Yak 27K-8 by king derelict - AModel - 1/72 - PLASTIC

[Lt. Biggles]

Glad you are ok! 
That paint job looks amazing! You have done a great job, NMF is a big learning curve! 

[king derelict]

3 hours ago, Lt. Biggles said:

Glad you are ok! 
That paint job looks amazing! You have done a great job, NMF is a big learning curve! 

Thank you, its slowly coming together. The county is supposed to be starting on debris removal next week. There’s actually an outdoor hot tub piled up on the kerb. I suppose the rain and low pressure popped it out.

Thank you very much regarding the Yak, I’m shamelessly borrowing from your experience. I think I would like to try a quality kit in NMF, maybe an EE Lightning, my first test aircraft.

alan

[king derelict]

6 hours ago, DocRob said:

Wow, Alan, I was just catching up and wanted to underline what Mike said about Mr. Surfacer primers, when I saw, what you went through. Glad you and your cats were unharmed and the damage was not too much. It must have been a frightening experience.

Your Yak looks fantastic and the NMF underlines the cool retro futuristic fifies jet thing.

I also recommend Mr. Surfacer highly. I use them in black, grey and white ranging from 1000, 1200 and 1500, thinned with Mr. Leveling thinner.
As a base for NMF finishes, I use Tamiya´s lacquer gloss black also thinned with Mr. Leveling thinner. Properly sprayed, you don´t need to polish it.
Years ago, I used many Valejo products, but was often not too satisfied with the results, specially with the primers and some of the model air range.
They had a tendency to build up pigments on the AB needle and sputter, mainly because you can´t use proper thinner with them.

Cheers Rob 

Thank you for the kind thoughts Rob. I consider tornadoes ticked off the life list. But we were lucky, the cats are settling down again we are fine. The repairs will get done soon and hopefully we can enjoy the best season in Florida.

Thank you regarding the Yak, hopefully the details will come together, they are a bit of a mess of flash.

Thank you also for the recommendation for Mr Surfacer. I have put an order in for a selection and the leveling thinner. I thought the hit and miss results from the Vallejo primers was down to me or my airbrush but I did switch to MiG One Shot and things have improved.

Cheers

Alan

 

[Canute]

Alan, having associated with a number of Lightning pilots at Gutersloh RAFG base in the mid 70s, I propose a Lightning 2 in NMF for your quality build. I built a Matchbox one in their dark Green over silver scheme for 92 Squadron. Please. 😉

[Egilman]

Nice work, difficult kit....

 

I second the vote for an EE Lightning, seldom done properly.... It would be a challenge....

https://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/lightning/survivor.php?id=224

[king derelict]

7 hours ago, Canute said:

Alan, having associated with a number of Lightning pilots at Gutersloh RAFG base in the mid 70s, I propose a Lightning 2 in NMF for your quality build. I built a Matchbox one in their dark Green over silver scheme for 92 Squadron. Please. 😉

Thanks Ken, that’s a good choice. I think the F2 kits are better than the F6 which I had been contemplating because that was the aircraft I worked on in the early seventies.

alan

[king derelict]

2 hours ago, Egilman said:

Nice work, difficult kit....

 

I second the vote for an EE Lightning, seldom done properly.... It would be a challenge....

https://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/lightning/survivor.php?id=224

I was a young test engineer at RAE Boscombe Down in the early seventies and in the summer of 1973 Boscombes long runway was under repair so everything was using the short one. It made quite an impression watching a Lightning do an ab takeoff, clean up the gear just after getting airborne and then almost stick the aircraft on its back and climb. Always loved them after that.

Thanks a lot for the link. XP693 was our test aircraft and was F6 standard then but didn’t have the overwing tanks for the work we were doing.

it would be great to build that aircraft.

Alan

[king derelict]

So. here we are slowly creaking back to life. The roofers were here at last and repaired all the damage to the roof. Thankfully its been mostly dry weather since the tornado came through. The glass company has promised Tuesday to replace the broken windows.

I've started picking the Yak up and moving one although it may not be the best model to get back into gear with. I added the various nacelle details which required a lot of clean up. There were two fences for the upper surface of the wings which were shown as optional. They were a mess of flash so I opted not to use them.

 I gave everything a coat of gloss clear and worked on the decals. They were exceptionally nasty to deal with. They didn't release easily from the backing and were difficult to position. The majority were tiny warning labels which were dutifully applied but are almost invisible. This is probably the biggest.

In some cases extra decals were provided and in others not enough. The identifying number 58 is shown as only being applied on the starboard side but photos show them on both sides. A second "58" is thankfully provided.

The photos suggested that the heat staining may extend further forward than I have applied. I may try to mask and add a little more.

I have tried a panel line wash using a black wash from Mig Ammo. I don't really like it. It seems a bit thick and didn't flow along the panel lines and also took a lot of cleaning from places it shouldn't be. It worked better after I had diluted it but I think I will go back to the homemade brew of very diluted oil paint.

