Hasegawa 1:72 Polikarpov I-16
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Made a start on the next in the stash: Hasegawa Polikarpov I-16. I picked it up at Telford last year for not much.
I remember the last one of these I built, aged about 6; it was the Revell version and it was so small and fiddly that it ended up with more glue on the outside that in the joins. I've always like these aircraft though.
Decent mouldings, very fine surface details, plus there's a length of thin wire for the u/c retraction cables. There's an optional gun camera too.
Picked up some Eduard etch too, although I'll not be using all of it:
Unfortunately, the decals are a bit of an issue - pretty sure the rudder number and hand painted writing on the fuselage side should be white, but it's beautifully printed...in silver.
Anyway, I've taped it together and it fits very nicely. Just need to source some new decals now:
I remember the last one of these I built, aged about 6; it was the Revell version and it was so small and fiddly that it ended up with more glue on the outside that in the joins. I've always like these aircraft though.
Decent mouldings, very fine surface details, plus there's a length of thin wire for the u/c retraction cables. There's an optional gun camera too.
Picked up some Eduard etch too, although I'll not be using all of it:
Unfortunately, the decals are a bit of an issue - pretty sure the rudder number and hand painted writing on the fuselage side should be white, but it's beautifully printed...in silver.
Anyway, I've taped it together and it fits very nicely. Just need to source some new decals now:
perdu said:
looks like fun, you could always make the transfers yourself with your printer and a scanner
Letters as 'handpainted' as them can be copied with a thin green outline that you can trim clear
With any luck though there's a decent AM one around
So consider me along for the fun
If I had a printer it would be no problem...The printer ink went awol from shops ages ago, and my (home made)PC packed up a few weeks ago after about 8 years of service.Letters as 'handpainted' as them can be copied with a thin green outline that you can trim clear
With any luck though there's a decent AM one around
So consider me along for the fun
Got some big invoices for the MG and E-Type this month too, so no IT purchases on the horizon.
dr_gn said:
According to Scalemates it was released in 1995, which I still think of as being fairly recent. Obviously, thinking about it, it's not at all.
Same sentiments from me 
I think I look on anything moulded post about 1993 as "modern era" and I would expect a certain level of finesse and accuracy.
Red Firecracker said:
No worries. An alternative. Scan decals, email scan, receive a frisket mask (or many) in return. New toy that I'm playing with and can get some quite fine/small detail. Can churn out stuff like this;
which is admittedly big, but there are some very small details on the lettering.
Thats pretty cool.which is admittedly big, but there are some very small details on the lettering.
Would a high resolution jpeg and a scale be OK in place of a scan?
Red Firecracker said:
We can certainly give it a go. Decals and masks?
Yeah, if you want to give both a try I'd be interested in testing the masks. I bought some for a 1:32 Bf109 a few years back, and although actually using them was a bit terrifying, the results were great in the end. Thanks for the offer, I'll get something emailed.
The Eduard etch set contains a replacement engine cowl front, which is far more scale thickness than the standard item (difficult to see from this terrible picture):
Since I'm modelling it with the cooling apertures open, I decided to risk it and hack out the plastic:
After a bit of work with scalpels and abrasive paper wrapped around various tubes, it's a pretty good fit:
I also made a start on drilling out the gun barrels - in fact I'll remove the stubs completely once I've got some decent pilot holes through the cowling, and replace with brass tube. also need to hollow out the intakes before fixing the front plate in place.
Since I'm modelling it with the cooling apertures open, I decided to risk it and hack out the plastic:
After a bit of work with scalpels and abrasive paper wrapped around various tubes, it's a pretty good fit:
I also made a start on drilling out the gun barrels - in fact I'll remove the stubs completely once I've got some decent pilot holes through the cowling, and replace with brass tube. also need to hollow out the intakes before fixing the front plate in place.
OK forget the idea of replcing the gun stubs with brass, they are in fact just fabricated blast tubes and form part of the cowl.
I did however decide to improve the look of the moulded-in exhaust stubs for the 9 cylinder Shvetsov engine:
Just drilling them out would have made a big difference, but I decided they weren't quite sharp enough, so I opened out some 0.8mm brass tube to give a more scall wall thickness, and skew cut it to form the oblique ended stubs:
Then drilled out and replaced the originals:
Still a bit of fettling needed on the plastic depressions. This easy mod will also simplify painting.
I also decided to cut out the moulded-in port side cockpit door:
I'll make a new one and pose it open so that more cockpit detail will be visible.
I did however decide to improve the look of the moulded-in exhaust stubs for the 9 cylinder Shvetsov engine:
Just drilling them out would have made a big difference, but I decided they weren't quite sharp enough, so I opened out some 0.8mm brass tube to give a more scall wall thickness, and skew cut it to form the oblique ended stubs:
Then drilled out and replaced the originals:
Still a bit of fettling needed on the plastic depressions. This easy mod will also simplify painting.
I also decided to cut out the moulded-in port side cockpit door:
I'll make a new one and pose it open so that more cockpit detail will be visible.
MonkeySpanker said:
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