Great stuff here!

Thanks for all the kind comments.

I was suprised how much better the pics are when taken with daylight. I used the same camera (my IPhone ) for the pics. Not only is the color saturation better but the pictures are also less grainy.

The red will definitely "pop" out in my collection. I now have build both I-5 and I-153. So I still need the I-15,152 and I-190 to complete this collection of the evolution of the I-5 design. Two down and three to go. But first I will build a monoplane, all this rigging makes me go crazy. ;-)

I-5? Looks A-1 to me!!!

Beautiful work there on the red, the prop, the rigging, everything!

Fantastic looking build ,that rigging looks killer as does the rest of it! Very nicely done Sir!

That's a beauty! and really fast finished! I love the wood effect in the propeller.

Congrats for that very interesting subject and little bird!

Beautiful work.   It reminds of an old barnstormer from the '30's.

Excellent build Borg  now red really turning good on these pics.

As promised, better pics, taken in daylight. The red looks much better now.

Really fine work Borg  waiting for final good pictures!

It's strange about the needed little pices not moulded by icm; actually smallest perfect moulded piece i never see in a kt is the gun sight from the icm ki-27!! 

She is finished!

Here are the last pics of the build process. Firstly the rigging, I use a cheap drafting compass to measure the distance required:

Then I cut the sprue. The sprue has been stretched, I like using a dark colour sprue so I do not have to paint the rigged wires.

And use CA glue (gel) to glue it into place:

Some small details (a step and some aerials) where made with stretched sprue. Interestingly enough ICM shows those parts on the instruction notice stating that you should scratch build them. Maybe their moulding technology does not allow them to make such small pieces.
Making the step, the vertical rods have been placed:

Then the horizontal is glued, et voilá, a step:

Same goes for the aerials (I think that is what they are) at the rear of the fuselage:

Here is the finished Polikarpov I-5! (the pics are not great, I will retake them with daylight)

With a different colour setting:

As said, I had some difficulty with the double wires. This was the second time I tried doubles wires and the first time I succeeded. But the ones in the middle of the fuselage are to far apart. The front double wires are good.

Anyway, all in all this I-5 has been a nice build. There where a few minor setbacks and the connection of the wings is quite fiddly but the overall fit is good and the surface details are outstanding. So I can definitely recommend this kit but due to the fiddly wings and the rigging I would say it is for the experienced modeller.

bsyamato

i'm near too to rigging the fokker, hope all these wires will going fine :)

I found that how you stretch the sprue is of importance. I soften (almost melt) the sprue over a candle. When you stretch the sprue it cools down and becomess hard again. This happens whilst you are stretching. It is my experience that you must stop stretching when you feel resistance. Otherwise you overstretch the sprue and it will curl instead of remaining straight. If you stretch the sprue right it will remain straight and all you have to do is to cut it to lenght and glue it in place. But that is easier said then done.

i'm near too to rigging the fokker, hope all these wires will going fine :)

bsyamato

Great painting but seems that the camera flash ruined the red color!

You are right. I use my Iphone for pics (it is very easy because I have a Photobucket app installed) but under artificial light it does strange things with red. Since I cannot set the white scale I just have to take my pics during daylight.

I am working on the rigging now. That is going reasonably well, the double wires are giving me a hard time.

Great painting but seems that the camera flash ruined the red color!

Thanks for all the kind comments. All the building and detailing has been done.

Of course, there was the obligatory "setback at the last moment".... When I put the wheels on I broke the gear:

The whole thing is fixed now. Up next...the dreaded rigging. I am going the classic method: stretched sprue, with CA glue. I have had my best results with that.

Very cool build here...

Wow. The prop is stunning!

Well done  also nice wood prop 

Here is the kit before painting: masking was easy because of the single color. The only thing I had to do was to put some tissue paper in the cockpit:

The prop: I scratched the Huck starter attachment on the prop using some sprue:

 I read some bad reviews on ICM decals so I used some spares from the decal sheet just to see how they behave. The decals are a bit fragile but react nicely to setting agent, in this case simple white vinegar.

The red is form a Duplicolor spray can, I put two thin coats on the plane. Red is a bit translucent so the places where I used putty can be seen. But putting on another coat would cover up all the nice surface detail so I choose to move on.

A pic of the finished prop, with the metal parts painted:

Another shot update: using a jig I put the top wing one. It took two tries to get it right but its ok now. The jig is made from cardboard.

Almost all struts are properly alligned except for the outer right one. I will just glue it in place and fill the location hole:

Next up, painting!

Want me too one!!

Very cool! I want one now...

Good progress

Nice tecnique to simulate wood!! i have 3 biplanes on workbech, will try on one of them.

Here is an update on my I-5 build. The mayor components fit quit nicely and requiered little filler:

My first attempt at glueing the top wing on has failed so I will have to try that again shortly.

In the mean time I painted the propellor:

a base of yellow:

Then the grain/layers with light brown pencil:

And a second one with darker pencil.

A coat of Tamiya Clear orange will be used to get that perfect wood like finish:

bsyamato

Actually i built only the ki-27 from icm (out of a truck) the detail level of the kit was high (engine fully reproduced with support structure) but lots of adjustments was needed to guel all pieces correctly 

Same here, all the minor/detail components take a lot of work to be made to fit.

Actually i built only the ki-27 from icm (out of a truck) the detail level of the kit was high (engine fully reproduced with support structure) but lots of adjustments was needed to guel all pieces correctly 

Neato! so that is the I-5