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YAK-3 From Russia with...

Paulw said:
This is going to be real sweet
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Sorry for not keeping up with the post as well as I should guys . Thanks everyone.

Here's hoping Paul :drinks . The cockpit has been aggravating even though it's much bigger than I'm used to.

Got a lot of the bits together this afternoon . Need a flat coat though...Soon.

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Here's more Eduard weirdness No plan at all for the 4 open holes.

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Guess I'll have to conjure up something :idonno

Cheers, Christian B)
 
moon puppy said:
Have you got any of those Aeroscale gauges? I've used them just to fill spots before.
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No. I do have some Mike grant decals in 1/72 and they seem to fit this scale better than what they are designed for :facepalm ....Drying now.

Cheers, Christian B)
 
Thanks Mike and Paddy . Pretty much fu except Eduard Tom foolery . :S

Really nice looking seat back.

Trying to install the shoulder belts when I realised they were way too wide for the provided hole.

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Enlarged the hole and absentmindedly reach for the super glue :pinch: Not thinking about the fact that I had Mr Mike's glue in my hand, I tried to touch the PE with the dispenser tip .

There need to be a warning on the bottles, that stuff comes out with the intensity of a fire hose and better than warp speed :sick:

Trying to undo the mess at this point. :bang head

Cheers, Christian B)
 
moon puppy said:
Acetone works great to debond it. I talked to the Dr. the other day about that issue.
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Yup , I knew that but have not had any debonder in years . Could never get stuff sold in hobby shops to work.

Watched Mr Mike work wonders with the Acetone though :good:

Actually made out OK . Quick action with some paper towel removed most of it plus the Acrylic paint shielded most of it from binding to the plastic.

More scrubbing and some scrapping and I feel fortunate and count it salvaged .

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A bit of junk remained and kept it from being as pristine as the first try.

Overall I like it . Matter of fact, I like the paint better this time around but I can't get the camera to capture the subtleties of the shades and shadows.

Lesson learned ( besides the glue ) . Spray a Testor Dullcoat in before the dry brush Vallejo layer and it works much better .
Also repainted the prepainted seatbelts and feel happier with it as well :)

Cheers, Christian B)
 
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