4bogreen
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Post by 4bogreen on Mar 9, 2014 10:09:23 GMT -5
Hey Guys! Currently i am (also) busy to kitbash a La-5F from the two Zvezda kits of the La-5. I want to build Ivan Kozhedub La-5F No. 14.  The scavenged parts from the nose of the La-5 kit. Later i also used the upper wing roots of the La-5 kit.  The wing roots are used from the La-5 kit. In the La-5FN kit they have aluminum plates fixed here. I made the rear seat cussing myself from a part of Evergreen plastic. No cussing is delivered with the kit.  I wanted to make the maintenance hatch open, so you can see whats inside. I cut out the hatch and made a new one myself.  Because the maintenance hatch is open, i also had to made the interior a bit further than the kit shows.  Some internal details made here. Oxygen bottles, fuel filters, battery case and radio set. few modifications i had to made to make it more accurate. I use the MBI books of the La-5 and La-7. I saw that they made an error with the position of the oxygen bottles and radio here. Zvezda used the lay out of the La-7 (radio and oxygen bottles) on their La-5FN kit. The La-5F radio and oxygen bottles were on a different location than on the La-7. The interior build almost finnished...  The landinggear and stuff that goes with it.  The maintenance hatch test fit.            The interior is finished (finally) and were off to the exterior! This was the hard part for me. I never had made a plane, but i difficult to made all parts fit due my scratchbuild and some tweaking and tuning of this small plane.  Priming has been done with Mr. Surfacer 1000. This is very good for filling up small scratches and seams.  ...and the story till so far Hope you like it! Regards, Remco |
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Post by bullardino on Mar 9, 2014 10:35:01 GMT -5
Stunning build Remco
Count me in
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Post by TRM on Mar 9, 2014 12:31:57 GMT -5
Moving right along with this one!! Looking great, keep up the fine work!!
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Post by wbill76 on Mar 9, 2014 17:54:11 GMT -5
Neat project Remco and off to a great start. Looking good!
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Post by destrozas. on Mar 18, 2014 8:18:25 GMT -5
fine
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4bogreen
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Post by 4bogreen on Apr 6, 2014 15:01:32 GMT -5
I painted the body in AMT-7 blue and AMT-11 grey/blue.   Now i came till the conclusion i forgot to fill the landing gear bay. So i filled it up with Mr. Surfacer. Sanded it down and painted in A-14 grey.  The flaps are hollow, so i had to paint the inside first  I just masked the canopy section  |
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Post by bullardino on Apr 6, 2014 16:01:54 GMT -5
Great painting Remco  |
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Post by deafpanzer on Apr 6, 2014 22:17:29 GMT -5
Agree with guys... great process you are making!
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petros
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Post by petros on Apr 7, 2014 6:07:05 GMT -5
Looks very crisp!
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4bogreen
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Post by 4bogreen on Apr 7, 2014 14:21:50 GMT -5
Thank guys!
Now i have painted the camouflage blotches, metal plating and the canopy section. Next up are the aluminium bands on the engine hood.photo's wil follow soon ;-)
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4bogreen
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Post by 4bogreen on Apr 7, 2014 14:27:55 GMT -5
Petros,
I had a quick peep at you site, and i saw that you had a very nice Yak-9. I read a review of it, and it was very positive. I think i make a account and (maybe) in the future, i wil buy the Yak... Although its very expensive... I must think it over...
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Post by wbill76 on Apr 7, 2014 16:09:52 GMT -5
Looking good, nice work on the paint so far. |
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Post by 4bogreen on Apr 8, 2014 15:02:56 GMT -5
Some photos of the work in progress!   Enjoy! Regards, Remco |
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Post by bullardino on Apr 8, 2014 15:14:33 GMT -5
Looks great |
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Post by 4bogreen on Nov 7, 2014 14:16:38 GMT -5
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Post by Leon on Nov 7, 2014 18:55:32 GMT -5
Awesome finish Remco!Superb work all around.
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Post by deafpanzer on Nov 8, 2014 12:56:37 GMT -5
Agreed... beautiful finish!!! Really like those red stars...
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Post by petros on Nov 8, 2014 15:20:05 GMT -5
Looks very decent! Being an ex-russian and with my greatgrandfather ex-VVS ace in WW2, I am really happy to see this great model here! Petros, I had a quick peep at you site, and i saw that you had a very nice Yak-9. I read a review of it, and it was very positive. I think i make a account and (maybe) in the future, i wil buy the Yak... Although its very expensive... I must think it over... As for Yak, there are two kits from Scale Bureau, and I looked into the box of them both. These are really decent, as actually all kits from Komplekt ZIP |
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Post by bullardino on Nov 9, 2014 15:07:15 GMT -5
Wonderful job, mate |
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4bogreen
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Post by 4bogreen on Nov 12, 2014 3:51:08 GMT -5
Thanks for the nice reactions guys!
