1/48 Tamiya IL-2 Sturmovik - Berlin, April 1945 (Complete)

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I don’t know what I like better, the plane or the photography. Simply stunning Hoss. Your weathering skills are vastly improving with each build too.

If you’re open for some ideas, try some diluted XF-57 Buff on the tread surface of the tires. Just lightly spray it around the circumference. It leaves a nice worn appearance. This usually works best on tires that have no tread, such as this subject. Take a look at my bubble top Thunderbolt and you’ll see what I mean.

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Thanks LD and thanks also for the tip. I’ll try it out.

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That’s just friggin’ perfect Hoss!!! [ht]

And thanks for the discussion guys on rear gunners. Makes me think of Henry Jones Sr. shooting the plane’s tail off as rear gunner in ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’…

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Thanks again for the nice comments. It turns out that this model won 3rd place in 1/48 allied inline at US IPMS Nationals in Omaha last week.

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Congratulations! Very hard to place at the nats - great job.