another Eduard La-7

[John Thompson]

Thanks, Honza. Getting the Eduard spinner to look that good is an accomplishment all by itself!

John

[Dave]

Wow Honza, that is truly amazing work . The best I have ever done is add pedals and a gearstick to an (EMPTY) airfix spitfire, that and slice the canopy into open position 

How do you achieve the grubby interior effect - spraying on a base coat and then adding the grey/green over it?

[Honza Jezl]

First - one question according highlighted area on the picture. It is part of opening part of the rear canopy. The question is, what remains there when the canopy is open? Is there same/similar fixed part? Or just kind of small semicircular metal plates to which is open part locked when closed. (I hope you understand what I mean...)



Dave - after base coat (surfacer 1200) is everything sprayed with black. Then I took greatly thinned interior colour (gray/blue/green) and sprayed middle parts of all "panels" (areas in between ribs) leaving corners darker. Of course I oversprayed a bit everything as I didn't want ribs black. Then I sprayed everything with acrylic gloss clear lacquer and leave it dry. After that I applied greatly thinned dark black/gray/brown oil colour to corners (kind of wash), left it dry for 2-3 hours and removed excessive oil colour with .... how the hell to call it - sticks with cotton at the end used for cleaning ears. I left it dry again and applied drybrush - light blue/green/gray colour and at the end very light drybrush with white colour to highlight some areas. And that's it 

[Renato71]

First - one question according highlighted area on the picture. It is part of opening part of the rear canopy. The question is, what remains there when the canopy is open? Is there same/similar fixed part? Or just kind of small semicircular metal plates to which is open part locked when closed. (I hope you understand what I mean...)

Congrats on your work! simply...?

Regarding your question, I have no pic whatsoever, but if Ruskies kept with their tradition, it should look just like on your drawing (red outline), but recessed for the depth of transparent part. Usually, there is a lot of wear around the holes, and they should be rounded in profile (cross-section) as well, like a throat or funnel. This way it's easier to match the fastener with the hole
If you cannot find appropriate picture, any walkaround of Soviet aircraft will do. Some servicing panels on Mig-15 are designed in the same manner as on Mig-21, so I believe things like that are hard to change (if it works - don't change it).

[Dave]

First - one question according highlighted area on the picture. It is part of opening part of the rear canopy. The question is, what remains there when the canopy is open? Is there same/similar fixed part? Or just kind of small semicircular metal plates to which is open part locked when closed. (I hope you understand what I mean...)



Dave - after base coat (surfacer 1200) is everything sprayed with black. Then I took greatly thinned interior colour (gray/blue/green) and sprayed middle parts of all "panels" (areas in between ribs) leaving corners darker. Of course I oversprayed a bit everything as I didn't want ribs black. Then I sprayed everything with acrylic gloss clear lacquer and leave it dry. After that I applied greatly thinned dark black/gray/brown oil colour to corners (kind of wash), left it dry for 2-3 hours and removed excessive oil colour with .... how the hell to call it - sticks with cotton at the end used for cleaning ears. I left it dry again and applied drybrush - light blue/green/gray colour and at the end very light drybrush with white colour to highlight some areas. And that's it 

Wow, sounds quite a challenge, but I would like to give it a go! I have an airbrush but have yet to get it to spray consistently

[Honza Jezl]

Finally done. More pictures will follow later (in week or so)
hmm, what's the problem with posting of images?? Too big? Blocked source?

[Massimo Tessitori]

Hi Honza,
I see that the images of your model are not on line. Are them still to the address where you have put them?
Massimo