Zvezda 1/72 MI-24P Hind

[Gern]

That's really nicely detailed for 1/72 and you're doing a cracking job of it!

Of course, if you want more detail you need to move to larger scales:

www.precisemodeling.com/mi-24

[Guest]

www.precisemodeling.com/mi-24

Holy hell!

[Guest]

That is epic!

[Lee Drennen]

Sweet! Great job Andy

[Guest]

I wasn't happy with the blue for the lower half so repainted it. After drying overnight I started masking up for the main colour. The wings were tricky! Next time I'll leave the pylons off.

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Then onto some green. I didn't have anything similar to the box art so mixed up some green from my A-10 with light gull grey. It all got a coat of that then I lightened it with more gull grey to highlight the centres of the panels, upper surfaces etc. Once again my poor camera skills have hidden this effect but it's noticeable in real life. Maybe I'm still being too subtle about it.

And excuse the terrible panel fit, they are just PVA'd in temporarily for paint.

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Next up is the fiddly job of masking for the camo. Might fit the wings first, but undecided as yet.

[Guest]

Lots of masking tape later....

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A couple of touch ups to do but nothing I'm concerned about. Once it's got decals and weathering I doubt they'll be seen. Colours look different in every shot but the second one is probably the most accurate.

Not certain about the camo pattern but I've seen these done in so many colours and schemes that I just went with the flow and made it up as I went along!

[Allen Dewire]

Whoa Andy,

That has turned out fantastic Sir!!! You definitely have mastered this modeling lark hands down. The camo looks great and very neatly done. I guess I am going to have to send you my Opel tankers to paint as it's way too hot (over 30°C) here in Germany. Do you use special tape for the masking? It looks like normal masking tape to me.....

Prost
Allen

[Guest]

Thanks Allen, really appreciate that!

For tape there's a mixture of regular Tamiya and their 2mm tape for curves. The wider stuff is Frogtape delicate surface masking. Very much like Tamiya but less tacky. I had it left over from some decorating I did recently.

[Guest]

A couple of touch ups to do but nothing I'm concerned about. Once it's got decals and weathering I doubt they'll be seen.

There would likely be touchups on the real thing too, anyway. Not sure how easily the paint on these helicopters weathers, but look at some photos of US Navy jets for how bad it can get. Having to touch up the paint on your model and that remaining visible certainly isn’t a problem

[Allen Dewire]

Thanks for the info Andy, much appreciated!!!

[scottie3158]

Now your just showing off you are making this modelling lark look easy. A very nice job so far mate the paint looks very clean.

[Guest]

Haha, thanks Paul! I've seen your work so I know I've still got a long way to go, but I'm enjoying the learning process and getting more and more pleased with my results :smiling3:

[PaulTRose]

very nice work on th camo

can i ask what brand and name of colours of paint you used?......im thinking of doing a Hip soon

[Guest]

Thanks Paul.

Paints are all Mr Color, but colours are a bit of mix & match from the limited range I have. Probably spent a couple of hours just mixing and testing :nerd:

The lighter green is about 50/50 of Light Gull Grey ( C-11) and Field Green ( C-340) with a splash more gull grey and yellow ( C-4) for the highlights (which don't show up well in the pictures)

Darker green is Field Green with around 10% Light Gull Grey and a few drops of Dark Earth ( C-22), then again a bit more grey & yellow added for the highlights (I've run out of white lol)

The instructions call for Humbrol 31 State Grey and 149 Dark/Foliage Green, but these seemed too dark and intense for such a small model so I mixed lighter and more toned down versions with what I had.

Erm, not sure if that helps or not :smiling5:

[PaulTRose]

helps a lot, thanks