1/48 Yakovlev Yak-17

Gallery Article by KNES Armin on Sept 25 2009

 

To have a preference for Soviet aircraft models is often not so easy, especially if they should be in 1/48 scale.  Here is another project of my affectation - a Yak-17.  I already build the Czech Model Yak-15 in 1/48 (take a look in to the gallery), but there is no kit of the Yak-17 in this scale, so I did it in my usual way: I took an old model of mine, in this case it was an ICM Yak-9D, cleaned it up, to some research, drew a scale plan and here we go...

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In pictres 11 you can see what I have done: cover the gearbays and built new ones, enlarge the vertical fin and built new horizontal stabiaziors, make new flap and flaphousings, cut the wings, built new ailerons, make a new gear (the mainwheels were the originals and the frontwheel is a modified Mi-24 frontwheel), make a tube with 10mm diameter with air intake with coagulant and exhaust pipe including the last engine stage, built the fuselage with 2mm plasticstrips and sand it into the correct shape, and last but not least built the entire cockpit with the panel.

The painting scheme is an usual one for Soviet aircraft in the decade, I researched it on this website:

http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww3/f/273/1/0.

The decals are from other kits. The canopy is pretty much the same as the Yak-15-one.

The project took at least 3 weeks of intensive work.  I'm very proud of the result and I hope you like it to....

I have many model projects in the backr, some of my next are the modern Kamovtwins - Ka-50 and Ka-52 in service camoflage...you will see it first!!

KNES Armin

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Photos and text © by KNES Armin