John Masters Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 (edited) I feel I must build this. For some reason it reminds me of a manatee. I will also be building it in flight--for two reasons. The first is to save a little space on the Cold-War WarPac shelf. The second is that the landing gear parts supplied in the box are utter rubbish. However, it does include a very nice clear plastic stand! I'll dig around the spares box and find a pilot willing to fly this MisterCraft kit...😉 I would like it to be the flashy Polish 'Red 01' in 1955 but if the decals fall apart it'll be 'Yellow 52' from the Ukraine '53... My little scheme... Not a very complex looking kit. The antithesis of Eduard. --John Edited March 11, 2019 by John D.C. Masters changed my mind...didn't I? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Hello very nice choice ... shame about the Polish markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 Sorry Dennis...I am just unsure that the Polish decals won't just fall apart. Then again, I can always just build it and then try the markings...changing my mind about the build won't disqualify me from the GB, right? Meanwhile...yes...it is a MisterCraft kit...the plans from one and the pieces from another...😂 I'll change the title... And I have found a loyal and brave comrade to take on the task of piloting this aircraft... --John 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 No john .. you misunderstood me. I wish the decals were good enough to use ? Obviously this is yours to build as you like. I was just trying to say its a shame they're not good enough for whatever reasons ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 No...you're right! I think they might workout, but if they explode when they get wet, I'll build the Russian plane. I will let the decals guide my thinking. It's ok Dennis! 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Well whoever drew out the instructions certainly added more detail than their counterpart did when designing the kit Then again whoever did the box art and decided the kit's decal sheet was going the be super also had considerably greater ambitions than whoever created the decal sheet. An interesting and uncommon subject though that will look great beside your MiGs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 18 minutes ago, Col. said: greater ambitions Yes...all kinds of stencil markings but no decals to accompany them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstaff Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 That is a strange looking aircraft, looking forward to seeing it finished Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 8 minutes ago, Redstaff said: strange looking aircraft on the cusp...late 40s into the 50s...similar in look to the Me P.1101. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Give a coat of varnish over the top of the transfers if you have any doubt about their staying intact. You could try first with one of the pieces you are not going to use and see how it copes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 8 hours ago, Graham Boak said: try first Thanks Graham. Excellent advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I found the problem with MisterCraft decals was their lack of stiction rather than disintegration. But bedding in Future/Klear/whatever-its-called-this-week sorted their nonsense. The printing wasn't the greatest, and the similarly vague instructions noted that some decals would need to be sourced elsewhere. That and the mismatch between parts and illustration were as nothing compared to the fact that the boxart and one of the decal options...needed an entirely different type of P-40! Cheers Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 Thanks Will. That's right...this kit brings back fond memories of the Hawker Hunter from the same manufacturer. Terrible decals, awful moulds, worse instructions that had little or nothing to do with a Hunter...Yet I was still able to shoe-horn a decent looking Belgian Hunter from the dark abyss. I have the same hopes here. I have the afternoon and evening free, which means modelling time for me. Crossed fingers! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 (edited) On 3/11/2019 at 1:52 PM, John D.C. Masters said: My little scheme... Whaaaaaat? This is how "Moscow Machine-Building Plant "Skorost (Speed) * ", conditional -" Post box company M-5050" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ОКБ_имени_Яковлева where did the third prototype Yak-23: became ukraine? As written in many resources: "In March, the pilots of the 382nd Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 42nd Fighter Aviation Division, stationed at the Khankala airfield near Grozny, began retraining on the Yak-23. By the time the military trials began on April 1, 1950, the regiment's pilots had raids on this type of fighter from half an hour to an hour and a half. The situation was worse with the technical staff, the training of technicians was completed only in August by the end of the tests. 