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YAK-38


Lee White

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Hey guys,

 

 

just got back from enlarging the plans i'm gonna use- I've spent money, so now it's official, I guess! <_< The -38 was not a large plane, about the size of a Mirage III, but I'm still going to have to break the assemblies down so they will fit on my vac machine. This is going to be fun, as I have not been doing much building lately, and am looking forward to getting "back in the saddle", so-to-speak. Here are the plans I'll be using-

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so is this another scratch-build project in the work's? if so very cool!

 

Hi Rigor,

 

 

The Yak will be a scratchbuild, made along the lines of the other molds i've made, except this time i'll use balsa instead of basswood. I hope to start laminating 1/2 inch (12.5mm) sheets of balsa together by this weekend. Then bandsaw out the plan and profile, and whittle away all that does not look like a yak. It looks like I will be able to use 1/48 F-15 wings, as they are very close to the yak's in 1/32. I'll post pics as soon as I can-

 

Lee

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Hi Lee,

 

I am so glad you decided to give this Yak a go :rolleyes:

I think it is good to have an other scratchbuilt project here, it gives an other chance to exchange methods and technics.

Can not wait to see your progress.

Cheers,

 

Loic

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I'll follow this one with great interest, as this is one of my favourite planes (strange choice, I know :rolleyes: ). Good luck, mate!

 

If you need some material on details and stuff, give me a shout, I have some stuff on my HD and a CD or so :)

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Hey Lee,

How's the Yak-38 progressing?

Regards,

Gregory Jouette

 

Hi Greg,

 

I'm making some progress, but at this point it looks like a scale lumberyard- jut piles of laminatd balsa,

not much to see yet. When it begins to resemble a plane, i'll post a pic! thanks,

 

Lee

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Hi Greg,

 

I'm making some progress, but at this point it looks like a scale lumberyard- jut piles of laminatd balsa,

not much to see yet. When it begins to resemble a plane, i'll post a pic! thanks,

 

Lee

 

Actually Lee, I reckon there would be a number of us who'd be interesting in that shaping process, so don't be shy about it!

 

Kev

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Actually Lee, I reckon there would be a number of us who'd be interesting in that shaping process, so don't be shy about it!

 

Kev

 

Hi Kev,

 

It's taken me a while to respond, as my computer has succumbed to something called "Antivirus 2009", which I do not know anything about, other than my computer doesn't compute anymore. I have also misplaced the cable that transfers photos from my camera to the computer. I'm snapping pics, so as soon as I am able, I'll post them. Don't know if my wife will let me post pics from her computer{this one}. right now, all the balsa slabs have been glued, and the profile band-sawed .

 

Lee

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