Confession time: From time to time I have a look at Russian sites where scans of printed models are illegitimately offered for downloading. However, on rare occasions there also appear fully legitimate models, shared by designers or repainters (with the designer's approval). This is such an example.
This is the cover of the model – a Russian La-5F fighter, the mainstay of the Russian fighter aircraft during WWII. There are several reasons in my view for highlighting this repaint & redesign:
• The level of complexity is attractive - you can build a delicious model without having to get stranded on internal complexities like a fully detailed engine which isn't visible anyway. The cockpit is fully detailed.
• The paintwork is exquisite with shadings, wear and tear marks included to a moderate degree.
• The kit is a complete remake of a 30-year old original, very attractively laid out in its new form.
• The download comes as a high-quality pdf-file. Although it is not a vector original, the lines and paintwork are so carefully executed that you could easily enlarge it to double the original size without any adverse effects.
• The design explicity has eliminated the need for doubling formers, ribs, spars, etc. with hard-to-cut cardboard. Everything is built up from ordinary thickness paper.
• The instructions are possible to copy and paste into any web-based translation programme.
Finally, I cannot but applaud the effort to redesign an existing model, repainting it, and getting the blessing of the original author. All in order, and a good example of how I believe paper-modeling should move forward, building on each other's efforts.
Here are a few samples of what drew my attention to this model:
This is one of two instructions page. I don't believe it is a scan of the original instructions at all, but a very carefully made redrawing for this version.
A sample parts page (there are six of them). The full quality of the repainting cannot be judged from this reproduction, but you can get an idea of the spacious and logical layout (no desperate crowding of parts here, since we are dealing with a download design, not a printed version, which means you don't have to strive for as few pages as possible).
The original design is by Timofej Nikolaevich Kiyanski. I believe he is now designing for the Russian YG-models brand of high-quality paper-models. This company has produced a modern and very detailed model of the same La-5 aircraft.
The redesigned & repainted version of this older model is introduced in the Only-paper.ru gallery section. On page two, post 18, in that thread, you can read the blessing of the original designer T.N. Kiyanski. He says there that the original design is 30 years old, and that he is very happy with this effort to modernize it.
The redesign & repaint of this version - if I've read the translated Russian texts correctly - is by V.N. Shatov. The kit is marked as No. 1 (2015) under a trademark I read as "3K3". I have found no further reference to this trademark, but I do look forward to similar redrawings of this quality.
On the same site there is also a build thread of the redesigned model. If you peruse these threads you will also find a link to the biography of the pilot of the specific aircraft modeled, Leonid A. Gal'chenko. Very interesting reading!
Finally, here's the link you've been waiting for, where you may legitimately download this fine model.
All links point to Google-translated versions of the original Russian web pages.
Finally, here's the instructions/introduction translated (with just a few efforts to clean up the computer translation):
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This is the cover of the model – a Russian La-5F fighter, the mainstay of the Russian fighter aircraft during WWII. There are several reasons in my view for highlighting this repaint & redesign:
• The level of complexity is attractive - you can build a delicious model without having to get stranded on internal complexities like a fully detailed engine which isn't visible anyway. The cockpit is fully detailed.
• The paintwork is exquisite with shadings, wear and tear marks included to a moderate degree.
• The kit is a complete remake of a 30-year old original, very attractively laid out in its new form.
• The download comes as a high-quality pdf-file. Although it is not a vector original, the lines and paintwork are so carefully executed that you could easily enlarge it to double the original size without any adverse effects.
• The design explicity has eliminated the need for doubling formers, ribs, spars, etc. with hard-to-cut cardboard. Everything is built up from ordinary thickness paper.
• The instructions are possible to copy and paste into any web-based translation programme.
Finally, I cannot but applaud the effort to redesign an existing model, repainting it, and getting the blessing of the original author. All in order, and a good example of how I believe paper-modeling should move forward, building on each other's efforts.
Here are a few samples of what drew my attention to this model:
This is one of two instructions page. I don't believe it is a scan of the original instructions at all, but a very carefully made redrawing for this version.
A sample parts page (there are six of them). The full quality of the repainting cannot be judged from this reproduction, but you can get an idea of the spacious and logical layout (no desperate crowding of parts here, since we are dealing with a download design, not a printed version, which means you don't have to strive for as few pages as possible).
The original design is by Timofej Nikolaevich Kiyanski. I believe he is now designing for the Russian YG-models brand of high-quality paper-models. This company has produced a modern and very detailed model of the same La-5 aircraft.
