1/48 Gavia Lavochkin La-7 |
Gallery Article by Randy Lutz
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Dec 9 2003
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Here are some photos of my Gavia Lavochkin La-7.
It is finished in the markings of Captain Pavel Golovachev of the 9th Guards
Fighter Air Regiment, 303rd Fighter Aviation Division while based in Lithuania
during December 1944.
Aside from the vacuform
sliding canopy, the model is built to comply with IPMS Out of the box rules.
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Fuselage
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antenna wires
made from stretched sprue
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gun barrels
drilled out
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gun charging
handles hollowed out
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sliding canopy
replaced with vacuform hood
Wings
Paint and Decals
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model painted
with Xtracolor X254 Basaltgrau RAL7012, X129 Dark Grey
FS16081 and Humbrol 47 Sea Blue 62
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all markings are
kit decals
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model is
weathered with chalk pastels
References
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Lavockin La-7,
MBI Books
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Eagles of the
East, No. 1, Fighting Lavochkin by Aviation International
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Squadron In
Action No. 169 La 5/7 Fighters
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VVS web site
A complete build
review article on this model will be appearing in an upcoming issue of SAMI.
Randy Lutz
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