Christer A Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Here is my entry into this group build! I was hoping that Dawn of the yet age were going to make it for this year, but it fits here so... A quick look on box contents is in order. Here are all the plastic parts This thing is TINY! But you do get a few resin items And also etch! The decals were quite boring though So I bought a new set from Model Maker And this is the one I will do This should be fun, I hope! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Nice choice, the markings are anything but boring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 YES Can't have enough Yaks. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 That Special Hobby kit looks good and you have made a great choice in those Polish "go faster" markings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel19 Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 A nice looking kit of an unusual subject. Good luck with your build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Good luck with this one especially the decals Martin H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 (edited) Thanks for the cheers! They might come in handy... Now, what are the color of the cockpit, wheel wells and wheel hubs? This will take some serious google-fu! Edited April 25, 2017 by Christer A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Never even knew the Czechs flew this...AND Warsaw Pact decals by Sean Connery. Decals do look good, all the best with this interesting build 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 "Warshaw pact" I can hear him in my head as I type this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 Ejector pin marks... How much I have missed thee! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 Sorry for the late update! This was supposed to go up earlier in the week, but life got in the way... Those pesky ejector pin towers were filed off, and then I started to check if all the internal gubbins will fit properly:. A fine mixture of plastic and resin parts, and there appears to be enough space for a hefty nose weight. Good news! Before a feeling of Tamiya-bliss settles over this build, behold the Derwent Mk 5 exhaust. Sorry, that's the Klimov RD-500. It's quite easy to mix them up.... The resin exhaust is attached at a nice angle against a small scribed line in the fuselage, but it looks to me like the outside need some work. Not the brightest idea to have the exhaust in place then. Just hop to it, and make a new bulkhead from plastic stock. With the bulkhead in place, the exhaust were sawed of, and put in a safe place for future paintjobs. Merrily I then took to painting the insides of the fuselage. Valllejo metallic colors were used, Dull aluminium in the front, Steel for the exhaust area and to top it off, some sprinkling of Gunze H302 in the cockpit region. The green is supposed to be A-15f, which to me looks quite dark. Special Hobby would have me use H312 instead, which is RAF Interior Grey/green, and I think that is not dark enough... Confusion abounds! I'll probably get back to that topic further on, but for now, lets focus on the MTV programme Pimp-My-Bangseat: The plastic looks nice enough, so let's add some etch to it. Ok, that will be enough for shooting some paint on it I think. Then I was out of time, because the rest of the family decided that we should go an listen to the spring festivities, bonfires, singing and a sun that sets in the sea: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Very interesting project Christer, I'll watch and learn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 (edited) Thanks Cookie! I've changed my mind about the color for the cockpit, and resprayed the whole lot Dark Green instead. Pictures to follow. Edited May 6, 2017 by Christer A 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 No, this little bugger has not been forgotten! In fact, I have been painting the front end of the Derwent Added some strips of plastic to get the nose wheel well/airflow divider to fit better And finally settled on a cockpit color. This time I'll go with Tamiya RAF Dark green 2: Once I've retouched the cockpit dials, instrument panel and so on it's time to close the fuselage. Finally... it was supposed to be a fast build. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 15 hours ago, Christer A said: ... it was supposed to be a fast build. They never are. But some great progress there and considering it is a short run kit, you managed to get it all nicely together. Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share Posted May 26, 2017 All of a sudden, all the major construction was completed! Tomorrow will se primer...and probably lots of sanding / filler än more priming. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Looking good Martin H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 Thanks Martin! First layer of primer is now in, and it looks quite all right actually. There might be paint soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 It looks great Christer Special Hobby are one of my favourite manufacturers, they seem to be getting better and better. Their inclusion of resin and etch on such a tiny aircraft model is impressive. It's reasonably priced too. Regarding the cockpit; you're right, confusion really does abound. I have photographs of e.g, Bulgarian ones, and some Russian, that have grey interiors. Then some that are grey and green, then some metal and green. After about three nights of research, I gave up and just decided to go with what I felt like, based on what I'd seen. Its the same with the wheel wells. Some unrestored examples on display have grey. Many restored ones have a very lurid, slightly more modern, green ( a la, e.g. Sukhou SU-9 et al). Some period photos show the more expected, quite, but not so lurid, green. Have you decided which way to go for the wheel wells? So tiny, so simple, so many extant research subjects, but so mind boggling ! Best regards TonyT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted May 31, 2017 Author Share Posted May 31, 2017 Thanks Tony! It is a lovely little kit, but not a total walk in the park to put together. I've just noticed that the intake splitter is angled towards one side, and that looks quite bad. No way to fix that, but perhaps one can make a cover of some sort? Could be worth a try... Yes, it does contain a lot of etched parts end resin, but all of them are super tiny! I almost wish that I'd gone for the 1/48 version... For the undercarriage bays and landing gear cover I'll go for gray of some sorts like A-14f or DD-118. Or just grab the nearest Tamiya steel gray and rund with that. Today I hope to be able to atleast finish the priming session. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted May 31, 2017 Author Share Posted May 31, 2017 Vallejo Dull Aluminium. Is it actually dull and boring? I'd say it's very very shiny! The real ones were painted with aluminium dope, so a matt uniform finish is what I seek. Like this https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/75479_1472569832.jpg Will try Semi Matt Aluminium tomorrow. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share Posted June 2, 2017 Vallejo Semi Matt Aluminium seems to cut down the glare! Whew! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Good to see that you sorted the silver hue. Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 Thanks Peter! Unfortunately the airbrush spluttered out a huge drop of Aqua gloss on the right wing, so now I need to sand that away... There's always something isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 14 minutes ago, Christer A said: There's always something isn't it? There certainly is Sometimes I feel that the main task in making a model is to fix all the unforeseen mishap But at least your splutter can be corrected and it just takes a bit longer to the finishing line. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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