A few years ago, Russian kitmaker Zvezda released a 1/48 Lavochkin La-5FN (soon followed by the earlier La-5), sparking a complete re-evaluation of their reputation and kicking off what’s become a more-or-less steady trickle of new-tool VVS subjects. Considering the dire state of the Soviet VVS in 1/48 scale, even this trickle is a blessing…
Category: Yakovlev Yak-3
2010 Wrap-up
With 2010 rapidly drawing to a close, I thought it would be worthwhile to revisit the kits that have come off my bench since I returned to the hobby in July. Rather than follow the usual chronological order, I’ve decided to proceed from my favorite to least favorite kit. 1/48 Tamiya P-51B Mustang Tamiya’s superb…
Eduard Yak-3 – Painting
With main construction finished (see Eduard Yak-3 – Cockpit and Main Assembly) and the major fuselage seams filled and sanded, it’s time to move on to the fun stuff – painting!
Soft Masks: Child’s Play
I hate masking. Of all the various aspects of modeling, it’s probably the task I enjoy least. Unfortunately, until model paints are replaced by nanotechnology and little pigment robots that can lay down exactly where you tell them with no hint of overspray, masking is a necessity. With the Eduard Yak-3 and Zvezda La-5, I’ve…
Eduard Yak-3 – Cockpit and Main Assembly
Eduard’s Yak-3 may not compare to the detail and complexity of their more recent releases (the superb Hellcat kits come to mind), but for all its simplicity it’s still a competently detailed and engineered kit. The first thing that strikes you about this kit is the extremely low parts count. The entire kit comes laid…
The Next Build(s): Two Commie Bastards
REPOSTED FROM DAMNED IF YOU DOOGS. ORIGINAL POST DATES FROM OCTOBER 15, 2010. Some modelers have dozens of kits on the bench at any given time, all in various stages of completion. I’m not the sort who could ever really work like that, but due to some delays with the Wildcats, I did find myself in a…
Rapid Task-Switching
REPOSTED FROM DAMNED IF YOU DOOGS. ORIGINAL POST DATES FROM SEPTEMBER 24, 2010. I don’t multitask. Never have, probably never will. My brain just isn’t wired that way. Instead, I practice something I read about a few months back – rapid task-switching. It’s a practice that looks like multitasking from a distance, but it’s actually a way…
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