Actually just few steps to finish, here a little resume, basically few mods was operated, almost OOB build
Box'n'sprues
... a sprue .. LOL
up and down
finely detailed as most of ICM kits but the construction is another matter
Cockpit steps, out of belts oob, some junction modificatio was needed to fit all pieces
ready cockpit
The engine, lately i needed to detach rear exhausts part to correct...
glued the fuselage and bottom wing
here with other two russian
..theres is another, the Su-2 from ICM but actually freezed
upper wing
metal reinforcers for gears, the kit includes no pins
on the tail surfaces too
Rigging with stretched sprue not too tiny in this case
paint it black
and silver mixing, about three thinned layers
decals on after glossy layer, this time fortunately Icm decals was good
corrected engine, the problem was the alignment with guns barrels
also a cut on the engine basement was needed to allow a major rotation of the engine in the place, even for guns alignment
first
and after
glued the guns , maded by copper tiny tubes that replaced original rods and the correct alignment
the engine with front cover.. even here some cutting to allow a proper fitting
and actual situation, all pieces glued, just some retouch needed
Forget to write about the rigging.. the correct tension of stretched sprues was obtained with a sprue fired with a lighter, swithced off and carefully put under the wires withouth touch it and just see the wires under tension
At the next!
