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Petlyakov Pe-8

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Gondor

#45
May 25, 2026, 05:54:13 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on May 25, 2026, 05:51:41 AMLike the interior colour  :thumbsup:

So, what crew members seat on the other seats ?

Political Commisars?
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

DeeBob

#46
May 25, 2026, 07:05:17 AM
That interior colour is gorgeous! Leads me to picture the glorious men and women of the PDRV with big lapels and wide trousers legs and huge sunglasses smoking cigarettes in holders in the belly of the thing.
Perfect is the enemy of Finished. I presume. I've never achieved either.

zenrat

#47
May 26, 2026, 04:32:54 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on May 25, 2026, 05:51:41 AMLike the interior colour  :thumbsup: ...

The interior is Vallejo 70.808 Blue Green Matt.  My go to for Russian cockpit green.  And I am sure someone is now going to nit some picks and tell me that Russian cockpit green didn't become a thing until the fifties.  Only in real life mate.

Quote from: NARSES2 on May 25, 2026, 05:51:41 AM...So, what crew members seat on the other seats ?

Wikipaedia says crew of 11.  The kit has eight figures.  Pilot, co-pilot, nose gunner, mid upper gunner, two nacelle gunners, tail gunner, and a spare figure not used in this release.
If we nominate the spare figure as the bomb aimer (and put him in the seat in the nose  then that leaves three crew unallocated (and three spare seats).  So maybe navigator, radio operator, and yes, commissar.


I began gluing the fuselage halves today.  Back half first.  It's a mess of clamps, clothes pegs and tape but I think it's lined up OK (or it was when I went to work)...


Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.  Revelling in numptytism.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed, badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry.

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NARSES2

#48
May 26, 2026, 07:21:17 AM
Quote from: zenrat on May 26, 2026, 04:32:54 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on May 25, 2026, 05:51:41 AMLike the interior colour  :thumbsup: ...

The interior is Vallejo 70.808 Blue Green Matt.  My go to for Russian cockpit green.  And I am sure someone is now going to nit some picks and tell me that Russian cockpit green didn't become a thing until the fifties.  Only in real life mate.


Thanks  :thumbsup:

I must admit Soviet WWII interior colours are a minefield. I use White Ensign and they have at least 4 different shades for cockpits and wheel wells etc  :rolleyes:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

zenrat

#49
May 27, 2026, 04:50:28 AM
So no-one will know if its "wrong"... ;)

I managed to get to the shed after work and glued the front of the fuselage.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.  Revelling in numptytism.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed, badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry.

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zenrat

#50
Today at 03:18:53 AM
Fuselage is now glued completely and I am working on adding those clear parts which have to be in place and masked (I have a masking set) before painting.
Then the wings and tails can be attached and then masking and then PSR will commence.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.  Revelling in numptytism.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed, badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere, for your convenience.
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