Yak-12 - Amodel

So, what's in this tiny box? 

Fret 1 - The main fuselage parts. 

Fret 2 - The wings. The fabric effect looks quite nice and realistic. 

The side doors and that triangular cargo door should be easy to open up if one is inclined to display the cockpit.  

Fret 3 - Pretty much everything else. 

Obvious signs of a low pressure molding process, with the expected softness, clumsy mold gates and sink marks here and there. But it's not too bad at all - not at all the usual Amodel collection of plastic blobs. 

The molds seem to be originating from some (to me unknown) Ukranian manufacturer. Master 44? 

The transparent fret. 

Some distortion is present but it looks worse in this photo than in real life. 

All the windows are to be cemented inside the fuselage openings without any edge framing whatsoever - hm, I guess it will be quite tricky to get a decent bond without getting any cement on the window panes. This might very well be the biggest challenge of the whole project. 

Two versions can be built from the decals: a standard Soviet trainer and a Polish ambulance aircraft. The printing of the decal sheet looks okay, but my experience with Amodel decals is not the best, so I would try to avoid them. Also, I would definitely not be tempted to use that blue "lightning bolt" decal, as you would still need to paint the rest of the blue areas (the nose and the fin) and finding the exactly matching blue color may be quite difficult. 

A slight print misalignment can be seen if you look carefully, but not too bad. 

The usual Amodel leaflet instruction sheet - I think I can manage even without it. Color callouts for the Humbrol range is provided. 

I also purchased a PE sheet while I was at it, but I might not be using it in this project; there are just too many cuts and modifications required of the plastic parts and I am not sure it is worth the trouble on this little model.