Yak-9T – René CHALLE – Régiment Normandie-Niemen – ICM 1/32

[Shoggz]

Good stuff Denis!

[Furie]

Thanks Richard, "simple and easy" camouflage, but in the end, it's more complicated and difficult to paint than I thought!

 

I'll go on with the small details, which are very time-consuming.
The propeller has a white cross on one of its 3 blades to harmonize the cockpit gun sight and the weapons.

This cross is clearly visible on the photos of the finished aircraft.

 

 

 

So, with the Cameo switched on, the mask is placed on the propeller blade, and here's the result:

 

 

 

 

Exhaust pipes: of course, I masked as much as possible to protect the camouflage, then painted with exhaust metal, then bronze and finally tan.

 

 

 

 

And to finish the day, I placed and glued the 2 fuel level indicators on each wing, from Eduard :

 

[Archimedes]

Formidable Denis!

 

Kind regards,

Paul

[LSP_Kevin]

Lovely work, Denis!

 

Kev

[scvrobeson]

Very nice attention to detail on the prop.  One of these days I need to break down and buy a Cameo machine

 

 

 

 

Matt 

[Azgaron]

Very nice progress!

 

Håkan

 

[Furie]

 

 

And “La Furie” is reborn!

 

 

 

This is a decal I made myself (because it's too difficult to do with masks + airbrush) with the help of a transparent blank decal sheet and a laser printer. 

[Troy Molitor]

Outstanding efforts going on here Denis.  

[Greif8]

Bonjour Denis, superbe travail dans tous les domaines !

 

I looked through the entire thread I each step in your build has shown very impressive work.  I am especially taken by the painting technique you have used for both the interior and exterior, it looks fantastic!

 

Ernest  

[Furie]

Thank you Paul, Kev, Matt, Håkan, Troy and Ernest.
For me, a model is an accumulation of small personal challenges to overcome, and the result of this “Furie” fills me with happiness.
It's hard to explain, but I'm getting emotional...
 I’m as happy as Larry !      

[Furie]

The spinner: it's painted blue/white/red, our national colors, and it really was the NN's trademark.
I imagine it allowed French pilots to recognize each other in flight at a glance. 
The spinner measures 14.4mm/3 = 4.8mm for each color (the back plate was painted grey).
I painted the spinner white.
I took a pack of post-it notes, and with the help of a digital caliper I made a sort of 4.8mm post-it wedge.
On this wedge I placed a 0.5mm pencil lead, which I firmly wedged with the rest of the post-it notes.
I brought the spinner close to the wedge and precisely traced the first mark to separate the white from the red.
I did the same for the boundary between blue and red with a distance of 9.6mm.
I applied 1mm-wide adhesive tape and topped it off with Tamiya tape.
I painted the red, then the blue, and then removed all the masking.

 

Nice, isn't it?  

 

 

 

 

 

[Shoggz]

VERY nice!

[LSP_Kevin]

Very nicely done, Denis!

 

Kev

[Iain]

That spinner paint is beautifully done!!

 

Iain

[Jaro]

Perfect. Keep going, the end line is so close!