Thank you George @gblair. I am enjoying this build, and it is taking a bit longer than I planned but that's okay. It is a unique subject to build. At the moment I am working on the canopy and this one is very thin and delicate. For this build to make the canopy fit right, I will cut the canopy into two pieces, glue the windshield in place and the rest of the canopy can sit lazily in the open position. This way I will not have to worry about making the whole one solid piece fit right.

Excellent job, my friend @v1lpro! Great that you added the wing tanks from your previous Yak-23 kit.
Silver is a wise choice.

Thank you Spiros @fiveten, I just gave it a flat coat and I am glad I stayed with the silver color.

Thank you, John @johnb. The gloss and flat coats gave it the look that I was after. And I am glad that I did not use the drop tanks on the Yak-23 build. One of the improvements needed on the earlier Yak-15 was to extend its very short flying time. The Yak-17 was built to carry the tanks to give it an extra 10 to 15 minutes depending on the throttle settings. I wanted this build to represent this improvement.

Yak-17 looks amazing, Bob (@v1pro). Looking forward to the completion of the next one.

Looks fantastic, also at the headlines, my friend @v1pro!

Loved the headline article, Bob @v1pro
Looking forward to the next one.

After a week break, I am back working on the Yak-15...working on the seams and I used the same styrene strip to work in the wing roots. This a not a great kit, the simplicity takes away what is needed to make this a decent kit to build. The quality reminds me of the old Frog kits from the late 50's. I really enjoyed the vacuform build of the Yak-17. It allowed it to be a more complete build. I do have a vacuform kit of the Yak-15, I wonder if I should have started on that kit instead. Anyways, this one is almost there, I will press on with this build..

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