same issues in filling those areas in mine , didn't noticed the two pins , good spot and great observation buddy !

This one will be another clean and beautifull build ! Nice litlle kit ! You doing great !

JudgeDredd · Post by **JudgeDredd** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 6:37 am

Nice pre-shading and good build so far.

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 12:31 pm

rodrant wrote:Very nice detail in the build , admire your clean build

I have also the same issues in filling those areas in mine , didn't noticed the two pins , good spot and great observation buddy !

This one will be another clean and beautifull build ! Nice litlle kit ! You doing great !

JudgeDredd wrote:Nice pre-shading and good build so far.

Avgas wrote:Looking good Tom. The photo three up there where you have the preshading on the white primer looks great. I would be tempted to leave it like that and bang a gloss coat on it. Bit weird I know but it does look nice.

Thanks guys for the kind words

Now the engine is painted

I used vallejo model air 71.072 Gungrey as a base color and gave it a dark brown wash. After that i painted black around the cylinders with vallejo 71.057 Black and last i gave the cylinders a drybrush with Humbrol enamel 11 silver

Sorry for the bad pic

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 9:16 pm

A clear coat is on and I hope for some decaling tomorrow or Saturday

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 8:41 pm

Decals on and now i will give the decals a gloss coat before a wash.

TommyKillander · Post by **TommyKillander** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 10:43 pm

Looks awesome !

Well done!

Tommy

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 3:28 pm

TommyKillander wrote:Looks awesome !

Well done!

Tommy

Thanks Tommy!! I hope to finish it this upcoming week

A wash is done and i used artist oils black and raw umber.

After that a gave the model a coat of flat varnish.
Next up will be some chipping and small detail painting

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 10:03 pm

Detail painting and chipping done

I also painted and mounted everything in cowling

Avgas · Post by **Avgas** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 11:18 pm

What do you use for your chipping? Looks really good.

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:25 am

Avgas wrote:What do you use for your chipping? Looks really good.

Thanks Avgas

I first masked the edges where i should chip, and then I used a bit of a sponge with almost dry Humbrol enamel 11 on and dipped on the areas

Avgas · Post by **Avgas** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:28 am

I'll give that a go next time, cheers.

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 6:51 pm

Avgas wrote:I'll give that a go next time, cheers.

You're welcome Avgas

Todays work was not much I prepared the exhoust pipes for painting and i drilled out the Machineguns and venturi probe

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 9:30 am

Today I've started with The landing gear

The version I'm building did not have any undercarriage doors.

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 6:12 pm

Exhoust pipes painted and mounted
I used Tamiya XF-10 flat brown as a base and weathered them with mig production pigment old rust and black smoke.

I also finished the undercarriage

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 6:32 pm

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 7:56 pm

Ok, this sucks!!
The only thing left to do is paint the prop and my colour is empty!!! Lol
I get a new one in the week

But here it is so far

And here it is together with my other entry in this GB

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 2:05 pm

The prop is now painted

The instructions said it should be black but on some pics of the real bird it had a flat/semi flat aluminium prop

I will mount the prop on the plane and then my build is finished

TomasGould · Post by **TomasGould** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 6:33 pm

Here is a link to My final reveal

http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 51&t=16729