Lavochkin La-7 part 2 - paint!

The Lavochkin is complete and is seen here in ‘flight’. I based the colour scheme loosely on the box art but had to replace some of the decals when the originals disintegrated in water.

Lavochkin La-7 part 1 - Glue

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. 

The box contents. A comfortingly low number of parts.

Around 20 minutes later this had appeared. It’s really not a bad wee kit. I like the look of the stripy-tailed ‘plane on the box art...