Saturday, 19 January 2013

Bizarre Beagle

This Ilyushin IL-28 'Beagle' was built from another of those rather nice old Tamiya 1/100 scale kits.  Despite being considerably large than the Lightning and MiG kits it retails for the same price (a bargain £3 or so).   The kit includes several choices of markings but completely ignoring logic I opted for a Finnish finish.  I think it was the bright red engine nacelles which clinched it.

The Beagle required a bit more filler than the other kits I've built from this range.  Hopefully no one will look too closely atbthe finished article...

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12 comments:

  1. Rob Young19 January 2013 at 15:48

    Yes, but how much filler did the originals need?

    Rob

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  2. Tim Gow19 January 2013 at 16:22

    Xaltotun of Python
    Good point! I wonder if any former IL-28 crewmen are reading this and would care to comment on it's build quality?

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  3. Geordie an Exiled FoG19 January 2013 at 22:28

    You have gotta like that crazy Cold War Sov kit ;)

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  4. Paul21 January 2013 at 10:21

    I now know I need to have a Beagle, whatever the amount of filler it consumes.

    Thanks for tempting me Tim

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  5. Milgeek21 January 2013 at 10:41

    Oooowww, missed this one (what kind of cyber stalker am I?) LOL

    Interested in how you base your flying kits, Tim. I recently bought my first 1/144 aircraft for my Finnis army and have no idea how to make the stands for them. Is this something you have covered on your blog?

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  6. Tim Gow21 January 2013 at 11:19

    Geordie
    I know - it's like a Canberra but without any of the elegance!

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  7. Tim Gow21 January 2013 at 11:21

    Paul
    You don't already have one? I'm shocked! I know Airfix used to do one on 1/72 but I've no idea what it's like.

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  8. Tim Gow21 January 2013 at 11:25

    Stephen Beat
    The flying stands (which I don't think have been mentioned before) are made for me by Wg Cdr Luddite - perhaps he'll comment himself. The bases are clear plastic - sold in DIY stores for glazing sheds and the like - and the sticky-up bit is steel rod.

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  9. Wg Cdr Luddite21 January 2013 at 15:58

    Stands are made from clear sheet styrene (sold in DIY shops). Cut to size by the 'score an snap' method.

    Upright is made from 1.2mm piano wire (sold in model shops) superglued into the styrene by drilling a 1.2mm hole.

    Allowance for larger hole sizes in the aircraft can be made by fitting an aluminium tube collar near the top and gluing on a small washer.

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  10. Tim Gow21 January 2013 at 16:16

    Wg Cdr Luddite
    Tho oracle speaks...

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  11. Lönkka26 February 2013 at 19:58

    Not trying to be anal here but the nacelles were actually orange.
    And the kit's roundels only barely resemble the actual ones -well, it IS around 40 years old a kit...

    http://www.adlibris.com/fi/covers/M/9/52/9525026795.jpg

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  12. Tim Gow26 February 2013 at 20:06

    Lonkka
    Oh well - I'll just have to build another!

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