WIP Revell Polikarpov I-153 Chaika

The boxart. There is some rigging here, which isn't in the instructions. Do I dare..... 

The contents of the box 

The instructions. I like the glossy coloured instructions. 

Not a lot of paints needed to get the basic look. 

Not a lot of decals either... Only one version included. 

There are 2 sprues, which used to be 1 before someone broke it in half to fit it in a box. 

This is what it used to be, or should be 😉 

 

 

It seems this is a rebox of a ICM kit. Never done one before, so... 

The fuselage looks ok. Some nice ingraved details 

Underside of the wings looks ok too. 

Some smaller parts 

Hardly any flash 

Parts look very good. I expect a shake 'n' bake build. Will it be???? 

Tubular bits for the cockpit put together. Fidgety 

Driver's seat. Pretty bare. 

Drilled holes for the rigging. 

Painted interior of fuselage. 

Wheel wells as well 

Interior of the fuselage painted. 

Painted the engine & bombs Panzergrau. Added some lead pencil for metallic effect. 

Shamelessly stole Flop_Se's creativity. Drilled some extra holes. 

Shamelessly stole Flop_Se's creativity. Drilled holes to simulate exhausts. 

Shamelessly stole Flop_Se's creativity. Drilled holes to simulate exhausts. 

Tubing painted. 

Bit too much flash... Seat glued to 'pit floor. 

Tubing glued to 'pitfloor. 

Tubing glued to 'pitfloor. 

Dry fit of fuselage & lower wing. 

First time ever for pre-shading. Used a permanent marker. 

Painted underside & some parts Revell 49. Don't see much of the pre-shading.... 

Fuselage & lower wing painted A.Mig-004 Reseda green opt B 

Upper wing painted A.Mig-004 Reseda green opt B 

Cowling painted A.Mig-004 Reseda green opt B 

Did the camo freehand by Airbrush. Colour is a mixture of A.Mig-232 Schwarzgrün & Vallejo 71.057 Black 

Upper wing & struts glued. Rigging is underway. This kit is tiny, rigging this is **** of a job.Painted the prop. Decided that is like a red spinner better than a black one. She's Russian after all 😉 

Rigging turned out ok.  

Decals cut out.  

Underside.  

Starboard side 

Port side 

Because my wife kills my models faster than I can build them, whilst cleaning, I bought some display cases from Trumpeter. Regretted this immediately, ugly black plastic. So I went a step further and decided to build a dio.... The concrete is AK concrete. 

I want a long shallow puddle along the concrete. I painted the bottom with Ammo's Russian Brown (020), Russian Tan (021) & Protective Green (023) 

Made some colour variation with Ammo's PLW Orange Brown (1616), PLW Stone Grey (1615) & PLW Green Brown (1612) 

Finished the concrete with Ammo's Fresh Engine Oil (1408) & Mig Oil and Grease Stain Mixture 

Filled the last corner with some grass. 

Added the Vallejo Transparant Water (26201), mixed with the tiniest drop of Ammo's Light Wood (038) to hopefully get a 'dirty' look. 

That water gel is hard to get flat. I wonder what it looks like in the morning..... 

Not exactly what I was looking for. This isn't a puddle, this is light mud. Aaah decisions. Wlli I attempt a salvage operation or just declare this ok? 

First salvage attempt failed, miserably. Perhaps thinned the 'water'. With too much water. Attempt two to commence shortly.  

Apply the water then smoothen with a moist/wet flat brush.  

Gives a reasonable still pond