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1/48 Eduard Profipack I-16 Type 24
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 7:07 pm
by Avgas
May as well do one then we can have a whole squadron!
Nice box art with the longest span He111 you've ever seen.
All the sprues are bagged together, the transparencies are in their own zip bag.
Six sprues in all including the transparencies.
Decals look good and there's some etch and masks.
Usual high quality Profipack instructions on 12 pages. I do like the way Eduard do these.
Let the butchery begin!
Re: 1/48 Eduard Profipack I16-24
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 8:17 pm
by TomasGould
Great Avgas!!! Join the dark side

lol
It will be fun to follow this build

Have you decided which scheme it will be?
Re: 1/48 Eduard Profipack I16-24
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 9:05 pm
by Avgas
I'll probably do 'D', the Lev Shestakov one, don't think anyone's done that yet.
Re: 1/48 Eduard Profipack I16-24
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 9:54 am
by TomasGould
Sounds great
I've got an I-16 type 10 in my stash but i don't know if i will build it right now

lol 3 in a row is mayby a little overkill

Re: 1/48 Eduard Profipack I16-24
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 10:43 am
by Avgas
Go on, do it! You know it makes sense!! Maybe someone who is good at photoshop can patch a picture up with all of our I-16 builds in the same shot.
I've chopped the main bits off the sprues, that's three sprues gone already! I'm going to PE this one as much as I can because I need the practice, I'm a bit of a noob with PE.
I have one of these on the way, a Small Shop Bug which hopefully will be here tomorrow, then I can crack on or bolleaux the PE up, depending on how cack handed I am with it!

Re: 1/48 Eduard Profipack I-16 Type 24
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 4:05 pm
by Avgas
So, the Bug has arrved and we continue. I'm doing one door open and one closed so first I drill a few holes in the plastic part I want to remove.
Then remove it. One touch of the scalpel and it fell away.
Tidy it up.
And dry fit the PE (which I've already broken a tiny bit off, it's fragile stuff).
PE instrument panel finished. Looks quite nice.

Re: 1/48 Eduard Profipack I-16 Type 24
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 5:26 pm
by Les0012
Looking good so far Dave,
I to am a noobie to the P.E but have some coming for the Whitley
Keep up the good work
Les
Re: 1/48 Eduard Profipack I-16 Type 24
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 5:34 pm
by Avgas
It's fragile Les, and then some! Plus some of the tiny parts aren't worth looking at if you have old eyes like mine, they just disappear as soon as you breath on them. There were supposed to be a couple of bits on that instrument panel but I lost them. They didn't ping off the tweezers, they just dropped to the cutting mat about an inch and they are gone.
Re: 1/48 Eduard Profipack I-16 Type 24
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 5:55 pm
by peppie
Looking good up to now
Makes me want one to. I would make the white one though.
Re: 1/48 Eduard Profipack I-16 Type 24
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 6:12 pm
by Avgas
Thanks, i fancied the white one but it's been done.
Re: 1/48 Eduard Profipack I-16 Type 24
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 2:02 pm
by TomasGould
Great work so far Avgas

Re: 1/48 Eduard Profipack I-16 Type 24
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 3:08 pm
by Avgas
Thanks Tomas. Finished the cockpit sides PE, painted up with Model Colour neutral grey and XF61. Knob ends picked out in tam flat yellow and red, oil washed with Winsor and Newton Lamp Black.

Re: 1/48 Eduard Profipack I-16 Type 24
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 5:14 pm
by Avgas
Cockpit done.

Re: 1/48 Eduard Profipack I-16 Type 24
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 8:05 pm
by Always48
those belts look spot on, great work on the cockpit. ive always fancied doing the white one too but im attracted also to the the red tail!
Re: 1/48 Eduard Profipack I-16 Type 24
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 3:42 pm
by Avgas
Thanks 48.
Badger (Ultimate) primer on, first time I've used it, very good; and painted overall with Model Air 71.101 light blue gray (RLM 78). The paint call out says that it's unsure if the aircraft had blue undersurfaces and it was probably grey all over, so being as the blue under surface one has been done I thought I would go for grey overall.
The fit of the wings wasn't usual Eduard standard. I believe this is an oldish kit and some filling and fettling was required. Nothing too bad.

Re: 1/48 Eduard Profipack I-16 Type 24
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 8:12 pm
by Avgas
Aqua gloss and decals on.

Re: 1/48 Eduard Profipack I-16 Type 24
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:52 am
by Avgas
Bit of weatherage done. Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel now.

Re: 1/48 Eduard Profipack I-16 Type 24
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 3:21 pm
by Avgas
Right, she is done, final reveal on the er...final reveal page.