Yak 25 RV 'Mandrake' 1/72 Amodel

[papa 695]

And this one Tony is starting to look like your getting a great result from it. Top work and don't you just love the Vallejo metal colours. 

[yak face]

And this one Tony is starting to look like your getting a great result from it. Top work and don't you just love the Vallejo metal colours. 

Have to agree Ian , at last Ive found a metal paint that i can get on with.The Metal Color paints are easy to use , dont smell too strong and once cured for a day or so are very resistant to marking during handling or masking , and the clear varnish doesnt dull the finish. cheers tony

[Guest]

Which colour did you use? I want aluminium, but notice its out of stock...

[Guest]

Looking very good so far

[Guest]

The NMF is looking very fine mate, good job

[yak face]

Which colour did you use? I want aluminium, but notice its out of stock...

I used chrome for the first all over coat , then dark aluminium for the panels over the engines and the ailerons. Ive got more to do yet such as the engines which i'll be doing with steel and more panels in dark aluminium . Cheers tony

[flyjoe180]

Looks superb Tony.

[yak face]

Bit more done to this , the engines have had panels done in a darker steel colour and various access panels and hatches have been picked out too. Ive given it a coat of metal color varnish and once thats had a few days to cure its decalling time, cheers tony

[papa 695]

That is looking excellent Tony 

[yak face]

Decals are on , but not exactly as the kit supplied .i wanted to depict a yak 25 rv , the standard version , but the kit is of the 25 rvII which was an unmanned radar target drone . To do this was easy , just leave off the bump under the rear fuselage , the fitting at the base of the fin and various other small aerials , pitots and protuberances . This just leaves the serial number which i sourced from the spares box , yellow 20. I had to paint the anti glare panel as the decal just cracked up and disintegrated , but the rest of the decals including the tiny stencils all behaved themselves. 


Next up is the undercarriage doors , outriggers, pitot and aerials, cheers tony

[rickoshea52]

I'm interested to see how you create the different panel shades, I had a limited go with my Lightning, it's a technique I want to try again in more detail.


good work.

[yak face]

Well im calling this one done. Its had the final little bits done - pitot ,outriggers , landing lights ,odd rods iff aerial etc thanks for watching , heres a few pics i took with the phone to finish off the build thread , ill take some more tomorrow with the camera for a Completed thread , cheers tony

[papa 695]

Very nice work Tony