Brand new Tamiya Il-2 1:48

[learstang]

Pip, my analysis is posted now.  As far as the windscreen "controversy", I'll take a look, but it sounds like much ado about nothing.  The real problem with the Tamiya windscreen is the inscribed lines on the side panels should be at 90 degrees to each other (I checked many wartime photographs to confirm this).  However, that's something only someone as terminally obsessed with the Shturmovik such as yours truly would even detect and/or care about.

Regards,

Jason

[B_Realistic]

Probably is Gaston person not a builder but a complainer.

[learstang]

Michel, he does seem to be a bit of a professional complainer.

Regards,

Jason

[Seawinder]

Pip, my analysis is posted now.  As far as the windscreen "controversy", I'll take a look, but it sounds like much ado about nothing.  The real problem with the Tamiya windscreen is the inscribed lines on the side panels should be at 90 degrees to each other (I checked many wartime photographs to confirm this).  However, that's something only someone as terminally obsessed with the Shturmovik such as yours truly would even detect and/or care about.
Regards,
Jason

Hi Jason.
Yes, I realized after posting that your analysis was already there (and I had already looked at it some time ago). As I recall, Gaston Marty's complaint (posted to Aeroscale) was that the dimensions of the center panel of the Tamiya windscreen were off, being too wide. Subsequent discussions at HyperScale led to suggestions that there probably were different configurations on various real planes, and the topic faded away pretty quickly. It's really academic to me since, for space reasons, I'm unlikely to build another 1/48 Il-2 in the foreseeable future.

Best. Pip