**** DONE: 1/72 LA-5FN VVS Group build

[Crimea_River]

Always can recognize a Russian plane with those triangular wings. Good progress.

 

[Wurger]

also added the two pins in the wings which I assume are gear indicators,

I have found these images here..... Papírové modeláøství CZ :: Zobrazit téma - Lavoèkin La-5FN / PropagTeam / REMASTERED

These were fuel tank filler caps.

 

[magnu]

Thanks Wurger I'll trim them back so they are just proud of the wing.
Managed to find a colour which seems a pretty good match for the underside from the model rail shop just up the road from my studio RailMatch No. 208 regional light blue.
Tried it out and with a bit of dirtying up I think it will be OK. Still got a couple of wee bits to fill and smooth out on the underside.

 

[Wurger]

Looking good. But a drop of a white paint added to the blue one would be useful I thought.

 

[magnu]

Yep I will add a touch of white when I do the next coat after filling

 

[Wurger]

OK.

 

[Wayne Little]

Doing good there Lewis!

 

[N4521U]

You should be done in a fortnight mate!

 

[magnu]

Well maybe not........
I had sprayed the lighter of the two tone gray camo and marked up ready to do the darker tone when I had the bright idea of using an acrylic spray can to re do the underside in a lighter tone.... instant orange peel reaction so out came the white spirit which also removed the upper surface paint so it's now back to bare plastic all over.
There is also drama on the domestic front so I don't know when I will be able to get back to it but fingers crossed it will get done.

 

[Wurger]

I'm sorry to hear that...what kind of paints ( enamels) did you use?

 

[magnu]

The only enamel was the underside blue all the rest were acrylic. Must have been a reaction with the carrying medium in the spray can.

 

[Wurger]

It might have been. Have you checked what kind of paint was the one in the spray can? Of what manufacturer is the spray?

 

[magnu]

Managed to get some progress in the right direction, when cleaning off the spray can disaster the wings decided to part company with the fueselage and of course when reattached the gaps reappeared so they have now been filled.
Also tried a new mix of Tamyia X 4 blue and XF 2white for the underside colour then found a slight step in the join so have now filled that and will wait for it all to dry before giving it another coat.

 

[rochie]

here you go both pictures and profile are from Osprey's LaGG Lavochkin Aces of World War 2

 

[magnu]

Cheers for that Rochie. That's the only profile I have seen with the silver numeral and lettering. The Osprey soviet aces of WWII has the top photo and the profile with the numeral in white and the lettering in yellow which I will be doing.
Loking at the second pic I can see a slight difference in tone between the numeral and the lettering and to have both the numeral and lettering in silver there would not be enough contrast to make the dedication legible.
Made some more progress tonight

 

[Crimea_River]

 

[N4521U]

Good recovery.
I think we All know about them!

 

[T Bolt]

Real nice save Lewis

 

[Wurger]

Looking very nice.

 

[magnu]

Thank you kindly folks
I recon most of us have had at least one visit from general Douglas disaster.
Feels good to be making progress on this one. I may get some more done on it tonight.