Vitor Costa shows you how to paint and weather the
1:72 Eduard La-7 using Hataka productsU
sually, I don’t like re-
boxings, where brands
try to sell ‘old’ kits inside
‘modern’ wrappers. However,
Eduard is the exception, as their
re-boxings always contain some
neat extras such as etched parts,
resin upgrades and new decals.
This build features such kit, their
1:72 La-7 ‘Weekend Edition’. Inside
the box, which incidentally has
some wonderful artwork, are
two injection moulded sprues,
with really nice engraved panel
lines, a set of pre-painted etch,
a canopy mask, and an excellent
decal sheet eight possible options
to choose from.? As usual, thebuild began with the cockpit,
which is pretty basic but is lifted
to a new level by the addition of
the pre-painted etch. I coloured
the ‘office’ with Hataka Light
Gull Grey before applying an oil
wash to add some wear followed
by some dry brushing to pick
out the details. I then affixed the
coloured etch using Superglue,
before joining the fuselage halves
together. The fit here was not
perfect, a small amount of putty
was needed on the upper surface,
however on the undersides,
copious amounts of filler were
required to level the join with
the wing, I also had to attach twoSHARPSHOOTER
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88 • JANUARY 2018 • SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INTERNATIONAL
BY SACCO DE VRIES
LA-7
BY VITOR COSTA
1/72SPONSORED FEATURE
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