Model Airplane International – September 2019

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SKILL LEVEL:

Intermediate/Advanced

SPECIFICATION:

Zvezda 1:48 YAK-130 Light ground attack aircraft.

Kit No 4821

Materials: IM

Available from all good model shops

Price guide £34.99

BEFORE STARTING

Tamiya Extra Thin Cement

MiG Extra Thin Cement

Mr Surfacer 1200

Vallejo plastic putty

Dspiae Single Blade Cutters

Tamiya Masking Tape

Tweezers.

Mr Paint Liquid Filler

Ultra Violet curing resin & UV torch

PAINTS USED

Mr Paint

MRP-4 Basic White

MRP-32 Green

MRP-48 Super Clear Gloss

MRP- 84 Fine Surface Primer Grey

MRP-124 RAF Marking Blue

MRP-125 Super Clear Semi gloss

MRP-126 Super Clear Semi matt

MRP-172 Super Gloss Black

MRP-173 Tyre Rubber

MRP-240 Air Superiority Blue

MRP-296 Light Grey

MRP-297 Light Blue

MRP-298 Blue

MRP-355 Russian Cockpit Sealant

Tamiya

XF-23 Light Blue

XF-53 Neutral Grey

Motolow Chrome pen

Various shades of MiG Oil Brushes.

AFTERMARKET ITEMS USED

Res/Kit Yak-130 Wheel set (RS48-0093).

Phase Hangar Resin Yak-130 MDC (148002)

CMK Navigation lights and gunsights (4060)

0 ‘Mitten’ Light ground attack aircraft. Let the fu

n begin!

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advanced ighters its students aspire to. In

fact it’s that good it’s rumoured that it may

well also replace the Su-25 Frogfoot in the

ground attack role! Some aircraft!

First Impressions

Opening the box you’ll be faced with nine

injection moulded sprue trees including one clear

sprue tree, one extensive decal sheet and

the instructions. The instructions would

have you start off with the nose section and

cockpit, but I was keen –– as well as a little

anxious –– to see how the main part of the

fuselage built up, as this is built around the

main landing gear bay, using it as a central

core onto which various parts are itted, until

you have a complete airframe. I personally

have never really got on well with this type of

construction technique, as one small misalignment of a part early

on can have profound implications further

along the build process as that error in

misalignment is magniied each time a new

part is itted. Still, that was the suggestion, so

I went with the low...

Getting Started...

Starting with the complex shaped intake

trunking I got to work. Each intake, due to

its shape is constructed from several parts

that leave some prominent seam lines which

have to be dealt with. Not a great problem,

that with some time and Mr. Surfacer, can be

dealt with quite easily. The emphasis is on time however, as they’re