Yakovlev Yak-9P Hungarian AF 1:48 “Kit Bureaucracy”
Hi All!
Another contract work for the emerging “Szolnok collection” 🙂 this time a post war Yakolev 9. These planes were handed over by russians after the occupation when they established the “friendly” Hungarian air force shortly after the war in 1948. These planes were badly worn out examples – lot of them lost in accidents beside they badly translated the “hobby manual” 😉 for them so the mechanichs constantly burned out the engines. The museum ordered this plane with the very early hungarian/soviet era markings which resembles the Yugoslavian and Korean markings very much. Soon a more recognizable marking system introduced mainly because the Yugoslavian turn out but this was the first version.
The kit is distributed in Hungary by a Hungarian AF afficiado modeller and in reality this is a full resin Russian kit made by the Moscow firm “Kit Bureaucracy” (or “Kit Buro”). A great preview here: http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Modeling/Yakovlev/Yak-9U/ScaleBureau/Preview/
A good kit overall, but need to rework all internals to fit into the fuselage. Othervise the build went smooth. The kit provides a laser cut paint mask set for the Hungarian markings – I used decals instead and only paint the numbers on the fuselage sides. The “camo” is a boring grey (FS36440) for which I used Testors this time – as I always say when You use enamel then go for Model Master 🙂 I made several shades to make the surfaces a bit more interesting and to try replicate the original plane’s well used feeling. There were pre- post- and so on shading and made some paint chipping with the good old “wet salt” technique. On the pictures the diversities of the color barely visible but in real life the outcome is quite convincing. I’ve got only two remarks about the kit: the canopy (vac form) is a bit oversized and the wheel legs which made from resin are not strong enough for this all resin bird. Hope You like this rare subject 🙂
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Craig Abrahamson said on August 30, 2015
Very nice build….turned out extremely well. Good work!
DE4EVER said on August 30, 2015
🙂 … Greetings … 🙂 :
Interesting modeling subject. Very keen work and weathering.
Very clean and sharp work.
DE4EVER said on August 30, 2015
I just want to add this one simple comment.
That #3 looks really nice and outstanding there, makes me wonder … WHY ? … 😉 .
Gábor Szabó said on August 31, 2015
Thank You! The “3” is painted used the mask included. The spinner and numbering along with the markings were painted on the planes after they arrived, othervise they retained the old, faded original painting so I left the markings relatively clean.
Bernd Müller said on August 31, 2015
Amazing work, great job with the cockpit, to name something.
Gábor Szabó said on August 31, 2015
Thank You Gentleman!
Marc Barris said on August 31, 2015
Hey there Gabor,
I have built some resin aircraft before, and I know its not a walk in the park, they are quite difficult, with brittle parts and warped fuselages and wings, you built a stunning example here, I take my hat off to you. well done , a lovely build indeed.
Gábor Szabó said on August 31, 2015
Thank You! This was a bit overengineered and the thickness of the parts were uneven – You can imagine that. I had to use a hairdrier to make things straight but this built was suprisingly fast and well comparing my other resing kits.
Mladen Janjic said on August 31, 2015
Well done. Great details in the cabin!
George Williams said on August 31, 2015
Very interesting write-up on your build and also on the history of the aircraft, great looking model as well.
Milan D. said on August 31, 2015
Another nice one Gabor, you did get maximum from this resin, love it!
P.k said on August 31, 2015
Vauuu!!
Like nice Jak P
Gábor Szabó said on August 31, 2015
Thank You All! 🙂 Now I have to work on a monster WWI diorama. I hope that I can build something for myself (my shelf?) soon 😉
Greg Kittinger said on August 31, 2015
As usual, simply beautiful work!
Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Conci said on August 31, 2015
Great work!! Love winter camos…
Simon Whitney said on August 31, 2015
A great build Gabor, a braver man than I to tackle and build an excellent Yak 9 P.
Well done and well written to.
Gábor Szabó said on August 31, 2015
Thank You for the kind comments! 🙂
Mike Maynard said on September 1, 2015
Nice build of an unusual aircraft. What is the opening behind the cockpit?
Gábor Szabó said on September 1, 2015
Thank You! That’s a D/F loop cover 🙂 a state of the art russian device of that time 😀
Tom Cleaver said on September 1, 2015
Really nice work on what looks like a difficult kit. I sure do wish someone like Zvezda would come out with a Yak-9P.