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David Andrs (andrsd)
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L-29 Delfin

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I messed with shadows here, so that the picture would show the inside better... Internal note, take a picture of the cockpit before you glue it inside the fuselage. 
 

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Comments

23 May 2017, 02:36
Alec K
Very, very nice David 👍 One of my all time favorite planes! Super clean and classy build. How did it go together? I have this kit in 1:72, and hope to get to it soon.
23 May 2017, 03:01
Sebastian Meyner
Very nice job! 👍
23 May 2017, 03:15
David Andrs
When I saw that AMK did this in 1:48 I just had to build it. You probably remember the old 1/72 kit from KP. So this brought some memories back 🙂 As far as the kit goes, the fit and engineering is on par to Tamiya, IMO. The panel lines are a little heavier than I would like. I did not have to fight the kit, it went together very smoothly 👍

I kept the weathering to a minimum, because my reference pictures are showing very clean and well maintained aircraft. And, it just feels wrong to me to portray L-29 covered in dirt and grime 🙂
23 May 2017, 03:20
Nikolaos Kouzinis
Good job David
23 May 2017, 14:52
Alec K
Oh, I remember the old KP L-29 😄 It's not one of the KP's best effort, but it was their first, if I recall correctly. I think I have Pavla resin cockpit for it somewhere. The Bilek effort has lots of problems as well. Looks like AMK got it right.

Again, turned our really nice 👍 👍 Your detailing is excellent, I love all the opened hatches and drooping control surfaces. Funny reading about your "blues" 🙂
23 May 2017, 17:05
Christian Bruer
Sharp and clean work 👍
23 May 2017, 18:00
David Andrs
Thanks Sebastian, Nikolaos, Christian and Alec.
Is it just me or are the photos a bit darker?
24 May 2017, 01:14
Michael Hickey
Nice build David, and I think you are right, the pics are a bit to dark.
24 May 2017, 01:19
David Andrs
Thanks Michael. I will have to adjust that next time I am shooting...
24 May 2017, 01:24
Michael Hickey
👍... The pics are very sharp and well focused.
24 May 2017, 02:12
David Andrs
I checked my camera and I had EV -1.0 from a previous shooting on. So that explains that. I will fix the photos and re-upload: who wants to look at dark photos, right? 🙂
24 May 2017, 15:24

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The kit was really nice: good fit, no flash, went together nicely. I think the panel lines are a little bit too heavy. Decals went on with no problems, microsol and microset worked great. The PE sets from Eduard improved the kit a lot (I got advanced modeler syndrome, but do not worry I am cured and back to OOBs).

Paint: The gray is a my own mix: 180 white : 1 blue : 2 black. A lot of pictures I found online had the gray just too dark (the match for the color recommended by the instructions comes out as Tamiya XF-20 and I think that could be the problem). When I sprayed my concoction, it looked too blue. I did not like it. I was going to look at the model under different light for 2 days and it was still too blue. Well, the reference picture shows that the paint had some blue for sure - it shows the plane towards its end of the life. The color does not look that blue on the photos though. After about a week and putting the decals on, the "too blue" feeling went away...

The picture shows quite clean airplan

7 images
1:48
Completed
1:48 L-29 Delfin - Pitot Tubes (Master AM-48-105)1:48 L-29 Delfin exterior (Eduard 48801)1:48 L-29 Delfin interior (Eduard 49676)1+
Aero L-29 Delfin
CSK Československé vojenské letectvo (Czechoslovak Air Force 1940-1993)
3401/NA-2F/D
 

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