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Il-2 Stormovik; 1:48 Scale (03932)
Topic Started: Oct 8 2017, 08:48 AM (760 Views)
Johni044
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Il-2 Stormovik
1:48 Scale
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Background

The Ilyushin Il-2 Stormovik was an important Soviet WWII ground attack aircraft, it initially flew in 1939 and some 36,183 examples of the Il-2 were produced. The aircraft was a pivotal weapon in stopping the German army and armoured division in the east and contributed greatly the defeat of the Third Reich. Anyone unaware, or wants any further information on the plane and it’s history can find the Wikipedia details in the Link.

The Kit

The kit itself is not a Revell original. It is a re-box of the Accurate Miniatures kit of 1997 vintage, indeed looking at the packaging I would suggest that it has been produced by AM and put straight in a Revell box.

The kit comprises of 116 parts and the finished model will be 240mmx304mm when finished.

The parts come on seven trees of quite hard light grey styrene, plus one of clear(N.B. the clear sprue is loose and unprotected in the bag- it may be wise to wrap it in kitchen roll or similar to protect it). If you look at the tree schematics in the instructions you will notice a portion of the parts blanked off as not needed. I believe these parts are for the ski undercarriage that has been removed from the trees during production unfortunately, so reducing the possible variants that can be made from this kit.

Detail as you will see later is of fine recessed panel lines with raised details when required and is done to quite a high level. Internal details are mainly limited to the cockpit areas you will be able to see in the following pictures.

The Plastic

The sprues are not numbered or lettered so I will work through them one by one.

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This spure incorporates the main spars, cockpit parts, U/C and various panels/pasts. There is a very small bit of flash on a couple of pieces, ejector pins are on non visible areas with the exception of part 23, this is appears to incorporate a radiator which fits in the lowered central wing section, on this part the raised radiator detail has been spoilt by a ejection pin, however the limited view into the bay may negate the issue.

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Lower central wing, tail planes and wheels. No production issues on these parts, loaded and unloaded tyres are provided with separate hubs that should make painting them easier.

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The clear parts, the canopy parts seem to be clear of distortion with the framing having distinct demarcation, also supplied are gun sight, landing light lens and instrument panel (augmented by a decal as will be seen later,) Also supplied in clear is the rear cockpit wall which has two small windows located behind the pilot, this method should make the construction both more robust and easier.

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The wings, these are moulded with engraved panel lines and control surfaces which could possible be posed with a little cutting, flaps being deployed would require a fair bit more work. Locating holes for ordinance are pre drilled so would require filling if not required.

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Fuselage , ordinance and tail wheel. Again recessed panel lines and fixed rudder.

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Ordinance, Prop, engine covers and wheel sponsons.

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Strangely not detailed on the instruction schematic, more ordinance & ancillaries

In Detail
A few close to illustrate, details, panel lines etc.

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Decals

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The decals are printed in Italy (Cartograph?) and are in perfect register with excellent colour saturation. A decal for the I/P is included as are two for the seat harness. Markings are for two machines, one winter, one summer of 1942/1943 but regiment info is not quoted in the instructions.

Instructions

Comprising of 16 pages, the instructions are in the Companies now standard A4 all colour format with construction being covered over 38 stages plus 4 of painting and decals placement. Paint is quoted in Revell colours only of which 4 require mixing.


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Link to Instructions

Conclusions

The plastic looks quire impressive, there is not a huge amount of internals provided by the kit (specifically the engine or lack thereof) however, a good representation of this important machine should be possible with what is provided. The plastic is crisply moulded and virtually devoid of flash. Digging a little on line I have come across comments about the kit being difficult to build, but others saying if you stick to the construction sequence in the instructions then few problems should be encountered

The removal of the ski U/C is a little disappointing as it restricts the options that could have been possible with aftermarket decals. I would initially recommend the kit to modellers of moderate or better experience purely based upon the base kits on-line reputation. I will update this recommendation after I have built it.

Many thanks to Revell for the review sample.

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jacksdad64
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Nice review of the 'Cement Truck' as the Luftwaffe pilots nicknamed it, due to it toughness and difficulty in shooting it down.
Looks like it will be a nice build.


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beany
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I still have the AM kit with the skis (the reason I bought it) so won't be rushing to buy this one. I hope Revell issue one with skis in the not to distant future - I assume AM will still have the molds. I'll dig the kit out soon so we can compare decal options with the Revell one.
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