Behold!!! The
resurrection!!!
This
unfortunate model had a short and sad life. It was bought and finished in
the spring of 2007 but soon met a sad end by the very hand
that gave it life (namely my temptation to play God on my
own creations which has always been a bad habit of
mine).
Fortunately some
digital pictures were shot and stored on the computer only to be
forgotten afterwards. And when I found them again by chance I finally
took pity on my unfortunate creation and decided to give it an eternal
life in virtual heaven known as ARC. I know it deserves it...
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Su-2
was a humble and short lived Soviet two seat reconnaissance bomber which
came into service with the VVS in early 1941 and lasted until
early 1943, when it finally gave way to far more succesful Il-2
Shturmovik armoured ground attacker. It was a slow and lightly armed
airplane in the same class as the similarly unsuccesful British
Fairey Battle. It was designed as a reconnaissance airplane which would
observe areas behind enemy lines and attack observed ground
targets with bombs. I got interested in this forgotten airplane
through some books describing operation "Barbarossa" and
when I saw this ICM kit on the local dealer's table, I bought it
mainly because I think that Soviet airplanes are unjustly forgotten and
are poorly represented in our hobby. It was a just and noble cause but was
ultimately let down by ICM "quality" and the unattractive
shape of the airplane.
This kit is moulded
in ICM's typical soft white plastic. It's main attractions are
thousands of tiny rivets which grace the wing surfaces and a delicate
radial engine which becomes almost invisible after completion. The
rest is pretty mediocre and the fit is not commendable. The worst
components are the clear bits which are way too thick and do not fit to
the fuselage as they should. They consist of a canopy and a rear
turret which is a strange two piece affair containing a single
machine gun. There is also an optional internal bomb bay with several
bomlets and a set of mediocre decals for 2 reconnaissance airplanes.
The building process
was nothing special to report. Mediocre fit and some filling. Maybe I just
got too accustomed to higher quality to enjoy building this
humble kit with it's vague instructions. I also managed to put some glue on
the turret :-(
Although I did my
best to paint and weather it to my best knowledge the finished model
simply looked bad in comparision with my other models and the
thick canopy only worsened it's general unattractive look.
On a windy, stormy
night in late April I got really angry over some private affairs and
simply vented my rage on the poor model which was torn to bits and trashed.
Those pictures are
all that's left of it. May it rest in peace here on ARC.
Josip
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