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This is the third of my planned Eastern European kits and may be the most challenging. It was an impulse buy because I liked that 50s "supersonic" look. As I understand it the Yak 27K never made it beyond prototype although a reconnaissance did get in. to production.

This was also planned to see if I could improve my metal finish skills without too much heartbreak. Having had a quick look in the box I think it may also define the cliff edge of my sanity.

References are scarce and it seems that few models have made a public appearance.

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Lots of parts in the box, quite a bit of flash, some distorted looking parts, sink holes and no locating pins. No major warping at first sight tough.

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Instructions are somewhat vague and tend to indicate an approximate location of where to add parts

 

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Fuselage halves have been cleaned up and the cockpit bucket assembled. Primer added while I try to determine colours. As far as I can tell Yaks had dark grey cockpits in the 50s not the turquoise seen in most Soviet aircraft.

I don't think much will be seen inside once the fuselage is closed up. 

The current overall plan is to complete the fuselage, add wings and tail surfaces then paint. The engine pods will be assembled and painted separately and then fitted. Obviously a lot of dry fitting before picking up the airbrush.

I see a lot of filler in my future.

Thanks for looking in.

Alan

 

 

 

 

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Another excellent kit  Alan   -  blimey  you are  keeping  yourself  busy mate.

 

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28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

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Very cool subject Alan - looking forward to following along!

Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    Hs129B-2 1/48  SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32   IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

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Alan, I think this pretty quickly morphed into the YAK-28 Firebar. Two operational versions, YAK-28P and YAK-28PM. The P carried 2 Anab missiles, the PM carried the Anabs and 2 Atoll short range IR missiles. I see at least the 2 Anabs in your parts jumble. This was considered a significant all weather interceptor threat. in the early 70s by NATO.

Good luck with the parts fit. My Firebar sits in the Box of Doomed projects. The nacelle fits are oath-inducing.

Ken

Started: MS Bounty Longboat,

On Hold:  Heinkel USS Choctaw paper

Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1

Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section

 

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2 hours ago, Canute said:

Alan, I think this pretty quickly morphed into the YAK-28 Firebar. Two operational versions, YAK-28P and YAK-28PM. The P carried 2 Anab missiles, the PM carried the Anabs and 2 Atoll short range IR missiles. I see at least the 2 Anabs in your parts jumble. This was considered a significant all weather interceptor threat. in the early 70s by NATO.

Good luck with the parts fit. My Firebar sits in the Box of Doomed projects. The nacelle fits are oath-inducing.

Hi Ken

You are right about the Yak-28 developing from the -27. All four missiles are included in the kit. I’m not sure if it makes sense to use any or all of them.

I had a brief look at the engine nacelles and I need to save up my allowance of bad language for them.

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I started putting things together and have already got a flavour of how things may go. I started with the cockpit tub and the first problem was trying to fit seats and instrument panels. As shown there just isn't room. I sanded the bottom of the rear panel to set it at a different angle which gave be just enough space to the front seat. I dumped the joysticks, they were a mess of flash and were far too tall unless Yaks of the 50s used eye level sticks. I made a pair from 0.5 mm brass rod.

The instrument panels have dials sunk into them. I used very dilute white paint in each dial which had the effect of highlighting the rims and giving a bit of depth. A dab of Gators Grip acted as the glass. It will never be seen once closed up but it came out quite well.

The rear bulkhead is requiring some heavy-duty sanding to allow the two fuselage halves to come together. A bit more work still needed and I may need to adjust the front IP too.

I also made up the rear main landing gear bay and had to get pretty savage with teh sanding sticks there but it does not fit and the uselage will close back there

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Thanks for looking in and the likes and comments

Alan

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I closed up the fuselage which required a lot of iterations filing the cockpit bucket and nose landing gear bay to fit. The nose landing gear bay was a pale shadow of its initial shape by the time I had got it to fit  I made up the wings from the upper and lower halves. Again the sanding sticks and files were an essential part of the process.

