Wolwe82 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Good evening guys, i would like to share with you few shots of my last finished kit. It was built just OOB as kind of relax build and i had some problems during the process, but i thought i would share it anyway, as there are not many russian warbird kits on BM. As i said, it was ment as quick OOB build. Thanks to the time i was spending on it (like few mins/day when i had free time from my other projects), it took me pretty few weeks to build, but if we ll speak about the real time spent on it, it could be something like 6-8 hours (speaking about the build, not paint), where most of the time took the cockpit + everything about it and fuselage/wing fit. The Eduard kit is pretty nice - i got cheap dual combo profipack version (it was missing some not-so important parts, masks and all clear parts), bought Rob Taurus vacu canopy for it and decided to build one of these just as OOB quick build (also bcs it was missing the few parts). Only things i made new for it were : gunsight, some stuff behind seat (only poor part of the kit as there is one big hole), gear doors for the tail wheel and the metal strips around cowling(made from can). There were only two bigger problems with the kit : the fuselage/wing fit was not good, but a bit of sanding/cuting while dry fiting sorted this. Second was the decals.. the colours are off-set at stars and some symbols. As for the marking, this La-7 was originaly in the usual grey/grey russian late fighter camouflage, but based on the sources i did read, somewhere between april-may 1945 it was repainted red on the top surface. I thought i ll make the kit to look like from this time, so theres not much weathering as the paint was not so old yet. Though the front side of cowling was red also on the original look so i did a bit of chipping there and a bit of chipping on the most used parts - the canopy rails, plates covering the guns. The inside of cockpit and wheel bay is quite dirty as it was not repainted. Thanks to the problems with decals, i had to repaint some of the off-set white around stars and i needed to paint new lines around the cowling heart symbol. Thats the worst part and if you asked me to do it again, i would not.. would rather get some silver pencil for it or so.. painting thin line with acrylic white was realy pain for me and my shaking fingers, so try to close eyes when u look that way Also, around the number on fuselage is some mark, set+sol+12-15 layers of varnish didnt help to cover it So, here it is. Built for fun and to have something special between my kits Hope you ll like it at least a bit. The photos are in my usual "quality", the best i can make , sorry Thanks for watching and any feedback is welcome Do not worry, there is a lot to be criticised so go on if you have anything to say 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 For saying you had the problems with it, it''s turned out brilliantly! I'm not sure I'd have had the patience. Nice to see something different as well. Well done! Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somnas Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 You made the stars look much better than before, good job! The overall impression is also much better than before in the wip-thread. /Erik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 thanks guys to stix - i knew i HAVE TO finish it, bcs i need to clean by bench for incomming projects, so it was the power pushing me forward to erik - thanks, and once more ty for support on my short WIP when i m taking shots for RFI, i m using more lamps for better light, so it might be the diference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Very nice work! The La-7 was a very attractive aeroplane, and it looks especially sharp in the red. Always nice to see some Soviet aeroplanes on this site! Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 Thanks Jason:) i have to say as much as my most favourite planes are hawkers "bad weather flight" (hurri, tempest, typhoon ), the La(GG) serie, mainly -5/-7 are realy great looking planes. They say in simplicity is power and for La-5/7 it totaly works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Looks great,nice to see a Russian type on the forum. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Very nice work,looks great love the scheme great job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Morning and thanks stevej60 and batcode for your kind words and yea steve, i think she feels a bit like exotic bird here but i ll try to bring her sisters every now and then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Well, at first sight I thought it was 1 48 just like mine! You did a hell of a job on this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 That looks great, though I must admit the red is a bit of a shocker at first ! Cheers Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Thanks for your kind words giemme and dennis (hope you are alright after the shock already ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrritableRabbit Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Super! Red! Airplane!! I love it here as I get to see great builds of aircraft I had no idea existed. That's jolly nice indeed. Very pretty in red, a nice 1/72nd build indeed with just a tad of subtle weathering that does help it look bigger than it actually is. Great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinleeds Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Very nice and unusual Lavochkin here! Never heard about Russian Red Baron Nice build and finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 A nice build of a great aircraft...well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Thanks a lot guys for watching this and for your kind comments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Great to see such an unusual scheme, beautiful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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