Academy 1/48 Lavochkin La-7

Started by Anthony Ricco · 18 · 1 year ago
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    Anthony Ricco said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    My next build is going tl be the Russian ace version of the Lavochkin La-7. I'm going to do the Red version which was Capt. Aleksi Alelyukhin's re painted airplane.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Great entry, my friend @anthonyricco! Looking forward to it!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Fantastic decision to get this on build, Anthony @anthonyricco
    Eagerly waiting the progress on this one.

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    Anthony Ricco said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Here are some photos of the cockpit I worked on - such a pity you can barely see it as with most of the planes.

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    Anthony Ricco said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    And this is what you can see when it's together - haha. Oh well - I have photos.

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    Anthony Ricco said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    It's actually a very small plane - here is the 1/48 scale Lavochkin fuselage next to a 1/72 Bearcat.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Great progress, my friend @anthonyricco!
    Indeed it is a small aircraft (and a very beautiful one, might I add?)

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Very nice results, Anthony @anthonyricco
    The interior looks amazing.

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    Anthony Ricco said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Thanks Spiros and John, appreciate it.

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    Anthony Ricco said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Getting some paint onto the Lavochkin. I did some mottling to get texture and slowly built up the blue paint till the shading just showed through.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Undersides look great, my friend @anthonyricco!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    The texture does make the underside look beautiful, Anthony @anthonyricco

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    Anthony Ricco said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Thanks @fiveten and @johnb - yeah the top of it is red so I'm trying to work out how to get some shading and texture in there as I primed it in pink.

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    Anthony Ricco said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Updated - from pink to red to painted.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Paint result looks great, my friend @anthonyricco! Love the prop weathering as well!