1/72 Zvezda Ka-50 SH

[parip]

Hi

This was my entry in KUTA X GB.

Model is by Zvezda (kit no 7272), built out of the box, painted with Gunze acrylics.

More about the built can be found here...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers!!!

Rade

[glatisant]

Great build of a strangely good looking helicopter.

[parip]

9 hours ago, glatisant said:

Great build of a strangely good looking helicopter.

Thanks! I am glad you like the finished result.

 

Few more things I would like to address to people having or willing to build this kit.

1.  Nose section with two spherical turrets is wrong in the shape and antenna placement is wrong (if you are into scratch-building or modifying kit parts skip to point 2 ). These parts were moulded in separate frame for this kit. The good thing is that nose section from original kit no 7216 was part of the main sprue, and I went with these parts (hassle free).

2. Zvezdas decals performed great, unfortunately they are not correct. Ka-50 never made it to the full mass production, however helicopters in different configurations (mock-ups) were shown in airshows - plenty of photos available in the net... On that note Begemot is producing 1/72 decal sheet for Ka-50s which includes majority (if not all) of them. 

Hope this helps.

 

Cheers!!!

Rade

[Homer]

One mean looking machine nice build lovely peice of modelling. 

[Vultures1]

Nice build and top tips for building the Zvezda kit

[Knight_Flyer]

Yes, nice build and I like the unusual scheme.