doozer1974 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Hello all A few pics of my latest completion - this is Zvezda's Lavochkin LA-5 in 1/48. This is a lovely kit with a lot of detail, some it unseen deep into the fuselage. In more skilled hands, it could be displayed with all the engine and gun detail exposed. I made a bit of a hash of aligning all the struts of the frame that holds the engine in place, so backtracked from that option and closed her up to hide my errors. Also managed to lose the pitot tube - having escaped the jaws of the carpet monster, i fell prey to the laminate wood monster as the part pinged off into the unknown... Had some minor issues with the canopy, which didn't like being dipped in clear gloss at all, but still a very enjoyable build. It was painted in a mix of Tamiya and Mr Hobby acrylics, weathered with Flory's dark dirt wash, oils and thin acrylic mix for the exhaust stains. Thanks for looking Adam 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Beautiful build and finish Adam,nice to see a Russian subject posted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 A llittle stunner,do you have any idea what the translation is of the writing on the sides of the fuselage.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85sqn Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 It's someones name: Valerie Shkalov. looks like he was a hero of the soviet union. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 A llittle stunner,do you have any idea what the translation is of the writing on the sides of the fuselage.... Portboard - Squadron "Valery Chkalov". Valery Chkalov was famous and highly popular soviet test pilot, commander of the crew of ANT-25 that flew from USSR to US via the North Pole in 1937 and who died in accident in 1938. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Chkalov Starboard - "From collective farmers of Gorky region". This means that the plane construction was financed by collective farmers (not individual farmers but members of "Kolhoz" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkhoz ) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doozer1974 Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 Thanks for the kind comments so far gents. A llittle stunner,do you have any idea what the translation is of the writing on the sides of the fuselage.... I must confess I had no idea what that said - thanks to 85Sqn and Pin for their input. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 This plane was flown by Y. Savitsky - two times Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshall of Aviaion, father of Svetlana Savitskaya - second Soviet female cosmonaut 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Thanks 85sqn and Pin for the info and links.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Not just one plane, an entire squadron "Eskadrilya Valeriy Chkalov" "Ot Kolkhoznikov i kolkhoznits Gorkovskoy oblasti" LaGG-3s and La-5s paid by collective farm workers of the Gorky area http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/la5/chkalov/chkalow.html Adam very neat work, and a very good representation on VVS colours. Looks great! see here for a lot more on this http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/index.html cheers T 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Looks great, nice to see a VVS subject Cheers Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doozer1974 Posted February 13, 2016 Author Share Posted February 13, 2016 Thanks Troy & spitfire, glad you like her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85sqn Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Lovely model btw!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Adam that looks fantastic!! Never built a russian fighter from WW 2 but now you inspired me!!! Thanks a lot! You made a very good Job. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doozer1974 Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 Thanks Andy! I can certainly recommend Zvezda's 1/48 stuff - this one was lovely to build and the PE-2 dive bomber in the stash looks like another top quality kit. CheersAdam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 That's a grand looking La-5!! and isnt it a lovely kit too? You've done her full justice!! Jonners 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom.boom Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I fall in love with she! Outstanding job on this fantastic airplane! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Henry Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Nice job Adam ... Thanks for posting. Bob H. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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