When I ran a Little Cold Wars game based on Task Force Smith in Korea a couple of years ago I used a Lavochkin La-5 as part of the NKPA air support. I happened to mention at the time that it really should have been an La-7 which earned me displays of mock outrage from the players. Carrying on the joke, a couple of weeks later John presented me with this fine (and presumably very cheap) kit, insisting that it be ready for a re-run of the scenario. As regular readers will be aware, things can move pretty slowly around here and it was only last Saturday when I opened the box to reveal the delights therein.
Looks great- if you ever need players for the rerun I'm always rather partial to a Korean game....
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Pete.
Pete
ReplyDeleteBut you’re in lockdown in North Korea, er, I mean Huddersfield. Easy mistake....
Great start, looking forward to the completed piece, good too see a unusual Korean finish for it,
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Matt
It looks very similar to a Lagg 5. I was also taken with the stripy tail thing and hand painted it onto one of my 1/100th La5s
ReplyDeleteThey a bit like a stumpy FW190.
Must explain my fascination with that country and the war....
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Pete.
Bluewillow
ReplyDeleteIt’ll be liveried for Soviet rather than NKPA. But one red star looks much like another...
Martin Rapier
ReplyDeleteIt’s a bit less stumpy than the La-5 - of which your image is spot on!