Learstang Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Good choice in the paint schemes, Jan! I especially like the La-5, 'Red 58'. Best Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) Sprues & test build Sources: http://www.modelarovo.cz/kp-hlasi-lavockin-la-5-1-72-dokoncen/ https://www.facebook.com/kovop/posts/1291958460998000 V.P. Edited April 15, 2020 by Homebee 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Very nice. On the shopping list 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 That looks very nice - I will definitely be buying one! Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Now available through AZ/KP e-shop: https://eshop.kovozavody.cz/10437,en_la-5-vvs-.html https://eshop.kovozavody.cz/10425,en_la-5-valerij-ckalov-.html John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 I've just ordered mine. Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) Release expected in August 2020 - ref. KPM72194 - Lavochkin La-5 "Kostylev" https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/KPM72194 - ref. KPM72206 - Lavochkin La-5F "Late" https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/KPM72206 V.P. Edited August 7, 2020 by Homebee 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 Released - ref. KPM0194 - Lavochkin La-5 "Kostylev" https://eshop.kovozavody.cz/10466,en_la-5-late-.html - ref. KPM0206 - Lavochkin La-5F "Late" https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/KPM72206 https://eshop.kovozavody.cz/10468,en_la-5f-late-.html V.P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 New boxings/variants scheduled in December 2022 - ref. KPM0358 - Lavoshkin La-5FN - Czechoslovakia Source: https://www.kovozavody.cz/produkt/la-5fn-csr/ - ref. KPM0359 - Lavoshkin La-5FN - SNP Source: https://www.kovozavody.cz/produkt/la-5fn-snp/ - ref. KPM0361 - Lavoshkin ULa-5 - Czech Republic Source: https://www.kovozavody.cz/produkt/ula-5-csr/ - ref. KPM0362 - Lavoshkin La-5UTI Source: https://www.kovozavody.cz/produkt/la-5uti/ V.P. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Cool, twin seat. They need a bit of work in the cowling area - both in detail and fit - but otherwise make a nice, compact model. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Reading through this thread, there was a new-tool 1/72 La-5FN released by KP about 5 years ago. I called it KP La-5FN Ver.2.0. Then KP released their 1/72 La-5 and La-5F in ~2020; at the time, they also said there would be yet another La-5FN (not Ver.2.0), but it never materialized. So is version 3.0 finally going to be released in December 2022, or is this just version 2.0 again? In other words, a totally new tooling, or not? Or possibly a rework of the 2020 La-5F? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRK4m Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 1 hour ago, John Thompson said: Reading through this thread, there was a new-tool 1/72 La-5FN released by KP about 5 years ago. I called it KP La-5FN Ver.2.0. Then KP released their 1/72 La-5 and La-5F in ~2020; at the time, they also said there would be yet another La-5FN (not Ver.2.0), but it never materialized. So is version 3.0 finally going to be released in December 2022, or is this just version 2.0 again? In other words, a totally new tooling, or not? Or possibly a rework of the 2020 La-5F? IMHO for 7 years we have been dealing with different mutations of one kit created from the same master. The fact that 5FN from 2015 (I have it in my hands now) has 60 grey styrene parts and 5F from 2020 has 56 of them does not matter - the technological breakdown is identical. I don't know what the surface detailing looks like in the "new" boxes from 2020 (and even more so from 2022), but for me only the parts layout on individual sprues, the picture on the box and the decals set have changed. And of course the price... Cheers Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 9 hours ago, KRK4m said: I don't know what the surface detailing looks like in the "new" boxes from 2020 Like this.. clickable for full size. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Yeah, I quite liked the La-5 and La-5F. Maybe not as detailed as the Clear Prop La-5, but nice kits regardless. I'm hoping that La-5FN version 3 will be a completely new kit, but if it's an adaptation of the La-5F, that's okay too. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 2 hours ago, John Thompson said: Yeah, I quite liked the La-5 and La-5F. Maybe not as detailed as the Clear Prop La-5, but nice kits regardless. I'm hoping that La-5FN version 3 will be a completely new kit, but if it's an adaptation of the La-5F, that's okay too. John I agree; they are nice kits. I also had and built the La-5FN (for a magazine article, no less - yes, that still surprises me to this day that a magazine published an article on one of my builds). That was also a nice kit. No kit is perfect, of course, and besides the lack of locating pins and the large ejection stubs on the tail, I'm not sure that kit needed that much improving. Instead of making a new and improved La-5FN, it would be nice if they did something like give us VVS modellers a good Il-4, finally, in 1/72nd scale, or any easier to build Tupolev SB (the ICM kit is well-detailed, but over-engineered). I'd pay good money for those. However, that being said, the release of the two-seater La-5s is welcomed, and I'll no doubt be picking those up. Best Regards, Jason 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Likewise, I inadvertently acquired several paint jars as doubles due to not checking the ones I already have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRK4m Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) As we all know, the entire family of LaGG-3, La-5/5F/5FN and La-7 are based on the same wings, rear fuselage, empennage and landing gear. Of course, there are differences in the contour of the landing gear covers, wheel diameters, rudder balance or wing slats, but generally the only very serious difference is the replacement of the Klimov (nee Hispano-Suiza) in-line engine with the radial Shvetsov (nee Wright). The analogy with the Kawasaki Ki-61 with the Ha-40 engine (nee Daimler-Benz) and the Ki-100 with the Kinsei engine (nee Gnome-Rhone) is irresistible. Unfortunately, while for years each Ki-100 kit has been based on the Ki-61 of the same manufacturer, no one can follow the same way with the Lavochkin kits. KzP's love affair with this family of aircraft began in 1973 with the La-7 kit, which we can consider KP.La.1.0. Then, in 1986, the La-5FN was released, which did not have a single part in common with the earlier La-7 kit - and yet it could use the same landing gear, propeller, tail, or cockpit interior and glazing. Let's call it KP.La.2.0. And now, in 2015, another La-5FN (KP.La.3.0) appeared, which again has no common parts with its predecessors, although it is a picture of the change in the manufacturer's approach to this family of aircraft, because the sprues clearly read "La-5FN/ La-7". Unfortunately, we did not see the La-7 from this generation (alleged KP.La.3.1), and now in the last 2 years the "new" La-5/5F/5UTI have been pouring in, which still belong to the same generation of kits, hence for me it is KP.La.3.2. More than 80 per cent of the parts are the same, only their layout on the sprues has changed. So I'm waiting for the equally "new" La-7 and maybe finally for a decent LaGG-3. Cheers Michael Edited November 27, 2022 by KRK4m 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Yes, somebody definitely needs to do a new-mould La-7. Best Regards, Jason 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 Released - ref. KPM0358 - Lavoshkin La-5FN - Czechoslovakia - https://eshop.kovozavody.cz/10710,en_lavockin-la-5fn-csr-.html - ref. KPM0359 - Lavoshkin La-5FN - SNP - https://eshop.kovozavody.cz/10711,en_lavockin-la-5fn-snp-.html - ref. KPM0361 - Lavoshkin ULa-5 - Czech Republic - https://eshop.kovozavody.cz/10712,en_lavockin-ula-5fn-csr-.html - ref. KPM0362 - Lavoshkin La-5UTI - https://eshop.kovozavody.cz/10713,en_lavockin-la-5fn-uti.html V.P. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 I went ahead and ordered one each of the La-5UTI and the La-5FN directly from KP, the -FN so I can have it in my own hands to compare it with the previous KP La-5FN kit (KPM0035, from 2015). Just the fact that the new kit has "35" in the kit number (KPM0359) makes me suspicious, but we'll see - stranger coincidences have happened. John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 Box art from a future boxing Source: https://www.modelarovo.cz/kovozavody-prostejov-a-azmodel-novinky-na-prvni-ctvrtleti-roku-2023/ V.P. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 On 12/24/2022 at 1:55 PM, John Thompson said: I went ahead and ordered one each of the La-5UTI and the La-5FN directly from KP, the -FN so I can have it in my own hands to compare it with the previous KP La-5FN kit (KPM0035, from 2015). Just the fact that the new kit has "35" in the kit number (KPM0359) makes me suspicious, but we'll see - stranger coincidences have happened. John I received the two kits today. If your objective in buying the "new for 2022" La-5FN kit was to build a La-5FN (makes sense, right?) and you compared it with the older KP La-5FN (2015 release), you would find the parts to be exactly the same but arranged differently on the sprues, and with a less-shiny surface finish. But wait - there's more! Much more! In fact, there's all the parts included in this kit to build the La-5 or the La-5UTI or the La-5FN, except for canopies, decals, and instructions. The La-5FN and the La-5UTI contain all the same grey styrene parts - in total you get three sets of fuselage halves and two pairs of wing upper surfaces (with and without wing root reinforcements) in both kits. You could almost build two models from one kit, except for shared items like landing gear, cockpit details, etc., so you'd need a decent spare parts box. The one big problem is that you get only one wing undersurface, and of course you'd need to find an appropriate canopy. To sum up, the two kits (new La-5FN and La-5UTI) are identical, except as noted above. The La-5FN-specific parts are identical to those in the 2015 La-5FN. Nothing wrong with that - it's a good kit - but I was half-expecting a totally "new for 2022" version. Somehow KP can afford to issue all the parts to build any one of three versions in one box, again, except for canopies, decals, and instructions. John 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRK4m Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 On 11/26/2022 at 8:33 PM, KRK4m said: And now, in 2015, another La-5FN (KP.La.3.0) appeared, which again has no common parts with its predecessors, although it is a picture of the change in the manufacturer's approach to this family of aircraft, because the sprues clearly read "La-5FN/La-7". Unfortunately, we did not see the La-7 from this generation (alleged KP.La.3.1), and now in the last 2 years the "new" La-5/5F/5UTI have been pouring in, which still belong to the same generation of kits, hence for me it is KP.La.3.2. More than 80 per cent of the parts are the same, only their layout on the sprues has changed. As you can see, 6 weeks ago I was saying what @John Thompson is writing today - assumptions turned out to be correct 👍 Cheers Michael 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventsislav Gramatski Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 (edited) Thanks for the info @John Thompson! Looks like a good deal with all those spare parts. I do have quite a bit remaining usable plastic and PE parts, and decals, from my disastrous Eduard La-7 Dual Package, so I might end with almost enough for a second plane.. for free! Edited January 12, 2023 by Ventsislav Gramatski 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted April 18, 2023 Author Share Posted April 18, 2023 (edited) New boxing expected in May 2023 - ref. KPM0360 - Lavoshkin La-5FN - Aces Source: https://www.kovozavody.cz/produkt/la-5fn-aces/ V.P. Edited April 18, 2023 by Homebee 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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