AREA 88: Yak-38 (A.G.F.)

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March 2, 2017
The box shot, of course.
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March 2, 2017
Sprues look pretty clean. Not sure about those decals though, they look pretty old.
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March 2, 2017
Just started cutting and glueing some bits together. No idea what the purpose of that engine is. You can't see it at all on the inside.
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March 2, 2017
Added a firewall and angled the rear of the cockpit to be more realistic. The canopy won't close now, but that's okay.
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March 2, 2017
Added some interior details to the cockpit.
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March 2, 2017
Added a dashboard.
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March 2, 2017
Not sure I can fit anything else in there.
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March 2, 2017
Cut open the air intakes and boxed them off.
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March 2, 2017
Repurposed Spad XIII wheels will work as lower fans... I hope.
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March 14, 2017
Got some colour down. Wasn't sure what colour I wanted to do the cockpit, but Tamiya XF-71 seemed a good choice when in doubt.
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March 14, 2017
Added modified decals from an Academy F-8E Crusader to the cockpit and cut out the secondary vents on the air intakes.
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March 16, 2017
Glued together...
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March 16, 2017
Need to adjust the vents and the fans.
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March 18, 2017
Putty and sanding.
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March 22, 2017
Ok... the primer is on.
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March 25, 2017
Let's see if we can get the undershading to work...
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August 26, 2017
Paint on... undershading nowhere to be seen.
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August 26, 2017
Decals on, but they're so old they're silvering.
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August 26, 2017
Cockpit could be better... but I can live with it.
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Comments

2 2 March 2017, 14:08

John Thomas
Greg, Nice start. Glad to see some added detail

5 March 2017, 15:35

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Good work so far , congrats

5 March 2017, 16:08

Ekki
Following.

5 March 2017, 17:08

Greg Baker
Thanks Guys! I sprayed the cockpit with Tamiya primer to get ready to paint it, but it went all runny on me for some reason, so I think I need to clean it off and try again.

7 March 2017, 13:29

Marcel Klemmer
I am in.

7 March 2017, 20:28

Greg Baker
After a bit of a break due to work-related travel, I'm back at it. Not much of an update, but got some paint down on the cockpit and the air intakes.

14 March 2017, 01:29

Greg Baker
Well... it's done... enough. This project was a Murphy's law of errors. I'm not sure why, but the painting was a mess, i kept getting these little sparkles... I killed a bunch of the decals... including the control panel... sigh... sometimes done is done. I still like this weird plane, so I may have another crack at it someday if I run across another kit.

26 August 2017, 12:15

Stephan Ryll
Good lookin bird 👍

26 August 2017, 12:22

Greg Baker
Hey Thanks, Stephan!

26 August 2017, 15:51

Choppa Nutta
cool

26 August 2017, 15:53

Ekki
Very nice work.

26 August 2017, 16:10

Matthew A
Mean looking ship

6 November 2019, 10:04

Greg Baker
Thanks guys. I took this one down off the shelf to clean up and finish off a few things. The main thing was adding the numbers. The decals were so ancient and fragile that the first 4 attempts ended in defeat. I originally wanted a red "31" but after killing all the 3s I had to settle for yellow 21 instead. Putting the decals one was like brain surgery, so I don't even care that they silvered pretty badly.

6 November 2019, 13:31

Nils Steyaert
looks good, nicely done 👍

7 November 2019, 16:50

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AREA 88: Yak-38 (A.G.F.)

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