Aero L-39 ZA Albatros Eduard Week-End
All the stuff ..... Eduard Week-end kit, Pavla vacu canopy, Pavla VS-1 seats, HDL decals and Xtratech PE set.
Sprues
Sprues
Clear parts & decals from the kit
WIP , first steps
First 'stop' .... Pavla seats are far too wide for the kit bathtub. It's not possible to trim them enoug to fit inside ... So I'll use the kit seats , which are also too wide, but no so much that can't be trimmed to fit.
Cockpit decals from the kit. Very good and accurate, but not por a C but for ZA. Not really a problem as the kit has enough parts to make a ZA.Decals reacted very well to Micro-Sol. Interior Tamiya XF53
Bang seat head-rests are quite basic. Cushion will be added from plasticard.
Here it is .. Also added some bits of sprue and plasticard to represent throttle levers and some knobs.
Cockpit side cushion panels in Tamiya XF22
Finished instrument panels. Dials were painted with Humbrol Clear Fix and I must say I'm very happy with the result. Ejection handles have been made from red electric wire. Some weathering went on.... Seats Tamiya XF53 and Gunze H421
Cockpit ready.
A couple of styrene strips were added to get a more positive fix for the front anti-glare panel. Rear panel seam filled with white glue.
Front anti-glare panel and reinforcing styrene strips.
Full cockpit, front panels, and compressor intake ready to be glued to the fuselage halves.
Just a bit of putty to cover a couple of sink marks
Some putty was needed at the rear end ... at both sides .... but it's no big deal ....
Wing halves glued together
Green stuff putty for the big gaps and Vallejo putty for the smaller ones.
Fuselage halves glued and some green stuff putty has been put and sanded.
Some more putty added .... this time Vallejo acrylic.
More Vallejo putty
I choose an Egypt machine.... Uppersides base colour is Tamiya XF-60
Brown colour is a mix of : 20 parts XF2 Tamiya + 12 parts H27 Gunze + 3 parts Gunze H325
Olive colour is Tamiya XF62
Air intakes fit was not very good ..... repaired with PVA glue
I cheated a bit ..... rocket pod should been UB 16 , not UB 32 ,,, but that's what I had (from an old Hasegawa Flogger)
Moving on
Undersides Gunze H325
Canopies masked with Gunze Mr. Mask
Instead of Furture I tryed Gauzy from AK Interactive .... very good stuff ..... thinner than Future but as glossy as Future
Finished
Comments
13 1 February 2016, 10:28
Stefan SchneiderI'm in! Nice work so far. Which scheme are you going to realize?
5 February 2017, 15:27
Julian Herrero aka YuriThanks Stefan .... I still have to make up my mind among the Czechoslovakian version (tan and olive green) and Egyptian (tan, brown and green) ,,,, I guess I'll choose the Egyptian.
5 February 2017, 15:48
Julian Herrero aka YuriHi mates ,,, I'm about to paint the undersides and I have a doubt on the colour. As far as I know should be FS 36375. Eduard matches it to Gunze 325 , but FSM, IPMS Stockholm and Klaus matches it to 308. I've got 308 in my stash and looks rather good. But I haven't 325 for checking ...Any one can help me ?
27 January 2018, 18:21
Christian LehmannI also started to build this kit but stoped because I am unsure how to deal with the missing wheel wells
27 January 2018, 20:28
Julian Herrero aka YuriChristinan ... in all pictures I've found , all undercarriage doors are closed when the aircraft is on the ground.
28 January 2018, 15:21
Łukasz GlińskiI can confirm the wheel bays on L-39s are closed when undercarriage is fully extended.
@Julian: Wish I could help, but I only used Gunze 308 as FS36375 on my Polish F-16C 🙁
Btw.: Who's Klaus?
28 January 2018, 17:58
Christian LehmannThanks Julkan and Lukasz. The cofusion arrised because of the CMK set which include a wheel well and doors for the main landing gear but none for the front wheel.
28 January 2018, 20:27
Julian Herrero aka YuriThanks Christian & Łukasz . Łukasz ... David Klaus wrote a very comprehensive book on colours for modelling. This very one :
SCM Book: IPMS Color Cross-Reference Guide (IPMS Color Cross-Reference Guide)
29 January 2018, 18:49
David AndrsJulian: The match via Ultimate Model Paint Guide says: H308 is FS36375, H325 is FS36440. Hope that helps.
29 January 2018, 23:23
Julian Herrero aka YuriŁukasz , the book is old , but still a very good and useful reference for colour information
31 January 2018, 19:14
Julian Herrero aka YuriThanks folks ... I'll go for H308 which happens to be in my stash 😉
31 January 2018, 19:15
Julian Herrero aka YuriFinished last year ,,, but it's now that I've got the time to post the pictures .....
13 April 2020, 16:34
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It should've been an easy project with a bit of added detail and aftermarket decals, but not to be finnished in just a Week-end.
I'm not Mike Grant.
😉
But I'd like to ,,,,,
So let's see how it turns out ,,,,
Pavla seats were discarded ... too big for the cockpit.
Interior : Tamiya XF-53 , XF-22
Seats : Tamiya XF-63 , Gunze H421
Undersides : Gunze H325
Uppersides : Gunze H27 , Gunze (20 H1+12 H27 + 3 H325
All brush painted
In the end the project took much more time than I'd expected. Not an easy shake and bake kit .... at least to me.