I then had a look at the engine nacelles. The kit provides a first stage compressor and a final turbine stage with spray ring for the afterburner. They don't fit. I had to do some significant work with the files and reduced the sides almost to teh spray ring before it would fit.

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Those oval turbine wheels never really caught on!

I originally thought I would paint the nacelles separately from the wings but fit checks showed that a lot of filing and filling was going to be necessary so I thought I should get it together before the primer goes on and get the gaps sorted out. The compressor / turbine discs wont be seen unless someone is very determined.

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Dry fit suggests the wings will actually go on okay.

 

My fancy forward instrument panel is lost forever now that teh cockpit is closed up

 

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I'm moving a bit slowly with this one because I am letting the glued joints set overnight to withstand the violence with the sanding sticks that will follow.

 

Thanks for looking in and the likes and comments

 

Alan

 

 

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Nice job Alan.  Looks like another kit that will test your skills!

Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    Hs129B-2 1/48  SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32   IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

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Thanks Mike. I’m now at the point where your notes on filling gaps is very helpful. Actually although the nacelle to wing joints are nasty they seem to have cleaned up without leaving too much of a gap. Tailplanes fit quite nicely and the wings look as if they will be much better than the Condor. So far I’m using Vallejo putty and letting it dry overnight before attempting to sand it back.

alan

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Hey Alan, just be careful about using the Vallejo Putty.  I've heard it tends to shrink over time.  For bigger gaps, I mostly use Tamiya 2-part epoxy putty or CA which don't shrink.  

 

For small cracks and stuff, I will use things like Tamiya putty and have used Vallejo Putty.  I just get too nervous that with my slow build times, by the time I get around to painting - which could be weeks or months after construction - I'm back at square one with needing to fill (would be even worse if I had already painted!).

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Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    Hs129B-2 1/48  SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32   IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

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A challenging model, but without doubts a very interesting subject. About the NMF, please note that Russian planes of the time were overpainted with a transparent protective paint that muted a bit the appearance of bare metal.

Good luck,

Dan

Current build : Mayflower - AL 1:64Lady Nelson - Amati Victory 1:64

Completed non-ship builds : Spitfire MK I - 1:48Arado 196B - 1:32, Sea Fury - 1:48F-15C Eagle - 1:48Hawker Tempest Mk.V - 1:48F104S Starfighter - 1:48

 

"The most effective way to do it, is to do it" - Amelia Earhart

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On 9/26/2024 at 9:13 PM, Landlubber Mike said:

Hey Alan, just be careful about using the Vallejo Putty.  I've heard it tends to shrink over time.  For bigger gaps, I mostly use Tamiya 2-part epoxy putty or CA which don't shrink.  

 

For small cracks and stuff, I will use things like Tamiya putty and have used Vallejo Putty.  I just get too nervous that with my slow build times, by the time I get around to painting - which could be weeks or months after construction - I'm back at square one with needing to fill (would be even worse if I had already painted!).

Thanks Mike

That is good information about the Vallejo putty shrinking. I didn't have to use a lot of it this time so hopefully the shrinkage will be acceptable. I ordered some Tamiya putty to try and some Mr Surfacer 500 for the very small stuff. Its getting to be quite an armory.

Alan

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1 hour ago, Danstream said:

A challenging model, but without doubts a very interesting subject. About the NMF, please note that Russian planes of the time were overpainted with a transparent protective paint that muted a bit the appearance of bare metal.

Good luck,

Dan

Thank you Dan. Thats great information about the Soviet finish. 

Alan

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The big bits are finally together. The nacelle to wing joint left a lot to be desired but its done and actually hasn't required a lot of filler to blend it in. The canopy has been masked and fitted. The fit was very good but the canopy frame lines were very badly cast and impossible to see in places so there is some guesswork there.

With the main gear so far back no worries about tail sitting on this one.

