Ilyushin IL-28 Beagle

my entry for a Cold War Jets GB somewhere else.... i went looking for a 1/48 MiG of some discription.....a 15 or 19 or 21...........but as i was walking around a show a while back i saw this on a stall and just had to have it!

back when i was a kid and into this malarky the first time round this was one of those kits that was always on my want list but never actually got....either could never afford it or when i could something else came first......so im finally getting round to building something thats technically been on my want list for 40+ years!

ancient kit, first came out in 1968 and this is a 1992 reboxing, obviously dosnt compare to todays offerings , very basic, mix of raised/recessed panel lines.......im not much of a plane builder these days, always found the paintwork hard but this should be easier as its an overall BMF

so ive got the office done and packed in as much pasticine as i can



got the fuse sealed up and the wings on........now for the bit i hate about doing aircraft......filler and sanding

OOOooo, That's a cool looking plane !!!

Ditto what I said at the other place. Did some wiki reading after I saw your thread, this plane is still used in the North Korean air force.

I like the shape of this aircraft, very sleek yet quite aggressive looking.

Top job so far Paul

I see you have plasticine as a valued work assett too .... cant beat the stuff in my opinion, so many uses ... you can even use it as filler on solid joints.

I like that plane, some serious big engines on it.

Looking good Paul, looking forward to seeing this go together. Innovative use of plasticine.

Nice one Paul.

For a non swept wing aircraft, the wings look too far back to me. LOL

its had 2 1/2 paint jobs....tried to do some preshading, first coat of aluminium just didnt work, so re-preshaded in dark gray and did another coat of ally........and ended up giving the top surfaces another quick waft over after that!

Nice! I think this was Russia's answer to the U.S. A-10 Warthog. Does it have tons
of pylons and stuff to hang off the wings? Liking the NMF paint job!---John

My goof, the Frogfoot Su-25 was the Russian version of the Warthog A-10.
Still a nice looking unit, almost looks like the old Russian Yak-25 "Flashlight".---John

this was more like the equivalent to the English Electric Canberra/Martin B57 Canberra from the same era

Looks good Paul, what paint did you use?

its vallejo air aluminium, couple of drops of flow enhancer

Beautiful looking aircraft, Paul. Nice aluminum paint job.

and finished
more pics in the finished thread