20 aircraft of the first series took part in the tests, on which by September 9, 2176 flights were carried out for a total duration of 990 hours and 39 minutes. Of them at night, 34 flights totaling 22 hours and 14 minutes." "In the Soviet Union, the Yak-23 is not widespread. In the years 1949-50, these fighters armed several air regiments of the North Caucasus and Volga military districts. Since July 1950, the export of the Yak-23 to the socialist countries of Eastern Europe began, and in the USSR the following year, the Yak-23 began to be replaced in parts with the MiG-15. By 1953, fighters of this type remained in the ranks; all of them were either written off or transferred to the allies in the socialist camp." https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Як-23 North Caucasus and Volga + Moscow & Saki (Crimea) for test prototypes. If the Yak-23 were in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republics, it was only during the overflights from North Caucasus and Volga to Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania. B.w. prototypes have differences with serials aircraft. 1. Serials aircraft have more short rudder in height. 2. Serials aircraft no have fairing on the main wheel gear . 3. Very controversial moment. Perhaps the diameter of the air intake in prototypes and production aircraft was different. But it is not exactly. p.1 & p.2 You may see on photo serials aircraft & prototypes. How to recognize a prototype? I don’t know why, but Yakovlev’s jet prototypes always carried numbers on the fin! And model it's serial aircraft! What is the way out of the situation based on the presence of decals? May maked first serial Yak-23: who also has "red 01"....but this hybrid! It has a serial short rudder but have fairing on the main wheel gear. Photos of the Yak-23 combat aircraft of the USSR Air Force appeared only last year, but they have a difficult style of selection of numbers. But if You need Soviet AF Yak-23 and there is no desire to make a number, maybe it will help: B.R. Serge _____________ * - Rumour, when Mikoyan found out about this, he said: "This is a mockery, yes?" 😁😁 (MiG on Russian it's moments, instant...very speedy....Yakovlev plant have name Speed) ...thin armenian humor.... Edited March 13, 2019 by Aardvark 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 My pilot is ensconced in his bathtub...the bad news is that if I want the canopy closed, he is too big. I have removed him for the moment. We'll see. It might be a ghost aircraft piloted by the Invisible Man. The plastic pieces supplied do not, in any way, fit the wheel-wells. So I have just filled in the holes with Milliput. Once it is dry I will sand, clean and polish. --John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Bad news indeed about Goliath in the cockpit there. Any way you can go Frankenstein on him and make it good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Col. said: Bad news indeed about Goliath in the cockpit there. Any way you can go Frankenstein My last scientific 😁 research show, what in Soviet Air Force don't used Goliath & Frankenstein as a pilot! They used more hi-tech bio-technology: But, it's "Top Secret!" 😁😁😁 B.R. Serge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Drill through the bottom of the cockpit floor bathtub to make space for the legs/feet and remove the seat. You probably should have him more upright anyway - I don't think that reclined seating positions were around that early. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) I'll get him in there--if only his bust. The clear canopy isn't that great so it will be more of an idea of a pilot anyway. Never fear lads. Edited March 14, 2019 by John D.C. Masters 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 2 hours ago, John D.C. Masters said: The clear canopy isn't that great 😁 You will not be able to hide the all beauty of this pilot under poor mistercraft Yak-23 canopy! Because Pavla maked vacuform canopy: And since you now know this, you will have to buy it! And we see the pilot! B.R. Serge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 I won't be ordering a new canopy for this. Thanks though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 I would like to say I have done a lot of work but really I have only attached the wings, refitted the pilot (torso) and masked the canopy. Oh yes...I have also drilled out the gun ports in the nose and will be fitting that with some plastic rod for guns. I guess that's a lot for this kit. At this point I am ready for primer! -John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 3 hours ago, John D.C. Masters said: At this point I am ready for primer! What color option did You decide to choose? B.R. Serge P.S. 7 hours ago, John D.C. Masters said: I won't be ordering a new canopy for this I knеw it! 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Aardvark said: What color I'll be trying the Polish decals first. I have high confidence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, John D.C. Masters said: I'll be trying the Polish decals first. Polish Red 01 probably most colorful version Yak-23. But be careful, because my own experience work with MisterCraft decal say about problem with strongest & adhesive this decal. But this experience was over 10-12 years ago with FW-190A-5 & FW-190A-8 MisterCraft decals, maybe she going to light side the Force, since? 😁 B.R. Serge Edited March 15, 2019 by Aardvark 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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