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Let Let Let - Warplanes => Aircraft Modeling => Topic started by: Second Air Force on December 06, 2011, 04:28:32 AM

Title: Eduard I-16 Type 10
Post by: Second Air Force on December 06, 2011, 04:28:32 AM: A while back in the Japan Group Build we were talking about the Nomonhan/Khalkhin Gol battle and I built a Ki-27 that fought there. For a while I looked around for a Polikarpov kit to make the "matched set" of the two combatants. I finally found an Eduard I-16. This is really a beautiful little kit. Here are a few photos of the beginning of the build.
The first photo shows a few little modifications that were done. The kit has outlines for the landing gear windows and the round openings in the area under the windscreen. I simply opened these up along with the handholds for the pilot. Also I removed the floorboards on either side of the footrails as this area was open on the real airplane and eliminates some interference with sidewall details as well.
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8745.jpg)

The photoetch parts are quite nice and the instrument panel turns out beautifully. There is also a decal and substitute panel in the kit. I elected to build both, and when I saw how little of the panel is visible with the fuselage assembled I elected to use the plastic part, leaving the photoetched one for some later project. Here's the result. It would take a tiny dental mirror to see everything through that tiny opening:
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8747.jpg)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8751.jpg)

And a few of general assembly steps.
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8754.jpg)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8748.jpg)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8767.jpg)
Title: Re: Eduard I-16 Type 10
Post by: Sall on December 06, 2011, 08:12:08 AM: Beautiful job Scott!! :-clap
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Post by: No.1 on December 06, 2011, 10:15:45 AM: Hope you enjoy in this kit as well it is real pleasure to be make :-ok
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Post by: draken35 on December 06, 2011, 05:42:12 PM: Nice aircraft!!!
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Post by: pkrasna on December 06, 2011, 09:51:59 PM: Great build! Can't wait to see it finished. Ihave the same model at home waiting on a shelf. Khalking gol war is an interesting chapter in Russian history.

I would realy like to build this one in spagetti camouflage:
(http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab215/pkrasna/balkan%20models/th_1_17.jpg) (http://s865.photobucket.com/albums/ab215/pkrasna/balkan%20models/?action=view&current=1_17.jpg)

Primož
Title: Re: Eduard I-16 Type 10
Post by: Second Air Force on December 10, 2011, 05:37:10 AM: Quick update, working on landing gear assembly and the cowl opening shutters tonight.
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8826.jpg)

That is a great color scheme, Primoz!
Title: Re: Eduard I-16 Type 10
Post by: No.1 on December 10, 2011, 07:42:36 AM: As I see all fit perfectly :-ok
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Post by: Sall on December 10, 2011, 11:28:31 AM: Nice progress! :-ok
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Post by: Ernie on December 10, 2011, 12:08:28 PM: Looks really good. Years ago I built the Classic Resin Airframes kit of the UTI two seater, which was kind of different!
Ernie
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Post by: draken35 on December 10, 2011, 06:54:10 PM: :-ok
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Post by: Second Air Force on December 10, 2011, 08:22:37 PM: I should mention that I read several reviews about this kit. One thing that was brought up was that the photoetched shutters on the cowling don't fit the openings. Well, whoever wrote this was not patient enough. They fit each other perfectly but it takes some careful fitting to find the perfect alignment. I found this place and made a mark on the backside of each piece for final assembly alignment. It took a matter of only a few minutes and a cup of coffee to find the right spot.

Srecko mentioned the fit of parts, and it is really almost not necessary to use filler on this model. My particular example had a small bit of warpage of the aft fuselage on one half, but I think the kit was used as a display piece with the box sitting on its end for a long time (the front and top of the box art was rather faded). It was very easy to straighten this out and I ended up using some filler on the fuselage seams because of my extra work. I've not heard of any other reviewers who had this issue so I am pretty certain it was with my kit only.
Title: Re: Eduard I-16 Type 10
Post by: Second Air Force on December 12, 2011, 02:05:44 AM: Today I was able to paint the underside color and the red fin tip on this little "flying barrel". I should like to build a whole squadron of these--it's really a fun kit to construct!
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8842.jpg)
Title: Re: Eduard I-16 Type 10
Post by: Sall on December 12, 2011, 03:28:54 AM: Looking good! ;)
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Post by: draken35 on December 12, 2011, 05:42:50 PM: :-ok
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Post by: Second Air Force on December 16, 2011, 02:48:36 AM: Clearcoat tomorrow, then some Red stars.
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8868.jpg)
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Post by: draken35 on December 16, 2011, 05:18:24 AM: Yesss!!!

