Comrade Asimova reporting from the People's Glorious Mini Yak Factory!
It is with limited enthusiasm that I report that Comrade Адам has finished construction of his DOSAAF Yak-52. Unfortunately he did not meet the delivery schedule required by the Party and for this he will be punished!
Anyway, this is the Russian Neomega 1/48 Yak-52 kit produced in the glorious Motherland. Decals are a mix from this kit and the A-Models Yak-52 kit. Wheels came from North Star in Latvia.
I give this kit a degree of difficulty of about 9 out of 10 red stars. The resin is brittle with some warped parts. The resin did not like to be glued with CA glue - a right Russian pain in the rump all up. The vac-form canopy is the let down in this kit - too crude. I "sliced and diced" this one piece vac-form into 5 pieces - to "liven" up the model a bit more. The cockpit is just beautiful I must say and fits together in a most genius way - like a Swiss watch. Overall a real challenge of a kit, but I'm mostly happy with the outcome. It had been well "oiled" up using artist oils as well.
It will be there for the Civvie category for Expo 2016!
На здоровье!
