Як-1M

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June 5, 2022
The ailerons, stabilisers and the rudder are meant to simulate the linen surface, but it's way too prominent. So I try to soften it down, using some sanding and MrCement glue. Left: before. Right: after.
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June 5, 2022
The flash is incredible 😄
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June 12, 2022
Strating the cockpit works, the walls are empty - in the first batches there were some details, but they're gone.
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June 12, 2022
Ailerons have different sizes on both sides 😄 The blue is underside, the red is topside.
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June 12, 2022
Adding PE, not gonna use the whole fret, too detailed.
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June 12, 2022
First colours.
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June 12, 2022
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June 12, 2022
Washed interior, just before closing.
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June 12, 2022
Had to split the canopy, back is original. The front will be vacu, as the original part is hideously shaped.
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June 12, 2022
Drybryshed desktop, just before closing.
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June 12, 2022
And the last glimpse on the rest of the cockpit.
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June 12, 2022
Dat flash 😄
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June 16, 2022
First priming (and I took care of a proper background)
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July 3, 2022
Did blue and yellow this weekend.
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July 5, 2022
Added some grey.
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July 5, 2022
And even more of grey.
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July 5, 2022
Varnished and waiting for decalling.
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July 28, 2022
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July 28, 2022
Decals are there
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July 30, 2022
Started attaching the remaining stuff, like prop for example. As you can see the original instruction is fantastic when it comes to colours 😄
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August 4, 2022
The damn rigging has been completed, perhaps bit too low, but I'm not gonna correct it.
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August 7, 2022
I must have had some solvent leftovers on my sticky fingers 🙁
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August 7, 2022
Spent whole evening fixing it.
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August 7, 2022
And finally! 😄
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August 7, 2022
Circa 30 years apart, I think I improved a bit 🙂
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30 5 June 2022, 20:22

Maciej Bellos
Flash looks ok-ish. Had a kit were I couldn't tell where the wing ended and the flash started!

5 June 2022, 20:48

Robert Podkoński
Watching, of course! Do you call it flash?! These are only some mould imperfections 😉

5 June 2022, 20:53

Łukasz Gliński
It must have been Amodel 😉 Good to have you here 👍

5 June 2022, 20:53

Robert Podkoński
Or an (in)famous Novo kit - I have fantastic Fairey Delta in my stash which I use as a source of fragments of thin plasticard 😄

5 June 2022, 20:55

Łukasz Gliński
How dare you?! I thought blasphemy is illegal in this country 😛

5 June 2022, 20:56

Robert Podkoński
I do not care much about it 😛

5 June 2022, 20:57

Robert Podkoński
Just to be clear on this - all the parts are still there (but the "sprues" look like vacuformed kit 😉 )

6 June 2022, 05:00

Łukasz Gliński
Phew! I like to build such oldies from time to time, so I was thinking "poor Delta" 😛

6 June 2022, 09:17

Robert Podkoński
I would never destroy such an unique kit of such an unique plane... One has to observe some rules 😉

6 June 2022, 09:19

Thomas Kolb
What an odd construction of the wing part! Oh, Plastyk I see. You are a brave man. Nice start, this will be interesting to watch!

6 June 2022, 09:30

S M
Following!

6 June 2022, 09:50

Patryk S.
Following! After doing the razorback version (Yak-1) a few years ago I need to say that you are a courageous man ideed tackling this one 😜

6 June 2022, 10:23

Łukasz Gliński
Thank you all! 🙂 On one hand every single part requires some corrections or flash cleanup (or both), but at the same time it's a simple kit with limited number of parts luckily 😄
PS. I'm not going to rescribe it.

6 June 2022, 11:37

Alec K
I kinda get your urge to build this oldies, but also kinda don't 😄 following for sure 👍

7 June 2022, 11:59

Cuajete
Łukasz, my hard's kits idol. I'll follow it with interest once again 😉

7 June 2022, 17:08

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome my dear padawans, enjoy the first primer before I start to correct it 🙂

16 June 2022, 15:46

Cuajete
Looking so good 👍

16 June 2022, 18:17

Neil Patrick
Hi Lukasz. You're pushing the envelope for sure with this. Looking great so far. 🙂

16 June 2022, 19:13

Gordon Sørensen
Great work on a difficult kit, Lukasz!

17 June 2022, 01:02

Łukasz Gliński
Thank you mates, enjoy the first pics of spraying.

3 July 2022, 20:26

Cuajete
Clean painting job, Łukasz. It lokks so good 👍

3 July 2022, 20:29

Cuajete
Nice camo 👍
Why the canopy haas got a hole on the top?

5 July 2022, 19:56

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks, it's not a hole, I just lost this part of masking in the process 🙂

5 July 2022, 21:04

Cuajete
So it's easy to fix 👍

6 July 2022, 09:22

Andy Ball
Better check in too….

19 July 2022, 19:26

Ralf Topeters
Hi Lukasz, looking for perfection like always? Seems like you are on a good way like always! Looks so nice in the camo already. 👍

19 July 2022, 20:04

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome. Not really for perfection. The initial plan was to build it OOB, but it turned out my example came from already worn molds and the fuselage was empty inside 🙁

20 July 2022, 08:42

Robert Podkoński
Worn molds you say, Łukasz?...how could it happen? 😄

20 July 2022, 08:44

Łukasz Gliński
I'm naive enough to believe the non-green ZTS sprues could be ok 😋

20 July 2022, 08:46

Cuajete
Łukasz power! 💪

20 July 2022, 17:40

Patryk S.
Looking really good Łukasz! Much positive memories come to mind when seeing such nostalgic builds.

28 July 2022, 20:32

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks. Patryk, that explains all the fun and motivation I experience during this build 👍

28 July 2022, 20:35

Guy Rump
Looking good Lukasz 👍

30 July 2022, 20:59

Łukasz Gliński
Thank you mates, I can announce this build finished, enjoy the pics 🙂

7 August 2022, 19:47

Andy Ball
Landed, nicely!

7 August 2022, 20:06

Cuajete
Looks great, Łukasz!!
Very nice painting job. The age of the tool goes unnoticed 👍
Congrats!

7 August 2022, 20:08

Guy Rump
Very impressive build Lukasz. Congrats. 👍

8 August 2022, 06:10

Greg Baker
Oh, this is a very nice one. Great!

8 August 2022, 06:13

Maciej Bellos
Congrats Łukasz! A transformed dog of a kit. Well done!

8 August 2022, 06:44

Neuling
Ende gut, alles gut! 👍

8 August 2022, 07:07

Erik De Smet
Very nice build Lukasz; where did I see that hangar before ?

8 August 2022, 08:52

David Januska
Well this is real treasure. I remember this kit when I was young. I've bought it in Prague. But the result was far, far worse than yours 👍.

8 August 2022, 09:13

Łukasz Gliński
Very glad to see you like it (and the hangar too 😄 ) I did my best to hide the age of the sprues and the really bad canopy parts.

8 August 2022, 09:18

S M
Very cute Yak 😄👍 Well done!

8 August 2022, 15:09

Patryk S.
Congratulations on a great outcome!

8 August 2022, 17:10