KP 1/72 Yak-23
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Ben MVery nice result! I like using craft paints too. Definitely more cost effective thank my beloved tamiya.
Bob Torres AutorThank you Ben, yes the cost of the craft paints are pretty inexpensive.
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I've been eyeing the Yak-23 for a while and decided to give this kit a try.
The Yak-23 is an early Soviet jet fighter which flew in the late 40's. This is a very small all metal aircraft developed with improvements from the Yak-15 and Yak-17 jets. It did not stay in service very long with the Soviets but were used more in Poland and Czechoslovakia. The more advanced MiG-15 eventually replaced them all.
This is another old KP kit released in 1981, kit #18. Even though a slightly newer kit than the MiG-17, I found this to be a bit rougher than the MiG-17, it had some big gaps between the fuselage to wings and tail planes to vertical stab that needed some filling and blending. It has decent cockpit details, and the whole kit has very fine raised details on the outside surface. The canopy is thick and fitting the cockpit and canopy needed some filling to allow it to fit correctly. This was a straight out of the box build.
After gluing the canopy into place, I masked it and primed the kit with Matte Black acrylic craft paint that I bought from Walmart. A two ounce bottle only cost 58 cents! I bought the 8 oz bottle for the painting display bases that I was working on not too long ago. I do not remember how much it cost for the 8 ounce bottle.
A few days later I airbrushed a silver craft acrylic paint (platinum), this 2 oz bottle cost me $8.00 in Walmart. I like the finish of this paint, it went on smoothly and looked reflective, almost like metal. For both paints the mix was 50/50 alcohol to paint. I added a few more drops of alcohol while airbrushing.
I chose to go with the box art markings. The original decals were not good, so I ordered a set from this site:
hobbyshop.cz/shop/en/9_apc-decals
The decals were slightly out of register but went on with no problems.
Not a bad kit, I could have done better but I am okay with the end results.
