Stahlhart papercraft
Lavochkin
La-5
The La-5 Fighter was born, when the that wouldn’t open in cases of emergen- version of the ASh-82 engine. This re- were build. After the end of World War II,
inline-engine driven LaGG-3 proved less cy. Still, it proved to be the first soviet quired the addition of a air intake for the most La-5’s were put out of service, as
successful than had been anticipated, fighter to match the performance of the supercharger on the top of the cowling, their wooden structure made them more
and was modified to be powered by the German Me 109 and Fw 190. It was infe- which became the characteristic feature difficult to preserve than their improved
Shvetsov ASh-82 radial engine. The new rior to those two types at high altitude, of the La-5FN. The La-5FN was the de- predecessor, the La-7. A few La-5’s were
engine finally brought out the perfor- but a good match at the low altitudes finitive version of the La-5, with its high flown by the Czechoslovakian Air Force
mance, that had been planned for the flown over the eastern front. It also performance, fast turn radius and heavy in their own Markings after the war.
LaGG-3, but as Lavochkin worked alone rolled very fast. armament. The most famous single La-5 was
on it, the new plane was simply called The La-5 was further developed, when The La-5 was, like the LaGG-3, mostly probably the La-5Fn “white 14”, which
La-5. The original La-5 was brought into an improved version of the ASh-82 build of wood, which made it heavier was flown by three leading soviet Aces:
front service swiftly, where it showed engine, the ASh-82F, became available. then metal-build aircraft, but allowed it Snr. Lt. Pavel Bryzgalov, Capt. Kyrill
great promise, even though it was still The rear section of the fuselage was cut to take a lot of damage. It also gave the Evstigneev and Capt. Ivan Kozhedub.
riddled with the typical bugs of the down to create a better view from the rear fuselage a smooth, almost seam- Kozhedub went on to become the leading
LaGG-3, such as constant oil leaks, bad cockpit. Another improvement was the less surface. 9920 La-5’s of all versions, allied ace of World War 2 after convert-
ventilation in the Cockpit and a canopy, La-5FN which received a supercharged including the Trainer version La-5UTI, ing to the La-7.
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1. Build the wing stiffener
1
If you want to build
the La-5 with
landing gear down,
jump to 4
2
! Part 4 and the wheel well look slightly
different on the Luftwaffe 2 version, but
are build the same way
2. Cut out the marked holes on the wing. 3. Glue the wheel openings
behind the holes and attach the
wing stiffener. 4 4
Jump to 8
bend up
rounden
the wings!
3
distance here: 2.51cm or 1 inch bend up
roll here
roll here
rounden
the wings!
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5. Fold and glue together the 6. Glue the wheel well walls on the
4. Cut out the wheel wells. You wheel well walls. wheel well roof. Make sure that the
don’t need to keep the cut out part. bend up part is glued on it.
wheel well roof (6)
Section:
wheel well wall (5 )
5
3
score and bend here
! the wheel well doors look slightly bend up
different on the Luftwaffe 2 version,
but are build the same way
rounden
the wings!
bend up
roll
7. Install the wheel wells and the roll
wing stiffener. distance of stiffener
to here:
2.51cm or 1 inch
rounden
the wings!
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8. Fold the upper wing surfaces
and glue on the lower surfaces.
Make sure to create an Airfoil
9. Glue the upper middle part of
the wing in the center. Make sure
to rounden the leading edge wing
root good enough.
make sure this area
is nice & round
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10. Roll the main fuselage.
Then glue it together, from the tail
to the front.
!
tab
e this
cor
’t s
don
11. Glue the little overlap in the bottom.
Form the fuselage to the sections shown
up
up
Make sure to rounden the rear
fuselage sufficiently!
up
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12. Cut out the engine plate and cut in as shown
13. Roll the cowling around the engine plate and
glue the propeller shaft through the engine plate.
align as seen in the section 14. Complete the cowling by adding the front sections.
On the La-5FN and Czechoslovak La-5UTI versions,
Section: cut in the exhaust flap and bend it slightly outward.
propellor shaft
engine plate cut in
9 cut in
propeller shaft
10 cowling 12
11 13
Roll & glue this part
first,
then cut away the
white part.
Use this section as
a reference for the
blade angle
16. Bend the propeller blades
17 15 14
16
toothpick: 2 –2.5cm
18
15. Build the propeller and
glue it onto the middle
18. Glue the shaft hub to the end.
part of a toothpick
Make sure no glue gets between
toothpick and shaft.
! 19
17. Push the Propeller
through the shaft.
Don’t glue !
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19. Main Assembly: Glue the fuselage to the marked position on the wing first.
Then push and glue the Engine on both from the front.
main fuselage
Engine section
Wing
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starboard wing root
20. Attach details: Sufficiently rounden the
wing roots and canopies. Make Airfoils on the
horizontal stabilizers 26 canopy
Antenna
22
For the canopies of
La-5 and La-5UTI see next page
Supercharger Intake
(La-5FN & Czechoslovak La-5UTI) 24 canopy horizontal
gun cover stabilizer
rounden to
20 make airfoil
28 gun cover
27 23
port wing root 21
25
horizontal
stabilizer
oil cooler
See this for the cowling details of
La-5, La-5F and Soviet La-5UTI: 31
cooler 28
29 fairing
30 (2x) 21. Attach the Oil cooler under the cowling,
across the edge between wing and cowling
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Installation of Canopy and Antenna on
the La-5
Antenna
canopy
24 22
(no antenna)
Installation of the Canopy
on the La-5 UTI
canopy
24
It you don’t build the Landing Gear
down, your model is finished!
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22. Landing Gear Installation
33
32
34
41
rear landing gear
35 42
37
36 landing gear door
38 landing gear door
37
43 43
use a toothpick
or wire to stiffen the 38
landing gear struts.
32-34
35-36 landing gear door
39,40
glue together the inner (39)
and outer (40) parts of the
landing gear doors
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