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Edit Hi all, Back to the hobby after a long break, I decied to finished what I have started a long time ago: the L-39ZA 1/32 from HPH models. Includes here are some work in progress pics that I took along the battle. Yes, I called it the Battle as this is my first resin kit and oh boy…. A/The Kit: For the price tag, you will get lots of resin, PE both in color and brass, fabric seat belt, masking for canopy, clear resin canopy and formation lights, vacumm form for wing tips lights cover and round up with 2 decals sheets. The fit: quite nice in some place and horrible in many places. Watch out for these cons: 1. The intake or you can call it the nightmare. It took me ages for sanding and swearing to make the damn things fit properly. 2. Wings to fuselage, a better nightmare compare to the intake but still…It’s better if you attach the wings to fuselage before attach the intakes as you will have more spaces for sanding the joints. 3. The boarding ladder is a very nice touch and well detailed. However, you have to sand the cockpit tube then test fit then sand again to accommodate the PE boxes for the ladder. 4. The canopy is made from resin and must remove from the casting block with care as they are really fraglie. 5. The inner frame for the canopy is another drama, somehow the fit really out of places. 6. There are no location pins but there is location holes so all I have to do is made location pins from brass tube 7. There are some details HPH required the modeller to scratch-build. 8. Rivets everywhere but very sallow and couldn’t hold a light wash so I have to punched every single rivets with a sharp needle (I won’t ever ever do this again) Pros: 1. Stunning cockpits, outsanding details especially the seats. The fabric seat belt took me 2 hours for each seats. 2. Decal are really thin but fragile 3. Resin, PE, farbric seats belt, nice decal, stunning details on most of the resin parts..etc. you really don’t need any after market parts for this 4. And most important, this is the only L-39 1/32 in the market for the time being. The Build: Paint: gunze all the way, weathering used Mig product and color pencil for all the chippings Scratch build items: the avonic bays as I always love the look of it. FOD cover, ground equipment from Lego blocks, the base is from Noy minatures with extra homemade grass and extensive weathering. The background is picture found from the internet, printed out by laser printer then repaint some sections for a better look. All figures are from unknown source, I’m understand those figures may incorrect to use in this scence. These figures is to add some human touch and acts as a size comparison to the L-39 which is really small. Out of those scratchbuild items, the avonics bay took a lot of time and effort, however I’m pround that I did that as this will help my L-39 stands out from other 1/32 L-39 out there ( for the time being ) After 5 months on and off, here I am with the completed model and some final though: Am I happy with the result ? Yes, I did my best. The kit worth the hard earned money? Yes ! The fit of the kit is good ? Hell no ! The details is good ? Outstanding ! Will I build this kit again ? Maybe in the next 3 years. Hope you like this as I do.

Almost there ! The L-39 is almost done. I turned my attention to other stuff. The fuel/oil drums are srachtbuild from foil, the figure are incorrect for the scence but I couldn't find any thing better than this so... The figure received basic coat, details will be picked out later.

Bang seats finished !

Small update. I'm add some grass on the base and add more weathering. I'm still don't know which background is the best to use. All Russian planes shown in the background will be dealt with by Photoshop. Please advise which background I should use. Number 1: Number 2: Number 3:

Hi Woody37, Thanks for the compliment however the base is printed sheet from Noy Minature so kudos to them, I just added the grass used material from an old broom stick. Additonal weathering were airbrushed, added some streaks here and there ( the base also come pre weathered a little bit).

Based on one pic I found on the web, even I don't know what is the name or the function of this equipment but it should add some color to spice things up. I used Lego blocks to create the overall shape as I don't want to spend much time with this. Light curring putty used to fill all the gaps. The red/white check board are uneven at some places but I wouldn't care too much . Wheels will be added later on, that's all for today.

Hi all, Some update: decal is "too" good, too thin so be careful, I left most of the stencil due to so many of them . A pin wash using Mig panel line dark grey, natural brown, black knight follow by some rain mark from Mig. I used color pencil for all the chips and scratch on the fuselage. More works ahead, ground equipment, gun sight, towing bar...etc. All pics were taken with my phine camera so the quality isn't good enough. D0-B2D1E6A5B17D_zpsnngusq2y.jpg[/IMG]

Basic camo coat was finished. Still have a long way to go. 791D08C67866_zps0rjrpt8j.jpg.html][/URL]

I'm fancy a Czech L-39ZA for a long time so.....

