Yak 25 RV 'Mandrake' 1/72 Amodel

[Guest]

the pit looks nice with the dials. funny aircraft, as it looks as if the soviets go the german Arado Ar 234 recon aircraft and modernised it, just like they did with the Ta 183 and turned it into the famous Mig 15 fighter

[flyjoe180]

That cockpit is looking A1 Tony, nice work.

[yak face]

Well the fuselage has been filled ( and i mean every inch of the seam!) sanded, and the panel lines rescribed. I dont just mean where the sanding removed them i mean all of them as they were a bit faint! Ive also put the compressor faces into the engine pods and attached these to the wings .


The wings are now on the fuselage , these needing careful measuring and alignment to get exactly the right amount of anhedral to ensure the wingtip outriggers touch the ground. Heres a few pics

[flyjoe180]

A Boomer project Tony, nice work on the re-scribing and setting that anhedral.

[yak face]

Dont know about a Boomer joe , this is more like a - Building Ancient Soviet Technology And Related Dramas . Cheers tony

[yak face]

Well after filling ,sanding, rescribing,filling again , more sanding and rescribing ive got some paint on! Its had a base coat of grey primer then i polished this and gave it the gloss black Vallejo metal color primer . Once this has had a day or two to harden its onto the multi shaded metal colours

[Guest]

that is a long wing span mate! nice work btw

[eddiesolo]

What a cracking looking plane and superb work so far Tony. 

[yak face]

Ooh shiny!!

[flyjoe180]

Satisfying to get a shiny paint job done isn't it Looks good Tony.

[Ian M]

Those Ruskies never could get the hang of camouflage could they. LOL.


You got a great finish there Tony, 

[papa 695]

Looking very shiny Tony great work.

[yak face]

The awkward job of doing the different shaded panels has begun, using the vallejo metal colors .believe it or not theres a model under there somewhere!!!

[tr1ckey66]

Great work Tony as always. Nice to see another natural metal finish aircraft.


Never made an Amodel kit but it looks less than straight forward. The work on the panel lines looks well done and will real pay dividends under all that shiny paint.


Cheers


Paul

[yak face]

Cheers paul , the Amodel kits are , er , shall we say not exactly Tamiya like in their fit and finish! They can with a bit of patience ( not to mention filler and sanding sticks!) scrub up alright , and tge choice of subjects is always very unusual not to mention unique in kit form most of the time. Strange thing is i really enjoy the challenge of building them , makes it all the more satisfying if you get a good result