GB-44 1/72 Yak 27 K-8 - Military A/C of post-war time
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I will be building this one as the one depicted on the box art and on the decal sheet.
From Wikipedia:
The Yak-121 prototype was developed as a successor to the Yak-25 family and it became the base for the Yak-27 family of supersonic interceptor and tactical reconnaissance aircraft. The Yak-27 and Yak-27K interceptors, armed with guns and K-8 missiles respectively, reached or exceeded their requirements, but were overtaken in performance by the Sukhoi Su-9, and so production was not authorized.
There were , according to a gentleman on Britmodeller, 5-10 Yak 27 interceptors produced with only 1 remaining in existence on display in a rather sorry state.
Amodel kits are short run with no extras such as photo-etch or resin bits, and can be a bit dicey to put together so much care in assembly is required,
I have 3 others on the go and haven't finished one yet so hopefully this will be a first
From Wikipedia:
The Yak-121 prototype was developed as a successor to the Yak-25 family and it became the base for the Yak-27 family of supersonic interceptor and tactical reconnaissance aircraft. The Yak-27 and Yak-27K interceptors, armed with guns and K-8 missiles respectively, reached or exceeded their requirements, but were overtaken in performance by the Sukhoi Su-9, and so production was not authorized.
There were , according to a gentleman on Britmodeller, 5-10 Yak 27 interceptors produced with only 1 remaining in existence on display in a rather sorry state.
Amodel kits are short run with no extras such as photo-etch or resin bits, and can be a bit dicey to put together so much care in assembly is required,
I have 3 others on the go and haven't finished one yet so hopefully this will be a first
Crimea_River
Marshal
Interesting one Tim.
Nice choice of subject. 
Jeff Hunt
1st Lieutenant
Well, this is a very nice surprise!
Jeff
Jeff
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Good to see something really different - nice choice.
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Thank you gentlemen, I shell do my best not to disappoint
I admit I've been slackin on the 110.....but at the moment I'm having fun with this one
First things first,
As the saying goes, instructions are just someones opinion, Amodels opinion needs to be taken with a grain of salt
If the tub is glued in according to the raised marks it sits to high so I marked out the outline and shaved off the marks
and then I didn't take any pics until after I glued things together and took them apart a few times till it all fit.......
I now know what and what not to do on the next one.....
and for size, an Academy Typhoon....
The rear gear bay went very well and fits good once the thing is sanded down a lot.
The fuselage gaps are almost closed up so a touch more sanding and it will be good. Amodel would have you glue it all together and then add the landing gear.......good luck with that...the trick is to thin the , for lack of a better description, 'V' tabs and then trim one sides u slot.
and once you are ready just slide the gear in and give it a twist and voi la
I admit I've been slackin on the 110.....but at the moment I'm having fun with this one
First things first,
As the saying goes, instructions are just someones opinion, Amodels opinion needs to be taken with a grain of salt
If the tub is glued in according to the raised marks it sits to high so I marked out the outline and shaved off the marks
and then I didn't take any pics until after I glued things together and took them apart a few times till it all fit.......
I now know what and what not to do on the next one.....
and for size, an Academy Typhoon....
The rear gear bay went very well and fits good once the thing is sanded down a lot.
The fuselage gaps are almost closed up so a touch more sanding and it will be good. Amodel would have you glue it all together and then add the landing gear.......good luck with that...the trick is to thin the , for lack of a better description, 'V' tabs and then trim one sides u slot.
and once you are ready just slide the gear in and give it a twist and voi la
fubar57
General
Nifty looking beast
Nice
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So the question is....can we make this look like
that.....
Aahhhh no. So I did this instead, none of that no one can prove you wrong crap for me
Next on to the interior, if you are OK with Hasegawa interiors then no problem here, just don't look at pics of the real thing.....
I test fit the thing a gazillion times and the Drivers IP *appeared* to be to high, so I cut it down a bit........famous last words......
I also made up some new steering sticks as the origanals just looked........not good
And now it's just a matter of taking something oval and making it round
I could lie and say the fit was excellent and I used hardly any filler......but that would be mean.....
that.....
Aahhhh no. So I did this instead, none of that no one can prove you wrong crap for me
Next on to the interior, if you are OK with Hasegawa interiors then no problem here, just don't look at pics of the real thing.....
I test fit the thing a gazillion times and the Drivers IP *appeared* to be to high, so I cut it down a bit........famous last words......
I also made up some new steering sticks as the origanals just looked........not good
And now it's just a matter of taking something oval and making it round
I could lie and say the fit was excellent and I used hardly any filler......but that would be mean.....
fubar57
General
Beat that sucker into submission Tim.
Donivanp
Captain
Cool subject, I have one in 48th and I keep eyeballing it.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Good progress Tim.
T Bolt
Colonel
Very strange looking beastie. You've made a really good start on it
Good work so far!
Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
Cool plane. Nice choice !
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It's been a while so time for a bit of an update, the wings and fuselage are not to bad, the usual fill sand repeat. The engines, on the other hand, have issues.
I have a plan, but, it's going to be a while before I implement it so I doubt I'll be finishing this one on time, no biggie though, lesson learned, for the next one I'm going to pick something a bit easier to construct.........
I have a plan, but, it's going to be a while before I implement it so I doubt I'll be finishing this one on time, no biggie though, lesson learned, for the next one I'm going to pick something a bit easier to construct.........
