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Andrea Morris (Manic Dragon)
GB

Sturmovik Ground Attack
Hobby Boss

Subject:
Ilyushin Il-2m3 Stormovik
SU Военно-воздушные силы СССР (Soviet Air Forces 1918-1992)
1 (Ivan F.Pavlov)
1944 World War 2 - Eastern Front
Light Blue, Light Green, Brown
Scale:
1:32
Status:
Ideas

The Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik was a ground-attack aircraft produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War. With 36,183 examples of the Il-2 produced during the war, and in combination with its successor, the Ilyushin Il-10, a total of 42,330 were built, making it the single most produced military aircraft design in aviation history.

The idea for a Soviet armored ground-attack aircraft dates to the early 1930s, when Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich designed TSh-1 and TSh-2 armored biplanes. However, Soviet engines at the time lacked the power needed to provide the heavy aircraft with good performance.

Il-2 was designed by Sergey Ilyushin and his team at the Central Design Bureau in 1938. TsKB-55 was a two-seat aircraft with an armoured shell weighing 700 kg (1,540 lb), protecting crew, engine, radiators, and the fuel tank. Standing loaded, the Ilyushin weighed more than 4,700 kg (10,300 lb), making the armoured shell about 15% of the aircraft's gross weight.

Uniquely for a World War II attack aircraft, and similarly to the forward fuselage design of the World War I-era Imperial German Junkers J.I armored, all-metal biplane, the Il-2's armor was designed as a load-bearing part of the Ilyushin monocoque structure, thus saving considerable weight.

The prototype TsKB-55, which first flew on 2 October 1939, won the government competition against the Sukhoi Su-6 and received VVS designation BSh-2. The prototypes - TsKB-55 and TskB-57 - were built at Moscow plant #39, at that time the Ilyushin design bureau's base.

Project inventory

Full kits
83204
IL-2M3 Ground Attack Aircraft
HobbyBoss 1:32
83204 2011 New parts
Detail and Conversion sets
32107
IL-2 Stormovik - Long Gun Barrels for HobbyBoss
Profimodeller 1:32
32107
32106
IL-2 Stormovik - Gun Barrels & Pitot Tube for HobbyBoss
Profimodeller 1:32
32106
QB 32 099
Ilyushin
IL-2 Sturmovik - Exhaust for HobbyBoss
Quickboost 1:32
QB 32 099
32312
Il-2m3 Stormovik - Exterior for HobbyBoss
Eduard 1:32
32312 2012
32311
Il-2m3 Stormovik - Landing Flaps for HobbyBoss
Eduard 1:32
32311 2011
32713
Two Seater
Il-2m Stormovik - Interior S.A. for HobbyBoss
Eduard 1:32
32713 2011
32308
Il-2m Stormovik - Armament & Bomb Tails for HobbyBoss
Eduard 1:32
32308 2011
32046
IL-2 Sturmovik - Landing Gear for HobbyBoss
Scale Aircraft Conversions 1:32
32046
2207
Il-2m3 Stormovik - Wheels & paint masks for HobbyBoss
Aires 1:32
2207
Masks
K32197
Il-2M for HobbyBoss
Montex 1:32
K32197
JX131
Il-2M Two Seater for HobbyBoss
Eduard 1:32
JX131 2011
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Project colors

Exterior
RCS035 SOVIET SHTURMOVIK & BOMBER COLORS 1943-1945 (MIXED CONSTRUCT
AK Real Colors
4x 10ml ()
Acrylic Lacquer
 
 
 
 

Project references

Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik (Warpaint Books Limited 107)
Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik
Warpaint Series No. 107
Oleg Rastrenin
2016

Part of my Collection

Soviet Forces
Ideas 3×Completed 1×On hold 1×

Comments

8 June 2016, 19:32
Andrea Morris
Please visit the album for comments, updates & pictures for this project.
13 January 2017, 22:50

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