Eduard 1/48 Polikarpov I-16

Post by **TomasGould** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 11:14 am

Ok guys this will be my first GB ever and my second aircraft build ever....... So I hope I'll handle it

I chosed the eduard 1/48 Polikarpov for this build just becouse i think its an awesome looking aircraft

//Tomas

Post by **patrickroos** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 11:40 am

Lycka till!!!

Post by **Avgas** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 11:44 am

Got this in the stash.

Post by **TomasGould** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 12:34 pm

patrickroos wrote:Lycka till!!!

Tackar

det kommer behövas

Post by **TomasGould** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 12:34 pm

Avgas wrote: Got this in the stash.

It looks like a nice little kit

Post by **TomasGould** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 3:17 pm

Here's some history about the I-16

Post by **TommyKillander** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 3:32 pm

Good luck with the build!

/Tommy

Post by **TomasGould** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 4:34 pm

TommyKillander wrote:Good luck with the build!

/Tommy

Thanx Tommy

Post by **TomasGould** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 9:45 pm

Started a little bit on the cockpit and dryfitted the fuselage

I'm waiting for some paints I've ordered

Post by **TomasGould** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:15 pm

Now the paints have arrived

I base painted the cockpit today and i hope i can weather it this weekend

Post by **TomasGould** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:18 pm

For the blue colour i used a mixture of Vallejo 71.008 Pale Blue and 71.001 White. The green colour is a mixture of Tamiya XF-62 OD and XF-2 White

Post by **shortCummins** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 11:24 pm

looking good Tomas

Post by **TomasGould** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 12:09 pm

shortCummins wrote:looking good Tomas

Thanks shortCommins

Post by **martin57** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 3:38 pm

great little kit fancy that one my self , good start .

Post by **TommyKillander** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 6:33 pm

Great start, keep up the good work!

Tommy

Post by **TomasGould** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:55 pm

TommyKillander wrote:Great start, keep up the good work!

Tommy

martin57 wrote:great little kit fancy that one my self , good start .

Thanks Guys

Post by **TomasGould** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:57 pm

i did some detail painting today

next will be weathering

Post by **TomasGould** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 2:41 pm

I detail painted little more in the cockpit and gave it a wash and chipping

next will be seatbelts and some dirt

I'm pleased so far with the result for bieng the second aircraft ever

Post by **TomasGould** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 6:53 pm

Seatbelts & dirt is done

Post by **BaldyBuilderBoy** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 8:45 am

Looking good so far mate. Watching this with interest. I almost went for one of these myself,.

Post by **TomasGould** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 9:20 am

BaldyBuilderBoy wrote:Looking good so far mate. Watching this with interest. I almost went for one of these myself,.

Thanks BaldyBuilderBoy

I think its a great kit, but i don't have so much to compare it with

lol

Post by **TomasGould** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 9:14 pm

Todays work

I glued The fuselage halves and painted the engine

I also gave the engine a dark wash and a silver drybrush

Post by **TomasGould** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:18 pm

Panel done.... Check
Now time to mount everything in the fuselage

Post by **Nige201980** » Tue Jan 12, 2016 10:44 am

loving the look of the cockpit mate

Post by **TomasGould** » Tue Jan 12, 2016 8:40 pm

Nige201980 wrote:loving the look of the cockpit mate

Thanx

Its my second aircraft ever so I think the cockpit turned out ok

Post by **TomasGould** » Tue Jan 12, 2016 8:48 pm

Today I mounted both the cockpit and wings on the fuselage

The only fitting prob was a gap on the underside between wing and fuselage

But it was easy fixed with some tamiya putty

Post by **shortCummins** » Tue Jan 12, 2016 8:55 pm

Thomas

dry fit the engine cowling, you may need to alter the fit by either removing part bottom part of the "body" or fill (as I did) the gap between the cowling and fuselage caused because the wings don't fit back far enough

you're doing a cracking job so far, nice little kit isn't it

rgds
John(shortCummins)

Post by **TomasGould** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:27 pm

shortCummins wrote:Thomas

dry fit the engine cowling, you may need to alter the fit by either removing part bottom part of the "body" or fill (as I did) the gap between the cowling and fuselage caused because the wings don't fit back far enough

you're doing a cracking job so far, nice little kit isn't it

rgds
John(shortCummins)

Thanks for the advice

i dryfitted it and it works great

I think this is a great kit

Post by **TomasGould** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:28 pm

Now its ready for primer

Post by **TomasGould** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 9:43 pm

Primed and wet sanded some small imoerfections

Tomorrow i will prime it again

Post by **patrickroos** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 11:18 pm

Great work so far!

After seeing Johns and now this...got to get this kit!

Post by **TomasGould** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 2:48 pm

patrickroos wrote:Great work so far!

After seeing Johns and now this...got to get this kit!

Thanks Patrick

Its a nice little kit

Post by **TomasGould** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 2:52 pm

A new coat of primer and pre shading done

I also decided which markings I will use and it will be Boris Safonovs no 11

Post by **TomasGould** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 7:34 pm

The basic painting is done

The green is a mixture of vallejo model air 71.017 Rusdian green, 71.002 medium yellow and 71.001 white. The blue is a mixture of 71.008 Pale blue and 71.001 White

Post by **TomasGould** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 9:12 pm

A clear coat and decals done today

soon time for weathering

Post by **TomasGould** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 9:00 pm

Noticed a crack in the canopy but I've talked to eduard and they will send me a new one

Post by **TomasGould** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:15 am

A wash done.i used artist oils (dark brown) and white spirit.
Next step will be a flat coat

Post by **TomasGould** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 11:55 pm

Today a flat coat was sprayed and I masked and painted the exhaust outlets

I also did some chipping

Post by **P51dplt** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 1:00 am

great detail work!

Post by **Sturm** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 3:31 am

Wonderful!!!!!

Post by **TomasGould** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 3:43 pm

Sturm wrote:Wonderful!!!!!

P51dplt wrote: great detail work!

Thanks Guys

I'm glad you liked it

I planing to build a nother one in this GB

Post by **patrickroos** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:41 pm

Looks great!

Nice paintwork and the chipping is perfect.
Looking forward to seeing the finished plane.

Post by **TomasGould** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 6:56 pm

patrickroos wrote:Looks great!
Nice paintwork and the chipping is perfect.
Looking forward to seeing the finished plane.

Thanks Patrick

I've now mounted the landing gear and painted and weathered the prop

Its around 15parts left to mount (9 of them is exhaust pipes)
I hope the new canopy will arrive soon

So far i think this is a great kit and couse it was so hard to choose between 2 of the 4 paint schemes I've ordered a nother kit I also will build in this GB

Post by **Smiffy** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:00 pm

Wonderful looking Polikarpov.

Post by **TomasGould** » Thu Jan 28, 2016 1:54 pm

Smiffy wrote:Wonderful looking Polikarpov.

Thanks Matt

I've now mounted the exhoust pipes and wires to the landing gear

I also drilled out the machinegun barrels and the venturi probe

Post by **TomasGould** » Fri Jan 29, 2016 6:37 am

Now is everything ready except for the canopy I'm still waiting for to arrive

Conclusion so far

Eduards I-16 is a great kit and a real joy to build

And for me that only have built one plane before this kit realy opened my eyes for aircraft kits

Post by **TomasGould** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 7:14 am

The postman came with the canopy yesterday....... And But I'm 600 miles from home right now....... Lol

Post by **TomasGould** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 11:58 am

Now its finally finished

And here is a link to My Final Reveal

http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 51&t=16528