I have gone round a few cycles of fill and sand and I think I am now going to try a thin coat of matt grey primer to see how things are progressing.

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Alan

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That  has gone together  well  Alan,   I know what you mean about the  Vallejo Putty  -  I found the same with  it staying a  we bit soft  and  sagging  into  the  join,   I love the  shape  of  the   jet  -  will  be so nice  watching your  progress   with it.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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38 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

That  has gone together  well  Alan,   I know what you mean about the  Vallejo Putty  -  I found the same with  it staying a  we bit soft  and  sagging  into  the  join,   I love the  shape  of  the   jet  -  will  be so nice  watching your  progress   with it.

 

OC.

Thank you OC. I find the Vallejo a bit rubbery and has a tendency to peel away sometimes as well as shrink. Tears a bit when sanding too. I do like the disolved putty (apart from the smell) but that seems to be a solution for small gaps.

Alan

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6 minutes ago, king derelict said:

Thanks Jav

I need to try using thin pieces of plastic card for the larger gaps.

Alan

Isnt it  Evergreen plastic  that  peeps   use  for  that.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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I gave the model a coat of Mig One Shot grey primer which worked very well. Nice and smooth but still some nasty seams, especially on the nacelles. I sanded and brushed a coat of Mr Surfacer 500 on. I will sand that back after it dries overnight.

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At this point it seems to have done a good job and I am hoping that after a good sanding and final check I can move onto the gloss black primer.

 

Heres hoping

 

Thanks for looking in and the likes and helpful comments.

 

Alan

 

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9 hours ago, king derelict said:

At this point it seems to have done a good job and I am hoping that after a good sanding and final check I can move onto the gloss black primer.

Good job so far. As very last sanding, you could try a wet very fine sanding using very fine grit (1000 or 2000) soaked with water. Without putting lot of pressure, let the paper do the work. As last step, before painting, I usually rub the model with a cotton (or paper) cloth soaked with alcohol (usually IPA) to remove the last dust and grease.

Good luck,

Dan

Current build : Mayflower - AL 1:64Lady Nelson - Amati Victory 1:64

Completed non-ship builds : Spitfire MK I - 1:48Arado 196B - 1:32, Sea Fury - 1:48F-15C Eagle - 1:48Hawker Tempest Mk.V - 1:48F104S Starfighter - 1:48

 

"The most effective way to do it, is to do it" - Amelia Earhart

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Looks good Alan - that plane has really nice lines.

Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    Hs129B-2 1/48  SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32   IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

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16 hours ago, Danstream said:

Good job so far. As very last sanding, you could try a wet very fine sanding using very fine grit (1000 or 2000) soaked with water. Without putting lot of pressure, let the paper do the work. As last step, before painting, I usually rub the model with a cotton (or paper) cloth soaked with alcohol (usually IPA) to remove the last dust and grease.

Good luck,

Dan

Thank you very much Dan, that’s very helpful. I’ll try the fine wet sanding before the gloss black.

alan

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A rather mixed update. After wet sanding lightly the model looked good to paint so I tried the Vallejo Gloss Black Primer and did not have a good time with it. Even with the compressor set at a little above 30 psi I was struggling to get a good flow of paint and a decent coverage. It was very hot in the garage and maybe the paint was drying as it was spraying. The result was a very poor surface and as a bonus I could see a couple of places that were still not properly filled and smooth. Yep on the (insert appropriate word of frustration) nacelles. So I stripped the black primer back, attended to the surface imperfections and left it to set overnight. This morning I sanded down the new filler and gave the whole thing a light sanding with 2500 grit wet. It all felt smooth so after wiping down we returned to the air brush. Today (it was cooler) everything seemed to go better. The paint sprayed smoothly in light coats and the surface looks much better. I will leave it to harden overnight and see if it looks ready for teh metal.

Thanks for looking in and the likes and comments

Alan

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