Monday 1 November 2021

YAK-9D - part 1

 Another gem from the box load I was given in July, the YAK-9 is a kit I have never built.  This one was reasonably complete - wheels down and all - but as with the others from this batch, the paint was rather rough.  More importantly, it was missing part of the tail.  


Spot the replacement part!  Carved from plastic card and liberally glued in place. 

New paint. While it dried I raided the decal box. 

8 comments:

Simon said...

May need a bit of left rudder to stop it pulling to port! But another great restoration project.

Simon

Martin Rapier said...

That looks very smart indeed

Tim Gow said...

Simon
With all the paint it's wearing the chances of getting off the ground are pretty slim!

Tim Gow said...

Martin Rapier
Thanks - it's coming along nicely.

Brad DeSantis said...

Great restoration job Tim! Your plastic carving skills are quite good and with paint it's hard to tell the original from your replacement! Well done!

Tim Gow said...

Brad DeSantis
Luckily it was quite a simple shape to carve!

Geordie an Exiled FoG said...

Nice recovery build!

Tim Gow said...

Geordie
Quick, simple, cheap. Well free really!