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Let Let Let - Warplanes => Aircraft Modeling => Topic started by: modellius on August 16, 2016, 08:00:52 PM

Title: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: modellius on August 16, 2016, 08:00:52 PM: Well, this one needs a proper introduction. I think you all know Nicolas Cage's movie War Lord, and it has a sceene in Africa when they land an An12 in the desert full of weapons. Well this actually happened but with a few differences,it wasn't An 12 it was IL 76 qnd not africa but on a little sport airfield near Dubai UAE.

Friend of mine who's in Dubai a few years now asked me to build this aircraft for him. The kit is Trumpeter 1/144 scale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV8TpG-WbBg

First I located all the doors and hatches on the fuselage which needs to be cutted out as well as a few small windows which needed to be drilled out, trumepeter gives them as part of fuselage in solid plastic.
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: Second Air Force on August 16, 2016, 08:04:03 PM: And good timing since a life-extension was just announced for some of the Il-76 fleet!
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: No.1 on August 17, 2016, 08:28:44 AM: Good details for that scale
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: modellius on August 17, 2016, 11:16:48 AM: Yes, it's a good kit for it's scale, you can build it out of box with a few miner issue

Since I had to open the door and some hatches I had to make some interior details where it will be seen
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: modellius on August 18, 2016, 01:22:26 PM: interior painted
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: No.1 on August 18, 2016, 01:57:59 PM: Blue? Interesting ;)
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: Second Air Force on August 18, 2016, 05:19:06 PM: Love these Soviet machines!
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: modellius on August 19, 2016, 12:03:43 PM: Yes, blue,interesting but that's the color.....

Scratchbuild nose wheel bay ( as it later turned out this was a waste of time, nothing is visible, but I know it's there ) and the start on the engines
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: draken35 on August 22, 2016, 04:35:40 PM: :-ok
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: modellius on August 22, 2016, 06:40:10 PM: Some cockpit details had to be made, during the time lots of things got stolen from this bird, so what left in it is still visible, I used Evergreen styrene and some photo-etched leftovers for this purpose.
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: No.1 on August 22, 2016, 07:13:01 PM: Splendid details in that scale :-eek :-eek :-ok :-obey :-clap :-clap
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: draken35 on August 22, 2016, 08:44:58 PM: Excellent!
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: modellius on August 25, 2016, 01:23:57 PM: Thank you friends !

The start of the surfaces on the fuselage/wings. A lot of putty and sanding was needed to get it right. The next step was to identify the surfaces which will be cutted out or need a some sort of intervention and the start of heavy duty work.....
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: Second Air Force on August 25, 2016, 04:03:57 PM: Looking great
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: draken35 on August 25, 2016, 04:37:11 PM: :-ok
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: modellius on August 31, 2016, 09:26:10 AM: Thanks !

First the conopy was panted in interior color, but on the outside, when finished looking thru the glass the effect will be enough. And more heavy duty work continued, riveting, making the worn out panels on the wing, cuttng out moving surfaces, adding some details, etc..... More to follow
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: modellius on August 31, 2016, 09:26:55 AM: next set of mages
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: Jicehem on August 31, 2016, 03:00:17 PM: Hello,

Even in 1/144 scale that must be a big plane. In ~~aby~~ any case you do a good job on it.

Jicéhem :-wave
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: draken35 on August 31, 2016, 06:50:17 PM: Waouw... Good job!
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: Second Air Force on August 31, 2016, 06:54:14 PM: Lots of fairings on those wings!!
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: modellius on September 07, 2016, 12:02:46 PM: Thank you all !

Yes it's a big plane even in this scale, fuselage 330 mm wingspan 350 mm, larger than some 1/48 scale kits.....

The painting and weathering started.....
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: draken35 on September 08, 2016, 05:43:04 PM: :-ok
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: modellius on September 13, 2016, 11:39:51 AM: Wheels and engines
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: No.1 on September 13, 2016, 11:41:29 AM: Nice small update and bring more life
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: modellius on September 23, 2016, 11:43:50 AM: Some progress,the cutted out door had to be replaced with new one, some scratch work again
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: No.1 on September 23, 2016, 01:34:22 PM: Fine work in that scale ;)
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: draken35 on September 23, 2016, 02:04:34 PM: :-ok
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: Second Air Force on September 23, 2016, 04:30:18 PM: Excellent progress!!
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: modellius on October 04, 2016, 11:59:43 AM: Tank you my friends !

Homemade decals and heavy weathering
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: draken35 on October 04, 2016, 05:18:11 PM: :-ok
Title: Re: Ilyushin IL-76
Post by: No.1 on October 13, 2016, 04:45:13 PM: Rivets in this scale... :-wall :-wall Excellent!!!