Well, another Mr. Craft aircraft is built. While not as precise as the Fairey Fulmar, the Il-10 has come out well on the side of good. Whatever the makers intended has been achieved.
Other reports of this ex-KS kit have pointed out the crudities of the armament, the haphazard fit of the canopy and the overly-complex propeller shaft system. I just accepted these as nuisances to be overcome or overlooked. The end result looks pretty much like an Ilyushin and carries the bonus of being in Hungarian markings.
It’s meant to represent a Hungarian plane of about 1955. I’ll bet the Hungarians wished they had it operational during the Soviet invasion of ’56. Not that a few of these propeller-driven ground attack aircraft could have stopped the tanks – or even survived the Soviet air force – but it would have been a good gesture.
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