Killingholme Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 (edited) Hi all, I've been building a lot of armour lately, really found it to be my 'natural' genre- weathering effects are really good fun to add. So this is my first plane in abut 10 months: an Amodel 1/72 Yak-18 These were used by North Korea as 'Nuisance bombers' and as such this kit includes Korean markings and a couple of bombs. So what's in the box? All pretty standard, and like most Amodel kits- looks really simple and easy at this stage... Step 1: I added instrument panels from paper. Found a YAK-18 photo on the net and resized it. Normally I'd photocopy the large image to reduce it to the correct size- 8mm across, as this preserves the detail much better than an inkjet printer can cope with. But I didn't bother this time as I looked at the thick, cloudy canopy Amodel provides and thought, why bother!!! Will Edited June 21, 2014 by Killingholme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killingholme Posted June 21, 2014 Author Share Posted June 21, 2014 Bit of progress... All courtesy of Amodel with the exception of the control columns. Amodel always give you enough to have a start on a detailed cockpit- and it does always check out with the prototype. But I doubt any detail will be seen under the thick canopy, so I went down the 'glue together and paint one colour' approach. Still, a pleasant evening's work. Now I'm off out for a beer and a BBQ... cheers! Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Good start! And a nice idea with the instrument panel. Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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