Yak-52 - Hobby Park

Sprues 

Internal parts inserted 

A LOT of nose weight is required 

Fuselage assembled and clamped 

Gaps filled with Tamiya White Putty 

Wing dihedral shaped under running hot water 

Wings attached and gaps filled 

Engine cooling opening deepened with Tamiya scribing tool 

Primed with Mr Surfacer 1000 

Camo pattern copied from pictures 

Pattern drawn on with a soft pencil 

Masks created from acetate sheets 

Main color airbrushed on (Tamiya acrylics - own mix) 

Masks prepared 

Yellow splazhes airbrushed through the masks for soft demarcation lines 

Masking putty used in some difficult areas 

Underside masked 

Underside painted blue (Tamiya acrylics - own mix) 

Canopy masked and painted separately 

Wingtips and engine flanges painted red by hand 

Gloss coat added before decalling 

Decalling 

Instrument panel drawn in Photoshop and printed on blank decal sheet 

Cockpit painted and decalled with my own decals - too bad almost nothing will be visible under the thick canopy 

Almost finished! 

Some subtle weathering - the real aircraft are kept meticulously clean 

Final details added  

I wish I could open up this canopy! 

Shame about the wonky landing gear - the struts are so weak that they crumble under the model's own weight - they should probably be replaced with a metal dito. 

Together with its successor in the Hungarian Air Force: the Zlin-242 

Together with its successor in the Hungarian Air Force: the Zlin-242