Herpa Wings Uzbekistan Airways Ilyushin IL-62 1:500
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Wings900 Reviews Commercial Aircraft
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Sunday, 20 April 2008 |
Description
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The Uzbekistan IL-62 was released as the sixth Herpa Wings club model of 2007. Uzbekistan Airways over the years has operated fifteen different IL-62 aircraft. This model registered UK-86573 was originally delivered to Interflug, before being transferred to Aeroflot before its tenure with Uzbekistan Airways where it has ended its flying life at. This Russian beauty now comes to you as a special gift from Herpa from their club members.
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Model Details
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Airline: Uzbekistan Airways
Make: Ilyushin
Model: IL-62
Scale:
1:500
Part Number: 505093
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Model Review
| | Mould and Assembly: As stated in my previous Russian reviews I'm no expert on Russian aircraft. Starting with the nose of the model it seems as if the disnction between the slope from the top of the fuselage to the cockpit window then the actual nose cone area is too bland. There should be some more distinction between the cockpit area and the actual nose of the model. This could be due to excessive paint that has blended this area of the model where it should be more distinct. The fuselage itself is well done and the overall dimensions of it are proportinate to the the acutal aircraft. The wings are moulded in the correct position however they are just slightly on the thick side and connect to the fuselage in the old under wing fashion, however it is well done and you can hardly see from looking at the side of the mdoel that it is connected in such a fashion. The stabalizers are made of plastic and are not painted over like some of the newer models produced.
Livery: The old Uzbekistan livery while less colorful then their newer livery still has a classic cheatline feel to it that reminds you of how airliners used to be painted. The Uzbekistan titles are correctly placed on the fuselage in reference to the window line and the blue color continues correctly through the fuselage onto the vertical stabalizer where it is painted on against the white moulding and is correctly and well done. The green color is where the model has issues and should be more of a green color then the teal color that the model is. The green stripe is correctly shaped at the front of the fuselage which is a well replication considering its odd shape. The grey underbelly is correctly painted true to the acutual aircraft.
Details: This model comes with the basic standard of details. The cockpit windows are well placed and while not perfectly shaped are accepstable considering the number of panels that are needed for this model. The anti-glare shield under the cockpit windows is correctly shaped and well done. The registration is clearly printed in white with minimal bleed over against the blue background and are also represented clearly on the wings of the model. One surpising note is that this model does not come with passenger window frames as most of the other club models have done. The red wing and stabalizer tips are also well done and are true to the real thing.
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Pluses
| | Unique Classic Livery
Fairly Well Done Mould
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Minuses
| | Green Color Off
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Editor review: Classic Uzbek Just Doesn't Quite Impress
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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| Overall rating |
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7.3 |
| Mould and Assembly
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8.0 |
| Livery
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8.0 |
| Details
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6.0 |
| Overall Impression |
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7.0 |
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