Polikarpov I-16 Type-29 - HobbyCraft 1/48
Captain Ciocanel Popescu, Escadrila 19 Observatie, Botosani, Rumania, July 1941
Cockpit Area
Fuselage
Landing Gear
Wings
Paint and Decals
References
- all internal structures added from strip styrene
- photo-etched seat belts installed
- Medallion Models replacement resin cockpit installed
- PAK-1 gunsight added
Fuselage
- kit canopy replaced with vacuform canopy
- port and starboard cockpit doors cut out and new doors made from sheet styrene
- kit exhaust pipes replaced with new pieces to more correctly represent a Type 29
- engine cowl shutters made from sheet styrene
- engine cowl oil cooler intake moved from 6 o’clock position to 8 o’clock position
- 12.7 mm gun added to lower edge of cowl
- engine cowl guns added from hypodermic needles
Landing Gear
- kit wheels replaced with True Details resin wheels
- main landing gear doors scratch built from sheet and strip styrene
- secondary landing gear doors thinned to a more scale appearance
- landing gear retraction cables added
- reinforcing rib added to wheel wells
Wings
- wing guns eliminated to correctly represent a Type 29
- pitot tube replaced with hypodermic needle
Paint and Decals
- airframe painted with Xtracolor X116 Green FS14102, X384 Khaki, X127 Blue FS15414, X213 Gelb 04, X152 True Blue and X31 Post Office Red
- all decals are from Aero Master sheet 48-281
- aircraft weathered with chalk pastels
References
- Eagles of the East No. 2, Fighting Polikarpovs, Aviation International
- Scale Aviation Modeller International Vol. 3, Issue 4
- Polikarpov Fighters Part 2 In Action No. 162
- No. 122 Polikarpov I-16, Profile Publications