Modelsvit 1/48 Yak-1b ''Roland de la Poype''

[4bogreen]

Hi there,

 

I wanted to share my 1/48 Yak-1b build. Its the Modelsvit kit (not the flawed Accurate Miniatures/ Eduard kit). A PE set of Armory i bought for more accuracy on this kit. I want to leave the maintenance panels on the side of the cockpit open. I decided to build the Yak of Roland de la Poype. Its a very recognizable plane with one the most famous shark mouths on it. 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you like it!

 

Regards,

 

Remco

 

 

[Nachtwulf]

Looking forward to your build! I have one part way done.

[4bogreen]

The kit has great potential ,but detail varies. The panel lines are very subtle, but the cockpit detail is rough. The Armory standard PE set is very good. Cockpit detail, radiators and landing gear doors are present. The flaps are nice, but maybe the Eduard flaps are easier to assemble and might fit the Modelsvit kit. Detail in the cockpit is oké, if you close it up. But there are some area's that need attention. 

 

- The kit instrument panel is a Yak-1 layout. The Armory panel correct this.

- Two types of control sticks are pressend. The ring type is used more than the stick type. Both are possible, but the to be safe, i use the ring type.

- If you decide to open the cockpit maintenance doors, the doors are to thick. You can sand them down on the inside and rework the ribs with Evergreen rods.

- No radio is supplied behind the pilot seat. Early Soviet aircraft lacked radio, but the Yak-1b types had radio's on board. The RSI-3M1 radio was pressend on Yak-1b types.

- When the maintenance panels are up, there is a frame visible. This holds these panels in to place. Unfortunately this frame is absent in the kit. Evergreen strips can recreate this frame work.

- The landing lights are from the Yak-1 type. Most or all Yak-1b types used the smaller lights. Also the PVO (Air defence) light in the wing was not there in front line units. These were only mounted in aircraft for in sevice with the PVO.

 

Photo time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regards,

 

remco

[4bogreen]

Hi Nachtwulf! Glad that you tuned in! Are you also busy with a Yak-1b?

 

I mad a mistake, by not sanding the ailerons and rudder eges thin. So I got creative and bought a resin set for a Yak-7 for the ICM kit. The alerions are good, but the elevator section is to small. This was one of the new improvements over the Yak-1 design to the Yak-7 type. So i have to enlarge the elevator section. A very complicated improvement, but the results are good!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regards,

 

remco

 

[Nachtwulf]

Ge Remco,

 That is some nice work! I'm afraid I did thin the trailing edges of the wing but I did not do all the nice work you have done so far. I will look into the photo etch you are using. keep op the good work!

[4bogreen]

Hi Nightwolf,

 

I used the PE from Armory. The basic set is good, but i think i would give tbe Eduard flaps a try. These are better build. If they fit, i don't know.... 

[4bogreen]

...painting the cockpit. i use Akan A-14 grey for the cockpit. The blue pipese are for oxygen, black pneumatics, brown oil (oilcooler), yellow fuel and red for the fire extinguisher. A oil pipe is covered in the cockpit with asbestos tape. This was a socalled hotpipe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy!

 

Regards Remco 

[4bogreen]

I assambled the aircraft. No weird hickups occured. 

 

 

 

I also rebuild the seat. The bucket was actally to big. The seatbelts deliverd in the Armory set are wrong. So i made my own seatbelts.

 

 

 

 

 

Regards, Remco