Tbolt Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 3 hours ago, gioca said: this kit seems wonderful, simply wonderful. I'm buying several ... the only area not so convincing at the moment ad from the poor image I have is the propeller blade tip. The render is ok, while the plastic seems to be of different shape, a kind of paddle not so closed to the real shape, while the 3D render was. Is it only my impression ? A distorsion on the sprue img ? thanks and Bravi ! Bravi bravi. Ciao Giovanni I see what you mean, the blades shape looks quite strange. Hopefully this will be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) Does this help? These are (IIRC) from scalemodels.ru: Yes, the kit's prop blades do look slightly "off", but easily corrected, I think, assuming it's not just a bad photo. John Edited January 28, 2020 by John Thompson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 16 minutes ago, John Thompson said: Does this help? These are (IIRC) from scalemodels.ru: Yes, the kit's prop blades do look slightly "off", but easily corrected, I think, assuming it's not just a bad photo. John If you compare it to the plastic, you can see the plastic looks fatter towards the tip end. But it also seems to have some lines running along the leading and trailing edges, like it's not molded correctly, so I'm guessing it's a molding fault that will be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) Box art - ref. CP72014 - Lavochkin La-5 "early version" Sources: http://www.greenmats.club/forums/topic/6667-clearprop-models-172-ла-5-ранний-анонс/?do=findComment&comment=88180 https://clearpropmodels.com/la-5 V.P. Edited February 19, 2020 by Homebee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 Overview: https://www.detailscaleview.com/2020/02/clear-prop-72-la5-cp72014-sprues-review.html V.P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 On 1/27/2020 at 2:21 PM, Dmitry Stelmakh said: I hope in March) You hope? That suggests late March, even early April! C'mon, Dmitry - you're killin' me!!! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Now showing as "Soon" on the Clear Prop e-shop: https://clearpropmodels.com/catalog John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Despite the necessity of precautions related to the COVID-19 pandemic and their effect on working conditions, word from CP is that the La-5 is still on track to be available by March month end! John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 They did it - now available for purchase, and it's only March 29: https://clearpropmodels.com/la-5 John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Сергей Гепенко Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/groups/greenmats/permalink/3022977191095136/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Сергей Гепенко said: https://www.facebook.com/groups/greenmats/permalink/3022977191095136/ Thank you, Sergey - very interesting! The level of detail on the parts looks excellent, although the sprue attachment points seem rather thick. I've got two of these in transit from Ukraine; I'm really looking forward to having them in my hands. John Edited April 5, 2020 by John Thompson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) - ref. CP72014 - Lavochkin La-5 "early version" Here:, https://clearpropmodels.com/la-5 Source: https://www.facebook.com/Clearpropmodels/posts/2737161943232954 V.P. Edited April 15, 2020 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroubos Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 That's good value for 16 euros but a shame they couldn't squeeze in a cockpit mask I got spoiled by the Claude I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Сергей Гепенко Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/groups/greenmats/permalink/3033530453373143/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Lots of pictures of the spures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 (edited) Challenging to get to the photo page, or I found it to be, anyway - if the link below doesn't work, try copy-and-pasting the URL into your browser's address bar, since forums don't seem to like embedding of direct links to Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ChmellScaleModels/photos/?ref=page_internal The collection of photos is quite amazing - thank you, Tbolt! John Edited May 18, 2020 by John Thompson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 3 hours ago, John Thompson said: Challenging to get to the photo page, or I found it to be, anyway - if the link below doesn't work, try copy-and-pasting the URL into your browser's address bar, since forums don't seem to like embedding of direct links to Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ChmellScaleModels/photos/?ref=page_internal The collection of photos is quite amazing - thank you, Tbolt! John Yes sorry I should have put the link as well, but if you click on the Facebook symbol in the image link I posted it should take you straight there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRK4m Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 9 minutes ago, Tbolt said: Yes sorry I should have put the link as well, but if you click on the Facebook symbol in the image link I posted it should take you straight there. For those who do accept Facebook it should be really easy ... Cheers Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Late version. https://www.facebook.com/2155509878064833/posts/2774927486123066/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Oh come on!!! Even though it's kind of a no-brainer (with some minor rework and a replacement canopy, the parts are already in the "early" box), I thought CP said they weren't going to do another Lavochkin until the LaGG-3 they promised for late this year. I went ahead and converted the early version to a late one already! And I ordered another one! Arrrrgh! &@#$$*&!!!?! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 1 hour ago, John Thompson said: Oh come on!!! Even though it's kind of a no-brainer (with some minor rework and a replacement canopy, the parts are already in the "early" box), I thought CP said they weren't going to do another Lavochkin until the LaGG-3 they promised for late this year. I went ahead and converted the early version to a late one already! And I ordered another one! Arrrrgh! &@#$$*&!!!?! John Did they say they weren't going to do another Lavochkin or another La-5 version? Maybe something was lost in translation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Or maybe I just hallucinated the whole thing - inhaling too much glue vapour. Well, the conversion isn't that difficult, so maybe I'll just convert a couple more, since there are so few markings options for the so-called early version. I checked my order with CP for La-5 early kit #3, but it was already shipped, so no chance of making a switch. Maybe if I ask nicely, they'll give me a couple of the late canopies... Are they going to start cranking out the rest of the La-5 family to compete with KP now? La-5F and La-5FN in the works? VVS modelbuilders go for years, decades, even, without a hope of a new kit, then suddenly the floodgates open and we're bombarded with Yak-1B's and La-5's. For which I'm very grateful, of course - now, who'll be the first to launch a new 1/72 Yak-9 series?! John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, John Thompson said: Or maybe I just hallucinated the whole thing - inhaling too much glue vapour. Well, the conversion isn't that difficult, so maybe I'll just convert a couple more, since there are so few markings options for the so-called early version. I checked my order with CP for La-5 early kit #3, but it was already shipped, so no chance of making a switch. Maybe if I ask nicely, they'll give me a couple of the late canopies... Are they going to start cranking out the rest of the La-5 family to compete with KP now? La-5F and La-5FN in the works? VVS modelbuilders go for years, decades, even, without a hope of a new kit, then suddenly the floodgates open and we're bombarded with Yak-1B's and La-5's. For which I'm very grateful, of course - now, who'll be the first to launch a new 1/72 Yak-9 series?! John Who knows what Clearprop are planning. It is hard to complain when we are getting so many good kits, but we certainly need some good Yak-7's and 9's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Since this is the Rumourmonger forum, let me add that my sixth sense tells me that eventually we will be blessed with new decal sheets from Begemot, for the La-5/La-5F/La-5FN family, and also for the Yak-1/Yak-1B. You read it here first... (We need a tinfoil-hat emoji) John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 On 6/1/2020 at 8:46 PM, John Thompson said: For which I'm very grateful, of course - now, who'll be the first to launch a new 1/72 Yak-9 series?! John Modelsvit hinted that they planned will rescale their Yak-9 from 48 to 72th. B.R. Serge 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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