Begemot 1/32 Yakovlev Yak-3 - VVS RKKA Aces Decals
By Matt Bittner
The only 1/32 Yakovlev Yak-3 I know of currently is the Special Hobby kit. I've seen really well built examples on-line and it seems to be a superlative kit. Now, if you don't want to finish the model using the schemes found in the kit, you can pick up this release from Begemot. There are schemes for 25 aircraft, all with the VVS RKKA (The Red Army of Workers and Peasants):
- Yak-3, "15", 1 AS/64 GIAP/4 GIAD, 1944
- Yak-3, "9", 175 IAP/234 IAD, 1944
- Yak-3, "360", 150 GIAP/13 IAD/3 IAK, 1945
- Yak-3, "74", 1945
- Yak-3, "74", 1945
- Yak-3, "100", 402 IAP/256 IAD/3 IAK, 1945
- Yak-3, "12", 150 GIAP/13 IAD/3 IAK, 1945
- Yak-3, "10"
- Yak-3, "1", Commander 3 IAD, 1944
- Yak-3, "10", 6 GIAD, 1945
- Yak-3, "86", 1AS/66 GIAP/4 GIAD, 1945
- Yak-3, "24", 431 IAP/315 IAD, 1944
- Yak-3, "94", 1945
- Yak-3, "1", 1 AS/4 GIAD, 1945
- Yak-3, "35", 1943
- Yak-3, "90", 3 AS/4 IAD/185 IAP, 1945
- Yak-3, Commander 4 GIAP/1 GIAK, 1947
- Yak-3, "85", 236 IAD, 1945
- Yak-3, "41", 153 GIAP/12 GIAD, 1945
- Yak-3, "114", 402 IAP/265 IAD/3 IAK, 1944
- Yak-3, "12", 18 GIAP/303 IAD, 1945
- Yak-3, "10", 402 IAP/265 IAD, 1945
- Yak-3, "32", 116 IAP/283 IAD, 1945
- Yak-3, "22", 7 GIAD, 1945
- Yak-3, "12", 267 IAP, 1944
The decals are printed to Begemot's usual high order of standards and look really excellent. There are two sheets with each package and come with really colorful examples. This is definitely a set to pick up if you're looking for alternate markings for your 1/32 Yak-3.
I definitely thank Begemot for sending these in for review.