It was a real journey in aircraft building and painting.
@ Petros- The Yak-9 is a very good looking plane. Unfortunally i have not the financial resourses to buy this beautiful kit. What aircraft did your granfather flew? And do you have pictures of him and the aircraft?
Regards,
Remco
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Post by petros on Nov 12, 2014 10:12:01 GMT -5
Thanks for the nice reactions guys! It was a real journey in aircraft building and painting. @ Petros- The Yak-9 is a very good looking plane. Unfortunally i have not the financial resourses to buy this beautiful kit. What aircraft did your granfather flew? And do you have pictures of him and the aircraft? Regards, Remco He (Greatgrandfather, dad of my granny) was one of the political officers of 3rd GvIAP KBF (5 IAP KBF before guards status, baltic fleet naval fighter regiment). Early war he flew different I-16 versions (his personal was apparently a Type 24), but his logbook shown a few I-153 sorties in the same time span, too. Later, with the losses during the defense of Leningrad, a mix of Mig-3, LaGG-3 and Yak-1 was flown, with remaining I-16s too. In his last battles he flew a MiG-3, field mod bomber basher section leader- twin 20mm guns in the nose, and 2 HMGs in wingpods, plus 82mm rockets. Quite sluggish with all that armament, but quite efficient against the bombers, as long as other guys kept the Messerschmitts busy. He scored 1 individual and 14 or 15 shared, with most shared being "political" share with young wingmen (you kept my tail clean, here's your share). He was badly injured in april 42, when he lost 4th plane on the same day, and was disqualified from flying (14 7.92 mm bullet wounds.... only survived as the old I-16 he used due to lack of more modern fighters on that day blew up, he got thrown out and parachute opened on itself, landing him directly in front of hospital's air raid bunker entrance... 1 year hospitals later). He returned to the same regiment as a non flying instructor/political officer, but scored an illegal kill in late 44. Despite being forbidden to fly, his regiment commander tolerated some training or after-repair flying, and he was evaluating a brand new Yak-9K together with another guy flying a Yak-9DD after repairs. Two FWs appeared for their bad luck, both gone down, one by each Yak. As the regiment commander was however scared to report a kill by "illegal" pilot, both kills were officially scored by the other guy, my greatgrandfather being granted a medal and a 30 days home leave to search for his missing family (he reunited with granny and her mother during that leave, they thought he was dead since early 42...). In total he flew I-16, I-153, MiG-3, and Yak-1 before shotdown, and "illegally" evaluated different versions of La-5, Yak-9, P-40 and P-47. I had his logbooks and lots of photos, but all were lost several years ago before I managed to digitalize them, when, while noone was at home, heating pipe broke, and flooded the drawer, where my granny was storing all the documents, with boiling hot water for several hours... nothing survived... |
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Post by 4bogreen on Nov 13, 2014 15:23:03 GMT -5
Petr,
What a nice story! Its to bad that the logbooks and photo's were lost. It wold be great to build a fighter of a unknow VVS pilot with such a story! Very intresting.
I am now currently looking for information on my next VVS project. Converting a Zvezda La-5 into a LaGG-3 with parts of the ICM kit. And i want to build in the engine also...without the pannels. I use the Zvezda Yak-3 engine for this. Its virtually the same engine as used in the LaGG-3. So my VVS adventure has just started.
Regards,
Remco
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Post by petros on Nov 14, 2014 9:16:32 GMT -5
Thanks! I actually built several of the planes he flew, and also the ones from his regiment, both trying to remember the photos I knew very well as a kid, and also his stories, and also sometimes locating the photos and archive records.
If you need info about VVS, that meaning russian books, I have some ways of getting these. Drop me a PM about it.
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Post by 4bogreen on Nov 16, 2014 6:53:40 GMT -5
Thanks! That would be great!
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Post by dierk on Nov 16, 2014 8:40:15 GMT -5
Sorry I missed the start of this thread - that's what you get for building a (very nice!) wingy thingy Remco: I hadn't expected one from you. I have to say, you have enviable skills (Karma plus 1)
Petr: fascinating story about your grand father!
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Post by 4bogreen on Nov 16, 2014 16:47:18 GMT -5
Haha! Thanks Dierk! I have the whole lavochkin series (till the seven series), so i have a long way to go. I also have a couple of ships and submarines (a 1/350 kilo class with a lot of scratchbuild in progress, maybe nice for the ship section here). I think of myself as a "multibuilder". Although i started with a plane, i like armor the most. Now i am planning for my LaGG-3 and busy with two T-34's (yes i know, i am a T-34 nut. I probebly marry one if i could). Busy with everything...
Regards,
Remco
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