Zvezda 1/72 MI-24P Hind

[Mickc1440]

Late to the party but I'll join the rabble Andy

[Guest]

Cheers Mick, might have to get some caterers in at this rate

[Allen Dewire]

Evening Andy,

Like Mick, I'm late here too! Hell, I'd be late to my own funeral. Loved the Hind and the sound of it flying patrol, Fully armed, around the Berlin Wall in 1985. Only on the east side of course. Great job so far Sir and looking forward to more……...

Prost
Allen

[BattleshipBob]

Thats a big lump of a flying thing, good start Andy

[Guest]

Thanks for the replies chaps, got plenty more done today.

I started by putting the engines together. Nearest colour I had was Burnt Iron, so they got a lick of that. Didn't get any pictures but the internal spinners and shaft are bright silver.

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Had these bits to fit. Not sure what they are but they were solid lumps, whereas on real photos they are hollowed out, like some kind of supplimentary exhaust, so I got a 1.6mm drill out and took the most blurry picture possible of the result!

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And here are the engines in place. As you can see the main gearbox leans forward to line up with them. It looked wrong when it was on it's own which is why I waited to glue it down, just to be sure.

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I wasn't happy with the ugly seam down the engines but at this size there was no point in trying to sand it out, so I had a plan to disguise it instead. I split some 7/0.20mm wire down to the individual conductors and put in a few runs of that.

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Not perfect, but much better.

I also made a start on painting the interior parts ready for the fuselage to go together. I'm starting to appreciate good engineering in kits and this is a decent example. Only one of the many ejector pin holes will actually be visible when the model is together. It's much smaller than the others and pretty much hidden between 2 floors in the back corner of the interior, so you'd have to look really hard to find it anyway. Someone has clearly thought about the placement of these.

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And the final bit of IP which goes in at a later stage. I'm getting more confident with decals and cut this into 3 pieces to make fitting easier, and trimmed the carrier film as much as possible. Not too long ago I never thought I'd be doing things like that!

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[Lee Drennen]

Andy
Looking good think I’ll follow along too. I’m really leaning towards 1/72 scale these days I like 1/48 the best but it’s just so big but I can live with for now

[Guest]

Thanks Lee. Easier to find a home for when finished too.

I'm only a few models in but I'm already starting to wonder where I'm going to put them all. Lord knows how you guys that have been this for years get on!

[JR]

Andy , looking good, nice idea on the decals too. As for hiding the mould line, a very neat idea with the wire .:thumb2:

Now feeding of the Rabble, mostly we bring our own biscuits, though there is likely to be trouble if Steve Jones sits on the packet of Garibaldi's again. Supplying of drinks is again a troublesome thing, just offer coffee and tea ,or you will find out bursts of drunkeness in the second row .

[Guest]

Ah, thanks John, I was wondering about refreshments. My wife has finished all of the gin so it'll be hot beverages only, which I'm glad to hear is suitable. The staff are away on their summer vacation so I'll have to serve out myself. I was going to break out the best bone china since it's my first time officially hosting The Rabble, but given your reputation for rowdiness I'll use the builders tin mugs instead.

[Guest]

Searching around for reference shots of colour schemes and I came across this. Might be a challenge at 1/72 :thinking:

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[Guest]

I wasn't happy with the ugly seam down the engines but at this size there was no point in trying to sand it out, so I had a plan to disguise it instead. I split some 7/0.20mm wire down to the individual conductors and put in a few runs of that.

You can scrape these off with a knife quite easily, though it will be somewhat laborious because of the ridges on the engine. I hardly ever sand seams, except on things like tank gun barrels and similar perfectly round items.

[Guest]

I'm only a few models in but I'm already starting to wonder where I'm going to put them all. Lord knows how you guys that have been this for years get on!

Put them closer together, reshuffle them to effectively make more room, stick the old ones in cardboard boxes in the attic …

[Guest]

You can scrape these off with a knife quite easily, though it will be somewhat laborious because of the ridges on the engine. I hardly ever sand seams, except on things like tank gun barrels and similar perfectly round items.

Trust you to pick up on my use of the word "sand", rather than "remove" :tongue-out2:

[peterairfix]

Searching around for reference shots of colour schemes and I came across this. Might be a challenge at 1/72 :thinking:

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That looks a challenge even in 1\1 scale.

[Guest]

Trust you to pick up on my use of the word "sand", rather than "remove" :tongue-out2:

I have this bad habit of taking what people say as what they also mean exactly This is compounded a bit by often not consciously realising that I also post on forums like this one, where most people don’t share that trait …