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Ghostrider
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IL 28

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Hi
Has anyone built the trumpeter IL 28 beagle,in 1/72?
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Re: IL 28

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Not yet but I have one in the stash. I believe Falcon has built one.
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Re: IL 28

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I too have one in the stash; alas as yet un-built :cry:
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Re: IL 28

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Got one part done, far better than the Italeri/Bilek offering but still VERY early Trumpeter so fit is not the best but it is certainly more detailed. May have to see if I can finish it for Telford
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Re: IL 28

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Just dipped the canopies in Klear, that of course doesn't mean I'm going to get round to starting, not with the speed I go. A quick check of the instructions has got me a bit puzzled about the rear gun position as both options (at first glance ) look the same.
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Re: IL 28

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Looking at mine, it seems that the base kit is moulded as a Harbin H-5 which used an in house rear turret instead of the Soviet built one. To make it into an Il-28 you have to cut off the rear portion as shown on the instructions and add the supplied parts to give a Soviet turret. There is a difference in shape between the two with the Chinese turret having a flat bottom resting on a fairing while the Soviet turret is more of a sphere. Earlier H-5's (actually imported Il-28's) though had the Soviet turret, just to be confusing.

Harbin H-5 showing the flat bottom turret resting on the fairing

https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/7128759

Ilyushin Il-28 with the more spherical turret

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... 96023).jpg

hope that helps
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Re: IL 28

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Thanks for those Kitaholic, I too have a Trumpeter Il-28 & that info will be useful come the day.
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