Lavochkin La-11, 1/48 ARK models

Started by John vd Biggelaar · 121 · 1 year ago
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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 7 months ago:

    Canopy is glued on using Revell contacta clear. Overall fit is very nice.


    Started to mount the landing gear together as well.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 7 months ago:

    Great progress, my friend @johnb! All looking nice!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 7 months ago:

    @fiveten, thanks a lot, Spiros

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 7 months ago:

    Primer on and made a start with pre-shading.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Great so far, my friend @johnb! Looking forward to the painting!

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    George R Blair Jr said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Great looking model, John (@johnb). You are in the home stretch.

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    Tom Cleaver said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Good work, @johnb

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    @fiveten, @gblair, @tcinla, thanks a lot all. Till now not a complex build but very enjoyable.

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    John Healy said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Great progress, John. I’m looking forward to seeing this one finished.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    @j-healy, thanks, John. Up till now a fairly simple build, wondering where the pitfall is.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    The color profile sheet is a 1:1 match with the kit itself. Therefore very helpful for masking the fin. Ready to receive the red lines now.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    The Fang got two rounds of light grey. This is how she looked like after the first round.


    And this is after she received the second round.

    Just figured out that I forgot the two silver bands around the nose. Should have been easier to apply those first, so another approach required to get them done.

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    George R Blair Jr said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Pre-shading looks awesome, John (@johnb). It will certainly break up the overall gray coloring.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    @gblair, thanks a lot, George.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Silver bands around the nose are done, same is valid for the grey surface color.