Hello sovietwarplanes forum's friend,
this is my last one:
Le I-16 type 4 au 1/48!
an old project come true!
Of course this version doesn't exist at 1/48
but there is in "escala espaƱola" e real artist, Ricardo Rodriguez, very found of I-16
he gave master classes to make accurate I-16 with Eduard base.
i put in my french forum a compilation of htis work (don't worry about language pics are very clear!)
http://www.master194.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=91297after speaking with him i decided to work on a trasformation from type 10 to type 4, and he send me a resin copy of his work : it was heaven!
Sorry friends don't ask for a set , he told me i wouldn't do more copy...
I decided to do this plane the very first plane after the I-16 prototype...
During the mount, a rusian friend of mine send me the same pics recently discovered in HD quality.
zooming the pic I notice a black bordered red satr in the fuselage: nobody never represent it in any profile!
there has been two type of cowling (Ricardo represented both) short and long.
I prefered the second one, that's why I chose this plane, and not this one I first wanted to do...
the step by step in french can be seen here (with google transation, no problem):
http://www.master194.com/forum/posting.php?mode=edit&f=4&p=1233264Well here are the pics:
Family is growing:
Xan