One of the canopy retract bar is done, this little took me 45 mins to complete The seal cabel and handle for the canopy will be added later on Having some fun with those PE as well Decal applied for the UB-16 rockets pods Some FOD cover for the intake and engine. The two intake cover handle bar are uneven, I"ll get that fix later

The wings are on, the intake trunk was a nightmare but won't bother too much as I gonna use some FOD to cover this area. HPH managed to put thousands of rivet on the wjng, however too swallow and won't able to hold a wash. I use a pointed needle to deepend every single rivet. It takes time but I think it's worth the effort. Before After Updated ! I scratched build the avionics bay for a different look Primer on: The painted avionics bay with some Aeroscale Pla card . The landing gears are done too !

The tub is done

Back to the hobby after 2 years break, I tackled the L-39ZA from HPH models as a fresh start. The L-39 in 1/32 from HPH models is really an amazing kit with full resin, HGW fabric seatbelt, 2 fret of color and bress PE made by Eduard, masking for canopy....surely you won't need any AM stuff. I'm begin with the wings by separating the casting blocks, the job was done with a plastic scriber. http:// The 2 bang seats are the model by itself, HPH required the modeler to scratchbuild some handle and cable. The fabrics seat belt took me 2 hours to put together but the result really worth all the hard works. http:// http:// http:// http://

The wing are on, the intake trunk was a nightmare but won't bother too much as I gonna use some FOD to cover this area. HPH managed to put thousands of rivet on the wjng, however too swallow and won't able to hold a wash. I use a pointed needle to deepend every single rivet. It takes time but I think it's worth the effort. Before After Have some fun with the rocket pod, need to put some decals on it to be completed.

The tub is now almost completed, those PE handle drives me nut ! http:// With seats in place: http:// http:// http:// http://

Back to the hobby after 2 years break, I tackled the L-39ZA from HPH models as a fresh start. The L-39 in 1/32 from HPH models is really an amazing kit with full resin, HGW fabric seatbelt, 2 fret of color and bress PE made by Eduard, masking for canopy....surely you won't need any AM stuff. I'm begin with the wings by separating the casting blocks, the job was done with a plastic scriber. http:// The 2 bang seats are the model by itself, HPH required the modeler to scratchbuild some handle and cable. The fabrics seat belt took me 2 hours to put together but the result really worth all the hard works. http:// http:// http:// http://

That is where my inspiration comes from

Hi guys, here is my latest work, Harrier Plus from Hasegawa.The model completed with Aires cockpit, Aires wheels bay, Eduard PE.All comments are welcomed. PS: In case you wonder, the fit of Aires cockpit is ok but not for the front wheelbays. [/url]

Dear Jabba, Thanks again I will purchase the Linden HIll set as your advise.

Dear Jabba Thanks a millions times

I want to make an IRAF Mig-23 in Gulf War 1991 so could someone help me to answer the following question: 1/ What version of Mig-23 used by Iraq MF or MS 2/Camo color or anything 3/Suitable decal for 1/32 scale.Linden Hill 32010 is approriate? Thankyou so much Andy

Thanks all for your kind word Some of my friend said they don't the model because the expose engine ruined the beautiful shape of La-5, but I always have a thing for engine expose so.......

Some close up of the engine :

Hello everyone, Greeting from Viet Nam, this is my Zvezda La-5FN with Eduard photoetch and Karaya resin engine. This model was built for an local online contest, you can see other build here : http://www.mohinhvn.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=173 Thanks for watching !

Hi Bruce, modelling is not so popular in Viet Nam due to the cost and very time comsuming. Our community us around 300 members but just 1/10 of that number actual post their work. We have a few hobby shop in Viet Nam but not really well supported due to the fact that their price is kind of high comapre to Taobao (a Chinese version of Amazon I suppose ). Hi Snitok, Thank you for the very uselful link, I'll try it on my next project. Thank you all for your kind word and commnents.