AModel 1/48 Yak 50 completed.

[RadBaron]

A few months ago, I placed an order with ModelsUA for a few kits, including AModel's Yak 52. Unfortunately, they shipped the Yak 50 instead. Easy mistake to make, and Models UA made good on the error. 

 

So I ended up with a Yak 50 in the stash 

 

Not one to let a kit go to waste, and also it fits in with my Civilian fleet, I thought it'd be a fun quick little build. 

 

After a looking at pics of the real thing, I wasnt happy with how the kit depicted the rear cockpit coaming. So that was duly modified.  

Before

 

After

 

 

With the cockpit opening more, uh, opened, it looked a bit bare. Nothing some plasticard and wire can't fix.

 

 

 

Sofar so good.

 

 

 

The kit canopy was slightly wider than the fuselage, so I made a plaster mould and vacformed a new one.

 

 

 

I wanted to try something that Mozart had mentioned on ScaleModelPaintMask forum, using the cameo cutter to cut bare metal foil.  

 

 

 

 

Success!

 

Here are the settings I used

 

Finally, the cameo came out to again to make paint masks. 

 

 

Painted with MRP White and Signal red.

Kit decals were used, and they're perfectly adequate.

 

I found the kit supplied wheels looked far too large, so I subbed in wheels from a 1/72 P-51. After that was the usual little details like rudder trim tab, brake lines, pitot and antenna etc. 

 

And she was finished!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok ok ok, back to work on the LSPs again!

 

Denzil

Edited November 18, 2020 by RadBaron

[LSP_Kevin]

Awesome!

 

Kev

[LSP_K2]

Now that's certainly different. I like it.

[Out2gtcha]

For sure, very different, and colorful too!   Well done

[RadBaron]

Thanks guys, i appreciate it

[X15]

Absolument sublime Jeff !!!!! 

Dommage qu'il n'y ait pas de kit au 1/32... 

[mustang1989]

Well done! Very cleanly built. 

Edited November 21, 2020 by mustang1989

[RadBaron]

On 11/20/2020 at 2:26 PM, X15 said:

Absolument sublime Jeff !!!!! 

Dommage qu'il n'y ait pas de kit au 1/32... 

 

Yes, more largs scale civilian stuff would be fun!!

On 11/21/2020 at 5:20 AM, mustang1989 said:

Well done! Very cleanly built. 

Thanks mate!