vikingBerserker
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**** DONE: 1/48 La-5FN – VVS/Eastern Front 1941-45 Split Build, GB
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Vic Balshaw
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Thanks again for the kind comments folks, really is appreciated. Got the undercoat on today and found a couple of spots needing attention, filler is now drying and cleanup scheduled for tomorrow.
Get to it then! 
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Vic Balshaw
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Patience my boy!!!!!.................Got the underside sprayed today and a couple of white bands behind the cockpit. Lots of social stuff at the moment so progress is slow.
Ok...being patient....
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Vic Balshaw
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Time for a bit of a catch-up, have not been able to progress much on the La-5 as I'm now waiting for paint to arrive we can pull out the stops. So far have sprayed the underside with a close approximation to ATM 7 and the upper half with the base camo coat. As you can see the underside and canopy is well masked up.
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paint seems to have gone on rather well Vic
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Vic Balshaw
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I have to agree with you Karl, it's Vallejo Model Air acrylic and I'm very pleased with the result. Sprays on like a dream leaving a nice smooth almost silky finish and cleaning the airbrush after is a doddle with Windex....
i use Vallejo model colour acrylics as i replace knackered humbrol enamels, the white and metallic colours are no good for brushing on though !
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Vic Balshaw
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Can agree with you on the white in fact I used the off white paint on this but sprayed after thinning it with a drop of Vallejo thinner. Can't see it as yet as its taped over. As for the metallic Karl, up to now I've only used them for very small parts mainly as a shade difference and with a brush. Normally for metallic I use Model master or the dreaded Humbrol.
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Benevolens Magister
Some good progress there Vic.
Crimea_River
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I agree with Terry.
good to see progress!
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Vic Balshaw
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Thanks for the kind comments guys, sadly no further progress still waiting for the paint. Lucky we have another month yet.
On a slow boat hey?
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Vic Balshaw
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Well the appropriate paint is still on it's way and the Aussie supply scource can give me no indication as to when I will get it, if ever so as an alternative I ordered in direct from the UK an acceptable alternative and these arrived mid week and today has been 'spray day'.
My little Lavochkin all dressed up in my speciality masking of tape, Blu Tack and paper and all ready for the beauty parlour after the foundation coat was applied some weeks ago.
Believe it or not, the second coat has been applied, a simple light brown shade. The light is kind of cancelled the colour out.
After more masking the third coat a light green shade is now on.
After removing all the gunk, this is the final cameo look. A little touch–up here and there and we can start the final run to the finish line. Am I right in assuming that we still have one more month to go on this GB.
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg height="466px" width="640px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"/>)
My little Lavochkin all dressed up in my speciality masking of tape, Blu Tack and paper and all ready for the beauty parlour after the foundation coat was applied some weeks ago.
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg height="504px" width="640px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"/>)
Believe it or not, the second coat has been applied, a simple light brown shade. The light is kind of cancelled the colour out.
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg height="542px" width="640px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"/>)
After more masking the third coat a light green shade is now on.
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg height="479px" width="640px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"/>)
After removing all the gunk, this is the final cameo look. A little touch–up here and there and we can start the final run to the finish line. Am I right in assuming that we still have one more month to go on this GB.
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Benevolens Magister
Looking very good Vic, and yes, the GB finishes at the end of May.