Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (Polikarpov I-1)
1March 14, 2018As always, the box... I love the box.
2March 14, 2018Not much inside the box...
3March 14, 2018First order of business... get rid of the ejection oin marks
4March 15, 2018Added sidewall details, removed the pedals and modified the seat.
5March 15, 2018A bit of trimming and it all fits inside.
6March 20, 2018Interior painted bare alluminium
7March 20, 2018Scratch built pedals and seat upgrades. Painted the cockpit floor to resemble wood.
8March 23, 2018Cockpit addons... added. Time to close it up.
9March 23, 2018The wings were a bit fussy, but I clamped them into submission.
10March 29, 2018Scratch built the front screen
11March 29, 2018Glued in place..
12March 29, 2018Had to redo the tail, so I decided to laminate a few strips of styrene to give it some thickness.
13March 30, 2018Scratched up new landing struts using leftover resin bits.
14March 30, 2018The landing struts are a bit rough, but it's the best option I have available.
15April 4, 2018First coat of paint shows all the flaws.
16April 4, 2018Second coat is better, but I think the green might be too light.
17April 28, 2018Another witch's brew of Tamiya acrylic paints and I'm happy enough with the colour.
18April 28, 2018Now for the propeller. In the story Tintin carves a new propeller from a tree using only his pocketknife... I figured I couldn't do less. 😉
19April 29, 2018All done!
20April 29, 2018I think the propeller came out alright. Maybe just a bit dark, but who's complaining?
21April 29, 2018From this angle there's no silvering on the decals... I like this angle.
22April 29, 2018A bit here, but the homemade decals were a bit fussy, so I'm not going to get to fussed about it.
23May 6, 2018A bit of cotton, some hairspray and some paint, and we have a base dio.
24May 6, 2018Not quite happy with the stand... needs a bit of work yet.
25May 7, 2018Got the stand fixed up by adding some friction pads of hot glue to keep it from sliding off.
26May 7, 2018I didn't like how the wire lightning was working, so I decided to add a small LED light to the middle of the cloud. Much better.
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33February 14, 2022Hang on... let's UPGRADE!
34February 14, 2022Disassembled as gently as possible. Adding a propellor motor and some blinking lightning flashes.
35February 14, 2022Fits... like a glove!
36February 14, 2022It spins! Now to turn our attention to the pilot!
37February 14, 2022After trimming some legs, Tintin fits into the cockpit.
38February 15, 2022A very careful paint job.
39February 15, 2022And voila! All done! No more "ghost plane!"
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Album info
The build album for the Soviet monoplane that appears in the album Tintin 01: In the Land of the Soviets. The build, like the plane in the adventure, is based on the Polikarpov I-1 and uses the 1/72 scale kit available from ICM.
