Review Tamiya 1/72 IL-2 Shturmovik

[LudvigN]

Hello friends! This is one of my 9 1/72 kits from Tamiya that I received the other week. Was thinking that I could share some of them on this forum so here it goes. The kit is from 2013, so a reasonably new tool from Tamiya. I believe that its a scaled down version of their 1/48 kit, but I cant vouch for this.

The sprues comes separatly packed except for the mirrored sprue. Standard Tamiya packaging and all that, which means stapled plastic bags.



The box states 2013.


4 sprues + 1 clear sprue


Sprue-shots






Crisp propeller


Nice raised and recessed surface details




Tamiya decals


Clear parts


Very clean with little or no distortion


The kit provides decals for the following markings:

SU Military Ilyushin Il-2 Stormovik
1, 6th Gv OShAP, VVS

SU Military Ilyushin Il-2 Stormovik
7, 566th ShAP, VVS | Leningrad (1944)

SU Military Ilyushin Il-2 Stormovik
12, 16th VA, VVS | Berlin DR (April 1945)



Conclusion:

+ Splendid surface detail
+ Nice details for cockpit
+ Nice clear parts
+ Crisply molded

- No obvious flaws to report

[Daishi12]

Looks good.

[rodrant]

Thanks for the review Ludvig !

I often look to the 1/48 scale but it is rather expensive kit , Perhaps I will do the 1/72 , need a Russian on my stash , and seems that the detail is very good !

Looks a great kit !

[UKguyInUSA]

Another nice looking kit from Tamiya...enjoy building her

[AchtungPanzer]

Looks very good - high quality , nice details