The redesigned & repainted version of this older model is introduced in the Only-paper.ru gallery section. On page two, post 18, in that thread, you can read the blessing of the original designer T.N. Kiyanski. He says there that the original design is 30 years old, and that he is very happy with this effort to modernize it.
The redesign & repaint of this version - if I've read the translated Russian texts correctly - is by V.N. Shatov. The kit is marked as No. 1 (2015) under a trademark I read as "3K3". I have found no further reference to this trademark, but I do look forward to similar redrawings of this quality.
On the same site there is also a build thread of the redesigned model. If you peruse these threads you will also find a link to the biography of the pilot of the specific aircraft modeled, Leonid A. Gal'chenko. Very interesting reading!
Finally, here's the link you've been waiting for, where you may legitimately download this fine model.
All links point to Google-translated versions of the original Russian web pages.
Finally, here's the instructions/introduction translated (with just a few efforts to clean up the computer translation):
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General instructions during assembly To build the model, you will need: scissors, stationery knife, a few staples, metal ruler, as well as glue. It is recommended to use a PVA glue, torque, etc. Print pattern must be on paper density 130-160 gr/m, keeping out all the same print settings. After printing, it is recommended to check out all the sheets. This model does not need laminating. But you can use it in places if you need to strengthen some of the details. Assembling the model is divided into elements, each element has its own designation on the circuit assembly. Carefully follow the instructions carefully and customize parts. The edges of the pieces is recommended to tint the appropriate color. Aircraft performance Type: La-5F Wingspan: 9,8 m Length: 8,67 m Height. 2.54 m Wing area: 17.5 sqm Normal take-off weight: 3200 kg Engine Type: 1 PD Shvetsov ASH-82F Power: 1 x 1850 Maximum speed: 600 km/h Maximum Practical range: 760 km Rate of climb: 910 m/min Service ceiling: 9550 m Crew: 1 person Armament: two 20-mm cannon ShVAK, 2 100-kg bombs FAB-100 Aircraft La-5F of Gal'chenko LA This model represents the plane of the hero of the Soviet Union Leonid Gal'chenko Anya. Born Gal'chenko LA April 2, 1912 in the city of Petrovsk-Port (now Makhachkala) in a large working class family. Ukrainian. Member of the CPSU (b) since 1941. After finishing 7 classes in 1933 he entered the road construction college. In the same year, after learning about the set in the Krasnodar school of agricultural aviation, I went there. Shortly before its completion in 1933 he was enrolled in the Red Army and sent to Stalingrad Military Aviation Pilot School. At its completion in 1935 he was assigned to the Fighter Regiment based at Leningrad. In the war with Finland (1939-1940) he served as a first lieutenant in the office Gal'chenko flag-navigator 5th Mixed Aviation Regiment. He performed 50 sorties, was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. In 1941, before the war Captain Gal'chenko finished refresher courses commanders in Lipetsk. Arrived at its 145 th Fighter Aviation Regiment 1st Composite Air Division Air Force 14th Army only on June 25 and immediately joined the military operation in the post of commander of Fighter Squadron. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on June 6, 1942 for exemplary performance of command assignments and for displaying courage and heroism in the battles against the Nazi invaders captain Gal'chenko awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin and medal "Gold Star» (No 872). The Decree was awarded the highest rank, and his friend and follower Viktor Mironov. His plane LaGG-3 Gal'chenko called "black cat" and its logo was a cat chasing mice. Later this emblem appeared on the aircraft La-5F. His last enemy aircraft shot down Colonel Gal'chenko October 22, 1944. In December 1944 he was appointed deputy commander of the 324th Fighter Air Division in the Moscow Military District and the rest of the war in the battles did not participate. Total of 1 November 1944, his account was 310 combat sorties, 40 air battles, shot down 13 aircraft in person and 10 in the group (in the literature, and provides higher data - 410 combat sorties, 90 fights, shot down 24 aircraft in person and 12 - in Group). After the war he served in aviation, in command positions in the Air Force of the Transcaucasian Military District. In 1950 he transferred to the Arctic Circle, near Murmansk, the commander of the 16th Guards Fighter Division of the Air Force of the Northern District. In 1952 she enrolled students of the Higher Military Academy named after Voroshilov (now - the Military Academy of the General Staff). In 1954, Colonel Gal'chenko because of severe illness transferred to the reserve. He returned to his home in the city of Makhachkala, was actively involved in military and patriotic work. He died September 26, 1986. Author and developer: Design: Kiyanskiy TN Layout: Shatov VN |
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