If Zvezda's La-5FN is any guide, this should be the best 1/48th WWII Yak ever released, as the previous Yak benchmark, the Modelsvit Yak-1b, is not without small (but manageable) problems...

The Eduard Yak-3 had a too tall canopy and too upright windscreen, but worst of all, like the AM Yak-1, its fuselage tapered in plan view, this in a continuous manner, from firewall to tail. It is highly unlikely that this kit will display the same mistakes: The fuselage taper should be there but very slight, until at least mid-tail, when it suddenly sharpens towards the fin.

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Looks very detailed in the engine, and it will all probably fit beautifully under the cowls despite this, again judging from their equally detailed La-5FN and Me-109F...

Gaston