vivkulan Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 My latest model is this Indian Navy's Ka-25 ASW helo. Built this coaxial rotored anti-submarine warfare bird based in Visakhapatnam (Vizag). These were purchased from Soviet Union back in 1980.These were ex Soviet Navy helos. It operated from two naval bases in India. One is in the west coast of India Dabolim and the other from east coast Vizag. My bird depicts the later. I had to mix the variant A and B in kit instructions to make an accurate Indian variant. Decals are home made and the paint used was Model Master medium grey. Weathering done with oils.I wanted to make it little more dirtier than the real ones . These helos operated from the Kashin II class destroyers like INS Rajput. It is a very small model in 1/72 scale. It is a very small aircraft and very small in 1/72 scale.See size comparison photo next to a SD card.Added some fuel lines with copper wire. I tried to vary the colors in radome and fuel tanks to show some fading. Hope you like it Thanks Vivek 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Very impressive,......great stuff! Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goon Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Sweet! (And tiny!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Anybody who flies one of these must be insane. However, nice dirty finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milt79 Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 I love it! Which kit did you use? Great work on such a small one... cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivkulan Posted November 7, 2014 Author Share Posted November 7, 2014 I love it! Which kit did you use? Great work on such a small one... cheers, Mark MPC/Airfix kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Anybody who flies one of these must be insane. Whatever makes you say that? A coaxial rotor machine is much safer than a tailrotor one, that only needs one hit in the tail to become uncontrollable. Also, the coax machine is more stable in windy conditions and easier to fly. This from a very experienced Agusta Bell 206 pilot cum certified mechanic cum helicopter renovator… Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kampartiger Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Nice Indian kamov.A small machine with tremendous capability and as Spitfire31 had mentioned,performs very stable in windy condition.A few examples are in use to carry logs out from the Malaysian jungle in Borneo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitok1983 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 (edited) Another indian\russian beauty! You did a great work! Congratulation colleаgue! Edited November 8, 2014 by Snitok1983 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Sorry for getting caught up in the full-scale discussion – a beautifully executed miniature (just look at that SD card sized adapter!) helicopter, looking just 'right'. Great modelling! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkdipXV711 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Fantastic work .. most impressive build 👏👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Nice work. Presumably the Airfix kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Great little build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 A nice looking coaxial helo, looks the biz. Any problems with making your own decals as I plan to do a bit of this with the lack of decal options? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivkulan Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 A nice looking coaxial helo, looks the biz. Any problems with making your own decals as I plan to do a bit of this with the lack of decal options? No. The decal making was straight forward. Friend of mine sized the image for me and I printed it in clear decal sheets from testor on regular inkjet printer . Please let me know if you need any help with this. Nice work. Presumably the Airfix kit. Thanks. MPC kit. I think it was reboxed by Airfix.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Vivek,, What a STUNNER... it looks FANTASTIC... you make some really SUPERB models.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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