PM Model Yak.15 ramjet test aircraft.

[CSMO]

The Soviets unsuccessfully  tried ramjet pods on the BI-1 rocket fighter. I bought the Eastern Express BI-1, but I didn't want to use the pods on it. I bought a cheap $3.00 Yak.15 and went to work. The Soviets actually tested pulse-jets on a piston-engine Yak.7, so I didn't think I was too far off from a logical premise with this build.



I clipped the wingtips and added auxiliary main and tail-wheel doors. I grafted on the wingtip ramjet pods. All else is OOB for the Yak.



I had some Xtracrylix RLM 80 & 65 on the bench. It was close enough for the paint-job.



I used the kit's Soviet stars and got the tactical number from my scrap-box.



I used bare metal Foil Polished Chrome for the ramjet pods, as I thought it would look good as factory fresh high temperature resistant alloy. It really pops against the camouflage paint.

I am very happy with my results.

Adios, Larry.

[Gondor]

Nice 

Gondor

[JayBee]

Wonderful! Love it to bits, it just looks so right. 
Now this is one that our resident Yak-15 Specialist, Sandy/Tojo633, has NOT done before as far as I am aware of.

Jim

[Captain Canada]

Very nice little build ! Love the pods...they look really good with that polish !

[TsrJoe]

really nice work, def suits the scheme and plausible too  

yip Jim, Sandy did one of these i recall pretty much exactly as described with BI.1 ramjets his was overall light grey i think

cheers, Joe

[Leading Observer]

  Brilliant work 

[The Chaos]

WOW looks so good. 

[NARSES2]

That really works 

[zenrat]

Cool.
Same Yak 15 mould as the Pioneer 2 boxed version I built by the look of it.

[sandiego89]

Great idea, well done!