Yak-52 - Hobby Park

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September 20, 2019
Sprues
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September 20, 2019
Internal parts inserted
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September 20, 2019
A LOT of nose weight is required
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September 20, 2019
Fuselage assembled and clamped
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September 20, 2019
Gaps filled with Tamiya White Putty
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November 2, 2019
Wing dihedral shaped under running hot water
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September 20, 2019
Wings attached and gaps filled
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November 2, 2019
Engine cooling opening deepened with Tamiya scribing tool
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September 20, 2019
Primed with Mr Surfacer 1000
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September 20, 2019
Camo pattern copied from pictures
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September 20, 2019
Pattern drawn on with a soft pencil
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September 20, 2019
Masks created from acetate sheets
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September 20, 2019
Main color airbrushed on (Tamiya acrylics - own mix)
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September 20, 2019
Masks prepared
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September 20, 2019
Yellow splazhes airbrushed through the masks for soft demarcation lines
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September 20, 2019
Masking putty used in some difficult areas
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September 20, 2019
Underside masked
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September 20, 2019
Underside painted blue (Tamiya acrylics - own mix)
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September 20, 2019
Canopy masked and painted separately
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September 20, 2019
Wingtips and engine flanges painted red by hand
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September 20, 2019
Gloss coat added before decalling
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September 20, 2019
Decalling
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September 20, 2019
Instrument panel drawn in Photoshop and printed on blank decal sheet
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September 20, 2019
Cockpit painted and decalled with my own decals - too bad almost nothing will be visible under the thick canopy
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September 20, 2019
Almost finished!
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September 20, 2019
Some subtle weathering - the real aircraft are kept meticulously clean
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September 20, 2019
Final details added
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September 20, 2019
I wish I could open up this canopy!
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September 20, 2019
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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September 20, 2019
Together with its successor in the Hungarian Air Force: the Zlin-242
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August 30, 2020
Together with its successor in the Hungarian Air Force: the Zlin-242

Comments

2 20 September 2019, 11:13

Gordon Sørensen
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

Neuling
Looks good!

20 September 2019, 15:15

Thomas Kolb
Thank you!

20 September 2019, 17:29

Łukasz Gliński
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

Łukasz Gliński
A busy hangar you got there😉

30 August 2020, 18:28

Thomas Kolb
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

Łukasz Gliński
Nah, not mine at all😉 Nice concrete indeed

30 August 2020, 19:39

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Trainer aircraft of the Hungarian Air Force.

Yak-52 - Hobby Park

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1:72 JAK-52 "Gyula Vári" (HADmodels 72165)

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