**** DONE: 1/48 LaGG 3 Series 11 - Winter War / Eastern War WWII

[Jeff Hunt]

User Name: Jeff Hunt
Name: Jeff
Category: Novice
Kit: ICM Kit# 48093
Scale: 1/48
Accessories:Out of the Box


Cheers,

Jeff

 

[Hartmann52]

Jeff Hunt, for this kit has a great set of Vektor. Will not use it?

 

[Jeff Hunt]

Time to create my post for my second build. I picked up this kit off the clearance table at my local hobby shop for $20.00 and thought it would be a good addition to the group build.

I will be building this aircraft as shown on the box which was a Series 11 LaGG 3 flown by Capt V. Mironov of the 609th IAP, Afrikanda ( Murmansk) during the summer of 1942.

I know nothing about Capt. Mironov and very little about the LaGG 3 other than it was made of wood and was outclassed by 109s and 190s. It should be a good learning experience. I have never built n ICM kit before so I am curious about how it will go together.

Cheers,

Jeff

 

[Jeff Hunt]

Viktor Petrovich Mironov
Born 18November1918
Died 16February 1943
Hero of the Soviet Union
1127 Combat Sorties
25 Aerial combats


Died while flying a LaGG 5.

Cheers,

Jeff

 

[fubar57]

Here's all I have on the innards Jeff...

...perhaps someone will verify the I.P. color.

Geo

 

[Crimea_River]

Good addition Jeff. I have not built this particular kit before but almost always do a google search for reviews on the kit which usually results in some good information before you build. Here are a few worth a read:

ICM 1/48 LaGG-3 Series 1-4, by Jonathan Prestidge
ICM 1/48 LaGG-3 series 1-4, by Tom Cleaver
IPMS Kit Review: ICM 1/48 LaGG-3

I can offer this from personal experience: be wary of the decals as those from all ICM kits I've built to date have been extremely stiff and practically useless.

 

[Crimea_River]

Crossed posts with George. Love the Lazyboy seat!

 

[Wurger]

Looking interesting.

 

[rochie]

nice one Jeff, have done this one and it go's together very well as i remember !
the only thing i had trouble with is a flat plate that go's into the radiator on the belly i could not work out from the instructions how it fitted so i left it out and you cannot notice anyway !

Andy is correct about the ICM decals, though the ones from this kit worked quite well for me though

 

[destrozas]

goooood !!!!!!!!, i like this plane

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Good one Jeff.

 

[Wayne Little]

Bring it on Jeff.

 

[Jeff Hunt]

and away we go......

Not very many pieces to this one so it should move along quite smartly as time allows.


Cheers,

Jeff

 

[Wurger]

Nice.

 

[Jeff Hunt]

This one is coming together very quickly as there are not a whole lot of pieces to put together. The wing fuselage joint was tricky and most assemblies have required some putty work to seal gaps. I managed to drop a jar onto the clear canopy pieces and have broken the main canopy piece in half. Hopefully I will be able to make due and the damage will barely be noticeable but I have my doubts. Oh well.

I need to clean up some rough edges and clean up some putty bits. Painting will be not to far off so keep checking back.

Cheers,

jeff

 

[fubar57]

Another quick build Jeff. Seems to be a bad day for clear parts as I snapped one of my GB#22 PBY blisters.

Geo

 

[Crimea_River]

Too bad about the canopy. Otherwise, coming together alright.

 

[Wurger]

Agreed.

 

[parsifal]

good work so far.

 

[Jeff Hunt]

Here is how she looks at the end of today. I tried free hand air brushing for a soft demarcation line for the two tone green but I masked the green top / blue bottom.

Cheers,

Jeff