Zvezda La-5 – Cockpit and Main Assembly

When I was researching Zvezda’s La-5 prior to ordering, I kept coming across three broad areas of agreement.

  • First, in terms of detail, the La-5 and La-5FN before it represented a huge leap forward for Zvezda and marked them as a kitmaker to watch.
  • Second, in terms of engineering, the kit is…ambitious.
  • Third, fit can be a nightmare.

Throughout the build process, I’ve found two of those three to be true.

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