The landing gear and the wingtip probes are all that remains. I think I will need to get the brass rod out to make the landing gear struts look better.

And here is a NMF dragon which has a lot less stressful to play with

 

Thanks for looking in, the likes and helpful comments

Alan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Old Collingwood]

Excelent work Alan  loooking so nice  with the contrast of  colours,   so glad  things are  starting to  get  back to normal  mate.

 

OC.

[king derelict]

Thank you very much OC. This kit is going to fight to the end

Alan

[Canute]

Glad to read things are looking better for you these days, Alan. Your continuing with your hobby are a good portion of that. You're doing a very nice job wrestling with this A Model Yak. As I remember, it has tandem mains and pogos at the wingtip positions. Sort of like our B-47/52 models and the U-2. Your BMF are looking pretty good, especially your Dragon.😁

[king derelict]

4 hours ago, Canute said:

Glad to read things are looking better for you these days, Alan. Your continuing with your hobby are a good portion of that. You're doing a very nice job wrestling with this A Model Yak. As I remember, it has tandem mains and pogos at the wingtip positions. Sort of like our B-47/52 models and the U-2. Your BMF are looking pretty good, especially your Dragon.😁

Thank you Ken. Having a weatherproof roof helps the morale too and I feel less distracted. The Yak model is quite a struggle. The gear is annoying for a relatively simple set of bits. The nose gear especially so. Yes the set up is very similar to the AV-8B too. Double main and wing tip dollies 

alan

[king derelict]

The dragon was a FDM 3D printer test piece that I was reluctant to throw away so it’s been used to get a bit more comfortable with the Vallejo Metal acrylics and my air brush. I like the result so it can go and sit with the Welsh dragons scattered around the house 

alan

[mtaylor]

Glad to hear that it's full steam ahead on the house repairs, Alan.   The Yak looks great as does the dragon.

[king derelict]

On 11/2/2024 at 10:14 PM, mtaylor said:

Glad to hear that it's full steam ahead on the house repairs, Alan.   The Yak looks great as does the dragon.

Thanks Mark

For a simple kit its been a rough ride.

Alan

[king derelict]

Yesterday the last of the window repairs were completed which is a big help towards feeling "normal" again. Neighbors still have a long way to go. I've been working slowly through the last elements of the Yak and it hasn't got much easier.

The major remaining work was the landing gear.

And we finally encounter some locating pins. On pieces 93 and 64 for the nosewheel and main gear. Unfortunately the pins would have needed to be trapped when the fuselage halves were joined together all the way back in the build (and yes I should read ahead but .......)  The assembly of the nosewheel strut was not exactly clear and it seemed to be missing pieces which I made from scratch. The wing outrigger wheel struts were replaced with brass rod. The kit parts were a mess of flash and looked awful even when cleaned. And, of course, once the gear was assembled it took two days of adjusting and fiddling to get the plane to sit on the mains and nosewheel with the outriggers clear of the ground.

The wingtip booms have been added and the missiles have been dug out of the flash and assembled and painted. I think I am going to call it finished. This one has been annoying at times but it does have the fifties space age look which makes me happy.

Its been a useful exercise in learning about NMF treatment and I think i can do better with the Vallejo acrylic metals next time

I still have a couple of AModel kits on the shelf including a Mallow flying boat I was very taken with. It is likely to sit for a while before I work up the courage to start it.

Thanks for all the likes, good wishes and helpful comments

Alan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[AJohnson]

Congratulations Alan and glad your home is on the way to being fixed. 

[Old Collingwood]

That has  worked out  really nice Alan  -  I love the finish of it  really nice mate.

 

OC.

[king derelict]

1 hour ago, AJohnson said:

Congratulations Alan and glad your home is on the way to being fixed. 

Thanks Andrew,

I think I used up next years worth of bad language on this one but the end result is okay. 
I cleaned up the last of the glass shards in the spare bedroom so the cats are cleared to go and lie on the bed again.

alan

[king derelict]

38 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

That has  worked out  really nice Alan  -  I love the finish of it  really nice mate.

 

OC.

Thank you OC. It looks good now that it’s sitting properly on its gear. I guess we don’t see too many Amodel subjects here, probably I’ve learnt why

alan

 

[Canute]

Amen on those Amodel kits. You did a good job wrestling this one into a recognizable Yak. Well done. I look forward to your next aircraft project. 👍

[king derelict]

7 hours ago, Canute said:

Amen on those Amodel kits. You did a good job wrestling this one into a recognizable Yak. Well done. I look forward to your next aircraft project. 👍

Thank you very much Ken. There a few times it nearly had a test flight into the bin. Not sure what the next aircraft will be but it WON’T be the Mallow 

Alan

[GrandpaPhil]

Nicely done!

[king derelict]

1 hour ago, GrandpaPhil said:

Nicely done!

Thank you Phil

alan