Simply perfect!
Title: Re: Eduard I-16 Type 10
Post by: No.1 on December 16, 2011, 07:04:22 AM: Sound good :-clap
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Post by: Sall on December 16, 2011, 10:25:35 AM: I like how it looks. :-clap
Title: Re: Eduard I-16 Type 10
Post by: ta152c on December 16, 2011, 01:39:52 PM: Nice work, I have the Academy (Hobbycraft) ones, only error is the lower wing exhaust outlet on both sides is in the wrong position, but not too hard to fix. A great aircraft, and not the 'easy meat' for the enemy as some authors would have us believe.
Title: Re: Eduard I-16 Type 10
Post by: Second Air Force on December 18, 2011, 03:16:05 AM: Here's the finished product, an I-16 Type 10 in markings from the Khalkhin Gol combat. What a relaxing kit this was to put together!
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8872.jpg)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8873.jpg)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8874.jpg)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8876.jpg)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8870.jpg)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8878.jpg)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8884.jpg)

And the two adversaries of Nomonhan/Khalkhin Gol in the same photo:
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8879.jpg)
Title: Re: Eduard I-16 Type 10
Post by: Ernie on December 18, 2011, 03:58:05 AM: Sweet! That looks really nice! :)) :-ok
Ernie
Title: Re: Eduard I-16 Type 10
Post by: No.1 on December 18, 2011, 05:19:21 AM: Look great together with A5M
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Post by: draken35 on December 18, 2011, 08:17:19 AM: +1 with Srecko ;)
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Post by: Sall on December 18, 2011, 10:45:25 AM: I like it! Wonderful plane Scott. You did great job!! :-clap :-clap
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Post by: Second Air Force on December 18, 2011, 04:00:06 PM: Thanks, y'all. :-flo

This model was so much fun to build overall. There is no filler in it other than what I showed you on the fuselage and a tiny bit on the wing leading edge seams. A really relaxing kit. Truly "out-of-the-box" also, no scratchbuilding involved, just a little modification of a couple of the kit parts was required (trimming the sides of the cockpit "floor" being one). I need to put some more of these in the future projects cache..... :-ok
Title: Re: Eduard I-16 Type 10
Post by: ta152c on December 19, 2011, 12:45:46 AM: Nice work there :)
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Post by: Second Air Force on December 20, 2011, 11:30:38 PM: Thanks, all.

Here's one last picture that puts WWII fighter design into some perspective! I couldn't resist putting these two together for a comparison.
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8891.jpg)

Scott
P.S.
My latest project:
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8889.jpg)
Title: Re: Eduard I-16 Type 10
Post by: Sall on December 20, 2011, 11:43:16 PM: Very nice pic Scott! :-love
Will you open new topic? :-think
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Post by: Ernie on December 20, 2011, 11:47:26 PM: Wow! what a size difference between the two.
Ernie
Title: Re: Eduard I-16 Type 10
Post by: Second Air Force on December 21, 2011, 12:02:56 AM: Quote from: Sall on December 20, 2011, 11:43:16 PM
Very nice pic Scott! :-love
Will you open new topic? :-think

I don't know if we need another Dora thread since No.1 built one a while ago. I suppose I could tack a couple of photos to that thread when this is finished. I haven't kept any "in progress" photos of this one at all. Eduard really did a lot of engineering on this kit, that I can definitely report! :-ok

I took the picture for only that one reason, Ernie! I don't have a completed 1/48 P-47 or Hellcat that I could have used, but the Corsair is a bit taller anyway.
Title: Re: Eduard I-16 Type 10
Post by: No.1 on December 21, 2011, 05:44:02 AM: Composition is so interesting mate ;) I guess that they was never side by side during the WW2
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Post by: draken35 on December 21, 2011, 06:37:33 AM: :-ok
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Post by: No.1 on December 22, 2011, 08:55:41 PM: Do you need photo etched flaps for Fw190D?
Title: Re: Eduard I-16 Type 10
Post by: Second Air Force on December 23, 2011, 12:36:36 AM: Quote from: No.1 on December 22, 2011, 08:55:41 PM
Do you need photo etched flaps for Fw190D?

Thanks for the offer, No.1. I've made many little mistakes on this Dora and I'll just finish it out-of-box. I'll do another radial-engined Fw one of these days now that I've learned from building this one. I can't put my finger on the reason, but this project just hasn't gone very well for me. Too many stupid mistakes :-wall by the builder, I reckon.