Yak-52 - Hobby Park
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Sprues
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Internal parts inserted
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A LOT of nose weight is required
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Fuselage assembled and clamped
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Gaps filled with Tamiya White Putty
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Wing dihedral shaped under running hot water
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Wings attached and gaps filled
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Engine cooling opening deepened with Tamiya scribing tool
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Primed with Mr Surfacer 1000
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Camo pattern copied from pictures
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Pattern drawn on with a soft pencil
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Masks created from acetate sheets
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Main color airbrushed on (Tamiya acrylics - own mix)
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Masks prepared
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Yellow splazhes airbrushed through the masks for soft demarcation lines
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Masking putty used in some difficult areas
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Underside masked
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Underside painted blue (Tamiya acrylics - own mix)
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Canopy masked and painted separately
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Wingtips and engine flanges painted red by hand
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Gloss coat added before decalling
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Decalling
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Instrument panel drawn in Photoshop and printed on blank decal sheet
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Cockpit painted and decalled with my own decals - too bad almost nothing will be visible under the thick canopy
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Almost finished!
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Some subtle weathering - the real aircraft are kept meticulously clean
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Final details added
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I wish I could open up this canopy!
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Shame about the wonky landing gear - the struts are so weak that they crumble under the model's own weight - they should probably be replaced with a metal dito.
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Together with its successor in the Hungarian Air Force: the Zlin-242
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Together with its successor in the Hungarian Air Force: the Zlin-242
Kommentit
2 20 September 2019, 11:13
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Nice looking Yak, Thomas. Looks like the kit needs a lot of work to get as nice a finish as yours...
20 September 2019, 14:37
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Seen this on youtube and it looks awesome. And it's Amodel kit 🙂 Didn't know they are/were used in Hungary
20 September 2019, 19:57
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Łukasz, you should know - it is originally yours (I think GPM should pay you a commission). 😉 BTW, I was just testing out ideas for the apron concrete paintwork.
30 August 2020, 18:40
Album info
Trainer aircraft of the Hungarian Air Force.