Yaks Yak 39 WIF? completed

[yak face]

Here is my completed Yak 39 (NATO code name 'Mimic') Heres the back story of this aircraft......The year is 1973 and the Soviets are due to replace their ageing Aero L29 Delfin trainers.It just so happens Hawker (later Bae) are developing a new two seat advanced jet trainer , the 3rd prototype of which , crashes (thankfully without loss of life ) in the sea off the north coast of norway during testing .Thought to be irrecoverable , the aircraft is given up as lost , but a soviet sub locates the wreckage and a covert recovery is made by the russians . The end result was the partial (tailless) aircraft being reverse engineered by Yakovlev in a similar fashion to the post war unlicenced copying of the B29 (the tupolev tu4). The surprise at Bae when the Yak 39 was first seen on reconnaisance photographs must have been priceless, the soviet aircraft entering service in 1975, a year before the Bae hawk entered RAF service. As always , comments criticisms welcome , cheers tony

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[mobear]

criticism=none,comments and compliments 100% brilliant,gosh those russians are good lol 5*s for the look of the plane its really nicely done

mobear

 

[Polux]

You nailed Tony!

Simply terrific!! It's a 5 stars model without doubt!!

Cheers

Polux

 

[treyzx10r]

Looks the part for sure Tony,and like the back story as well. Very creative on both counts! Very nicely done Sir! 5 stars from me,cheers Trey

 

[Sky Raider]

Very nice Tony. Top class job the deserves top class marks *****

Andy

 

[papa 695]

Great work Tony a very nice story and a most believable build 5 stars from me

 

[mossiepilot]

A cracking Yak Tony, a brilliant bit of work, and the back story is nicely believeable.

Top work and 5 stars sir.

Tony.

 

[Ian M]

Well thats a great story and an even better model.

I does indeed look very believable and five red stars are added to your tally.

Ian M

 

[CDW]

Marvelous.

Love the background story to the build .... totally feasible really.

The model ... well ... can't really say much more than has been said above ..... just adding another 5 stars will have to do from me.

 

[Gern]

Betcha the Chinese will have a copy soon! ***** from me too Tony.

Gern

 

[yak face]

Thanks everyone for the comments, i really enjoyed just being able to build something without worrying about accuracy or anything , plus it got rid of the old hawk thats been hanging around like a bad smell for years!!!! cheers tony

 

[Vaughan]

A great build Tony, I love the camo.

Vaughan

 

[Caledonia]

You sod Tony; you had me going for a minute or two with your story, a budding Frederick Forsyth I see. 5 Star for the story and 5 Star for the excellent model. Cheers Derek

 

[Centurion3RTR]

Just catching up after a router problem (has more sleep than i do) and seen this awesome build Tony, very nice work mate. Given you some more stars to go with your collection too.

Have fun, John