1/48 South Front La-5

[le_steph40]

Hello,
Here is my new project: a La-5 "very probably" flown by Spanish Ace (20 vict. in VVS + 7 vict. in ARE) Francisco Merono Pellicer from 960 IAP during winter 1942-43.
I said "very probably" because there is no evidence that he flown this particulary aircraft but some pictures of him have been taken near this aircraft...


The beginning... Added with some photo etched parts and pieces of the Zvezda kit...






Regards,
Steph

[Airframes]

Good start Steph.

[vikingBerserker]

I agree!

[destrozas]

in the manuscript written by his daughter and edited posthumously recounts his experiences but unfinished from 1939 to 1950 in Stalin's Russia, makes a slight stress upon the aircraft pilot in this era, this says it got to the 19 victory, three volumes of 248 pages and the title is "as well as" mother 2005, if you're interested.
if there are some photos of Francisco Montes in a LA-5 for which there is almost no bearing on the time of the Buddha LA5 FN
also have the book "Red Devil called him"

[le_steph40]

Hello,
Thanks for your comments
Destrozas, thank you for the informations... If you have some pics regarding aircrafts flown by Merono or Betltran (La-5 white 84 with "viva la revolucion socialista en URSS (or SSSR)" marking on the fuselage), I'm very interested...
Are you Catalan ?

[Wurger]

A nice beginning Steph. Keep working.

[destrozas]

NO I am Basque Pasaia, but if I live in Catalonia.
I am here following the life of my grandfather who fought for the Spanish Republic and estubo most since 1936 in Catalonia with its anti-aircraft equipment, but started as a telegraph soon switched to the other destination for their great feat of order coming to have a range high, which led him to prison for many years in Toledo, until the Armistice in 1954 where they were all released.
Beltran estubo trying to find information on the plane because I like to do research on these drivers, but for now I have recently found the LA5 to wait to see if I can get information and a photo to me the decals of the "viva la republica socialista sovietica".
catalonia you know something?

[Wurger]

I found it via the net a few years ago. I think it's the same profile that can be found in the "Militaria i fakty" booklet vol.48.

[destrozas]

thanks, I love this scheme to paint the Russian planes and if the target is above you usually put dirty is beautiful, many thanks
Here I leave a decal to work to the plane of Francis, the copy you never know how many are needed if 2 or 3 per side on the issue of transparency.

[le_steph40]

Hello Wurger,
I know this profile (I've the Militaria I Fakty 4 and the Beltran La-5 is a big problem for me regarding the inscription. In Russian or In Spanish ? Some profile show the inscription in Spanish with two faults, in Spanish it will be :""Viva la revolucion socialista en U.R.S.S." and no ""Viva la revolution socialista en S.S.S.R"... I don't know where is the truth but I've the Vector decal sheet in Spanish (with the 2 faults) printed by Begemot and very pleasantly offered by Sergei Kosachev and I think I'll build my model with it and corrected with paint. Other solution, found someone who make me the decal sheet
I think all we can say it's the camo scheme was most probably AMT4-6-7 (not brown and green...), regarding the inscription...

[le_steph40]

Hello Destrozas,
Great decal sheet
For my model, I've the Aeromaster decal sheet 48-086. Zvezda 1/48 Lavochkin La-5, by Tom Cleaver


Regarding camo scheme, she'll be AMT4-6-7 with winter white camo...

P.S.:I'm a French Catalan

[Wurger]

Hi Steph,

I think the AMT4/6/7 camo scheme for the plane is really more likely. It was the standard one for the VVS fighter planes at that time. Concerning the inscription... the mistake might have been made by a translator. If it was in Russian , the country name CCCP would be translated into SSSR. It is correct because the Russian C = latin S and the P = R. Looking at the profile I can say the inscription is of incorrect Russian grammar. But it is correct for the Spanish one rather. Certainly these letters are written with the Cyrillic.

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice little kit Steph, built this little fellow some time back for a GB and had fun.

[le_steph40]

Hello Vic,
I hope to have fun too with this kit. I'm just in beginning but I already tried wings assembly and fuselage assembly and apparently there is no problem (for the moment). Pics of the cockpit finished soon.

Wurger,
Like you say (if I well understood...), I think the inscription will be in Spanish: "Viva la revolucion socialista en S.S.S.R"
Thank you all for your advices and comments
Stéph

[Wurger]

Like you say (if I well understood...), I think the inscription will be in Spanish: "Viva la revolucion socialista en S.S.S.R"

Stéph

Steph.... the inscription is in Spanish. But the "writter" used the Russian font type called the Cyrillic instead of the latin letters.