AREA 88: Yak-38 (A.G.F.)

The box shot, of course. 

Sprues look pretty clean. Not sure about those decals though, they look pretty old. 

Just started cutting and glueing some bits together. No idea what the purpose of that engine is. You can't see it at all on the inside. 

Added a firewall and angled the rear of the cockpit to be more realistic. The canopy won't close now, but that's okay. 

Added some interior details to the cockpit. 

Added a dashboard. 

Not sure I can fit anything else in there. 

Cut open the air intakes and boxed them off. 

Repurposed Spad XIII wheels will work as lower fans... I hope. 

Got some colour down. Wasn't sure what colour I wanted to do the cockpit, but Tamiya XF-71 seemed a good choice when in doubt. 

Added modified decals from an Academy F-8E Crusader to the cockpit and cut out the secondary vents on the air intakes. 

Glued together... 

Need to adjust the vents and the fans. 

Putty and sanding. 

Ok... the primer is on. 

Let's see if we can get the undershading to work... 

Paint on... undershading nowhere to be seen. 

Decals on, but they're so old they're silvering. 

Cockpit could be better... but I can live with it.