RiotRolo Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Good evening, I hope everyone is doing well! I thought i'd upload a few photos of a build I completed a couple of months ago which is the 1/48 Academy La- 7. I really have nothing bad to say about this kit; I picked it up for about £10 including postage back last year and had it sat around whilst I built a few other kits but decided to give it a go. Before I bought it, I didn't bother looking at any reviews or buy any aftermarket parts as all I really wanted was a nice little kit to build over a weekend and knowing the cockpit would be closed, its pretty difficult to see any if I had used them. It went together really well, even thought being basic it was a good break from the more fiddly kits I had been doing at the time so focused on getting the painting how I wanted it with the tail stripes and masking up for the bare metal. The decals were a tad thin as you can probably notice but nothing too problematic. I think this may have been the last kit I built before I started taking more time on post weathering and with the excemption of trying to make the aircraft colours a bit mottled and well used for the enviroment it would have been in, im pretty sure I just gave it a dark brown enamel wash and oil stains. (With my idea of this just being a weekend build I did not notice the finger print in the exhaust stains). My main reason for uploading this is due to a new lighting and background setup im trying for photographing my models, I decided to buy a set of two softlights which came with a black 2mx 3m backing, my girlfriend is digging up her DSLR camera for me to use aswell for me with my builds getting more regular I thought I would try to improve my photography skills. For now, the photos are on my phone but I've spent hours setting the lights up on my desk, putting the backing up and cleaning my bench so wanted to show it off a bit I guess haha. Anyway, this is only the second Soviet kit i've built and its made a nice edition to my shelf. I'm pretty happy with the result, if you haven't had a go at this kit, its well worth it, I enjoyed every aspect of the kits build up. Hope you enjoy, Ryan 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Well done! Lovely paint work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 That looks REAL GOOD! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 A lovely Lavochkin , great work ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luftmodels Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Very clean and nicely done. I like the chipping in wing roots, look very convincing. How did you achieve it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotRolo Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 16 hours ago, luftmodels said: Very clean and nicely done. I like the chipping in wing roots, look very convincing. How did you achieve it? Thanks, off the top of my head I think it was masking fluid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Niiiice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 That's a brilliant result for a weekend build and all for a tenner! Proper job! Cheers Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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