Hi all.
I return here with a kit that had stored many years ago, which I accumulated enough information, and that I knew almost nothing of it.
This time it is a Yakovlev Yak-9T-37 (because of the 37mm cannon) Ukrainian brand ISM (ICM is written in Ukrainian but means ISM) in 1/48th scale.
The “review” and “preview” of the kit can be viewed at the following links:
Modeling Madness Preview: http://modelingmadness.com/scotts/allies/ussr/yak9ddpreview.htm
Modeling madness Review: http://modelingmadness.com/scotts/allies/ussr/yak9dd.htm
Hyperscale Review: http://www.kitreview.com/reviews/yak9treviewds_1.htm
The references I used were:
Yak-9 Leipnik D. L. Aviapress, Kiev 2000 (in Cyrillic)
Yakovlev Yak-9U & P, Robert Panek, Mushroom Model Magazine Special No 6119
Yak-9, Wydawnictwo Militaria No 309 (Polish and English footnotes)
Yak Fighters in action, Squadron - Aircraft n ° 1078.
Samolet Yak-9-U s dvigatelem VK-107A, 1993 (Excerpt flight manual with graphics very interesting from the point of view of the aircraft systems, ideal for detailing the engine and cockpit)
Plans and drawings http://aiwar.ru
Photos of museum specimens in:
http://airwar.ru,
http://scalemodels.ru/modules/photo/viewcat_cid_156.html
http://photo.qip.ru/users/pakuro/3840677/
http://sovietwarplanes.com/board/index.php?topic=855.0
http://walkarounds.airforce.ru/avia/rus/yak/yak-9/index.htm
I started detailing the engine with copper wire, plastic rods, guitar strings and stretched sprue.
The tubular internal structure frame of the fuselage and tail wheel was erased and replaced later with stretched sprue.
I cutted off the underbelly radiator flap vents in order to replace with a thin metal sheet.
The seat was finished with lime and rough sanding, I was afraid to destroy the piece.
Another thing I did were knobs that go on all side panels with plastic stretched, warmed tip and smashed against a sheet that already had drilled 5 holes of 0.5 mm star shaped knob to mimic the original, I liked the result. This is going to help me inside the Academy’s Lavochkin La-7 I intend to do pararell to this project.
Here are some details of the cockpit seat thinning, improved main board, pedals and antiskid in the cockpit floor made with the foil of cigarette packs.
Here is the detailed Main dashboard with drops of gloss varnish to simulate glass instruments.
I painted the engine several times and did not convince me much the result.
I made an oil cooler located under the engine:
and the engine mounts structure with stretched sprue.
here the result of the fuselage halves glued. I thought it was going to be nhardo to do as the engine and cockpit had many details added, I feared that it was not possible to close both fuselage halves.
although this space was right on the front fuselage
I made with strtched sprue the sight structure above the front dashboard.
I made yhis improvement of the sidewalls of the main wheels wells with minidrill, some putty and draw some panels and rivets.
Marking of rivets on the lower surface where are the fuel tanks structure.
I erased the wingtip lights, they were replaced with stretched clear sprue and filled with transparent epoxi cement.
I scratchbuild a new gunsight as the that comes is undersized.
Here is this gunsight fixed.
And so it is seen this gunsight through the ISM’s canopy. I do not like this clear part because according to the comparison with drawings and photos is some kind of undersized. I found a vacuform cockpit canopy situable for the Yak-7 or 9 which seemed appropriately. What is more difficult to adapt to the shape of the fuselage but worth it (I owe the photos for next week)
I hope you like.
Greets.
Pablo
