"The Lavochkin La-7 (Лавочкин Ла-7) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II. It was a development and refinement of the Lavochkin La-5, and the last in a family of aircraft that had begun with the LaGG-1 in 1938."

Here it his after a research about soviet plains i started my la-7

the color i've found to it


just done the cockpit, added some things:















i'll post more when i've done it

Before i close the plane i putted a wire in the right side of the cockpit(saw it on a pic), and a lever on the left side it was engraved on the plastic but i thought it would look better if it really exists, so i built one. Next step putty and sanding.

wire:



lever:



putty and sanding:

some updates on the lavockin, painted the tail i had the decal but i prefer paint

Hi ricardo,
Which kit is this and what scale?
Looking good and I like the idea of painting rather than using decals, so much more realistic

Mal

its an academy model at 1/48 scale...

painted some more things, really working slow now he is being futurized



seemed such an easy painting scheme but its not...damn soviet colors

Hi Ricardo,

Your La-7 is taking shape beautifully.
As for the colors beware of the AMT-12 you've found.

I was the one who made the color chart you posted first and the AMT-12 I devised was completely off.
Here's the RGB formula: AMT-12 RGB 79-97-90

I hope it will help.

Jean

ty jean but in this paint scheme the amt 12 its not going to be used so no problem

Is this going to be white 93?

Mal

yes mal, its going to be a white 93 from Lt col Sergei Dolgushin

mal if i could i would paint all my decals like you do but its to dificult to do that, i just do the easy ones like the japonese ones and some straight lines

decals applied


washing him...or should i say getting him all dirty(scary pics, i always feel sick when i see this)

here are some photo updates, not working to well(mistakes and more mistakes, i'm the one to blame not the model) but i think its turning out ok tomorrow gona work on the star decals...have to fade them a little

Hi Ricardo, how are you finding the Academy decals so far? I have this kit and also the Gavia kit, i want to do both decal options that Academy provide but i'm concerned about how good the decals are. Especially if the white decals show through the colour from underneath.

And i have to say that's an interesting way of washing a model. Is it watercolour paint or somehting else?

It's looking very good, i like Russian aircraft a lot.

Andrew

Hi andrew . The decals are ok except the way they look...i think a little plastic but maybe that disapears after que matt varnish applied, and i dont like the way we have to put some decals over another to get one but they are not the worst i have seen.
the white is ok you dont see anything behind them.
When you say its an interesting way of washing the plane i say its a heart breaking one because you are always thinking will this go ok this time or not
well to do it like this you have to put future let it dry and then you apply oil paint let it dry till it looks matt and then you start cleaning him with a soft towel. if you not happy with the result you start again till you have it the way you want.
glad if i helped you

Ok, its finished, here are the final photos. C&C are very welcome

underside view

made the base to this model after 3 months since i finished the plane i guess it gives another look to the model.

grass made from sisal and black tea

Nice work, Ricardo!

I really like the weathering effect you have achieved. The base looks nice too.