Werdna Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Greetings all Here's my attempt at Zvezda's 1/48 La-5 kit. Quite an impressive kit, IMO. My first thought when opening the box was "none of this is going to fit properly" - but it does, and it goes together well. Built OOB and finished with Hataka's 'red line' VVS colours, which although supposedly 'airbrush optimised' still needed a lot of thinning before they were happy going through a 0.4 nozzle. Got there in the end though. Hope you like 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Very impressive... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis95 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Gorgeous build there buddy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Lovley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Very nice work sir! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Very nice indeed. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Great looking Lavochkin, i like the colors and clean and sharp look regards Djordje 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Impressive build and great pics to show it to advantage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Very nice build Werdner.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werdna Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 Thanks for all the comments The pics make it look like quite a 'plain' ( no pun intended) aircraft, mainly I think because of the La-5's plywood skin and lack of panel lines which normally add a bit of texture to a finished model. What panel lines it does have are so fine that they were quite hard to pick out with the usual pin wash. It's just a shame that all the internal fuselage and cockpit framing/detailing (the stuff that made me wonder whether the whole thing would go together properly) is now hidden. Most of it still wouldn't even be visible with the canopy open. Still a great fun kit though. I've bought a couple of other Zvezda kits on the back of this (La-5FN and Pe-2) which I'm looking forward to getting started on in the near future.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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