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Andy Ball (Lerxst)
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Normandy Niémen Yak-3

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33 15 August 2022, 17:44
Guy Rump
Watching 👍
16 August 2022, 18:42
Andy Ball
Hello Guy! Thanks for your time!
16 August 2022, 20:28
Robert Podkoński
Me too 😉
17 August 2022, 11:59
Andy Ball
Welcome Robert, have a beer, we're on warp-factor with model builds at the moment....
17 August 2022, 12:01
Robert Podkoński
I must confess, we're in the same boat, Andy...
17 August 2022, 12:38
Cuajete
Fast and top job with great details!
17 August 2022, 18:26
Andy Ball
@Robert- "speedboat". Definitely my last build for a while, been trying to run down the stash.
17 August 2022, 21:27
Andy Ball
Thanks Cuajete! Always a welcome for you here!!
17 August 2022, 21:27
Łukasz Gliński
Very nice build A, that's probably a bit better materiel than my Yak-1b.
I have to disappoint you, but I think the undercarriage wasn't leaning inwards that much:
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18 August 2022, 11:15
Andy Ball
Oh, piffle- better get the splints on them and get them straightened 😞
18 August 2022, 12:15
Cuajete
You can do it, Andy... and on time! 💪
Yak-3 was smaller than Yak-1?
18 August 2022, 17:58
Andy Ball
Thanks Cuajete, I'm no "rivet counter" and don't know their relative sizes, but this Yak-3 seems to be on scale. It looks like a tiny Soviet gnat. Much like Putin.
18 August 2022, 18:47
Micky
Hey Andy. Nice project and plane. As always your explanations in each picture are very interesting. Good work with the scrap parts.
18 August 2022, 20:32
Cuajete
😄😄😄... Thanks for making me laugh, Andy 😄 👍
18 August 2022, 20:32
Andy Ball
@Micky: glad we could throw some light on this kit and I welcome your words too.
19 August 2022, 14:29
Jan Peters
You're working as fast as lightning Andy, pun intended 😄
Looking good 👍🏻
20 August 2022, 17:58
Andy Ball
Thanks Jan! Yes, got to make a dent in the stash.
20 August 2022, 19:39
Noël Bossaert
Good job.

This paint on the tail, it was just when the Normandie Niemen come Back to France.
During the war, there was a red star on the tail.
20 August 2022, 19:50
Cuajete
It looks better and better 👍
20 August 2022, 20:04
Andy Ball
@Noël, thanks for those historic notes. The duo combo pack allows 3 schemes, and the Croix de Lorraine seemed unique to Delfino's mount, and doesn't involve putting on a Russian red star, so I thought it was a twist on the usual theme. Therefore this project is set when the squadron returned to France. Cool!
A bientôt, et merci beaucoup.
21 August 2022, 07:23
Andy Ball
Thanks Cuajete- getting close to finals. I had a heavy weekend with commitments and lost some build time!
21 August 2022, 07:24
Andy Ball
Landed.
22 August 2022, 20:25
Jan Peters
Great result Andy!
22 August 2022, 21:23
Andy Ball
Cheers Jan! A neat little build.
22 August 2022, 21:28
Robert Podkoński
Really good work, Andy! I like it very much.
23 August 2022, 06:24
Andy Ball
Thanks Robert, glad you've had a peek!
23 August 2022, 16:33
Ludvík Kružík
Famous pattern and nicely built model, I like it very much. 😎 👍 👍 👍
23 August 2022, 16:59
Cuajete
Very nice job, Andy 👍
One express build more with a little pause, but very well executed.
Congrats!
23 August 2022, 17:22
Łukasz Gliński
Well done A. 👍
23 August 2022, 18:52
Andy Ball
Thanks Ludvík, Łukasz and Cuajete - a quickie. May return to the weathering another time?...
23 August 2022, 19:55
Andy Ball
Thank-you Pietro!
20 January 2023, 07:24

Project info

62 images
1:72
Completed
1:72 Yakovlev Yak-3 Combo (Hasegawa 01938)1:72 Yakovlev Yak-3 (Airwaves AC72-64)1:72 Canopy - Yak-3 (Rob-Taurus 72073)1+
Yakovlev Yak-3
SU Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres (Free French Air Force 1940-1945)
GC 3 Normandie-Niémen 00 (Col. Louis Delfino)
1945 World War 2 - East Prussia 3R
Light Gull grey, Field grey, Bright Blue
 

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