1/72 Kovozávody Prostějov Lavochkin La-5F

[Roman Schilhart]

Dear fellow Britmodellers,

here's my 1/72 Kovozávody Prostějov Lavochkin La-5F (KPM0174).

 

  

This is one of the new boxings from KP with updated moulds (finer surface details), released in 2020.

I built from the box except for the pitot tube and the tail fin antenna which I replaced with wire.

Markings represent "White 94", an aircraft of 159. GIAP, operating in the Leningrad region, in summer 1944.

Painted with Gunze/Mr. Hobby acrylics.

Photgraphs by Wolfgang Rabel.

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for your interest in this topic,

best greetings from Vienna!

 

[112 Squadron]

A perfect masterpiece! I like the very subtle weathering. 

[John Masters]

Super Roman, as always.  How was the kit to build?

[VG 33]

Another winner Roman.

 

Patrick

[RidgeRunner]

Very nice, Roman

[Sky Keg]

Absolutely beautiful Roman.  The subtle weathering, attention to detail, and superb craftsmanship are all hallmarks of everything that you do.   

 

Mike

[Jackson Duvalier]

Very nice little Lavochkin, Roman.  I'm happy to hear KP upgrades their moulds periodically.

 

The bold inscriptions on the fuselage sides got me curious, so I looked up "Valery Chkalov."   He was an accomplished Soviet test pilot and Hero of The Soviet Union, killed in the crash that terminated the first flight of the prototype Polikarpov I-180.

[Vinnie]

Very nice job, Roman. 👏

[Roman Schilhart]

12 hours ago, John Masters said:

Super Roman, as always.  How was the kit to build?

Thanks for your feedback, John!

The KP Lavochkin is a neat little kit that builds without any major problems.

It's of short-run nature, but engineering is excellent!

 

1 hour ago, Jackson Duvalier said:

Very nice little Lavochkin, Roman.  I'm happy to hear KP upgrades their moulds periodically.

 

The bold inscriptions on the fuselage sides got me curious, so I looked up "Valery Chkalov."   He was an accomplished Soviet test pilot and Hero of The Soviet Union, killed in the crash that terminated the first flight of the prototype Polikarpov I-180.

Thank you for the explanation of the cyrilic slogan and info about the pilot!

[Homer]

Beautiful modeling well done 👏 

[John Masters]

25 minutes ago, Roman Schilhart said:

a neat little kit that builds without any major problems.

Thanks Roman.  I'll put it on my list.

[swralph]

Nice one.😀

[Wulfman]

An excellent build and finish !

 

Wulfman

[Luis Alfonso]

Hi My Dear Friend Roman!!!

Congratulations for this new masterpiece!!!

Nice job as usual in this one with the nice weathering and well finished job. 

If find one will look for it as only have the Old but nice Italeri/Zvezda, so think would be nice to have some other variants to make a nice collection one of these days.

Thank you very much for sharing!!!

Cheers,

 

Luis Alfonso