Zvezda 1/72 Mi-24 VP Hind

[Lifeline]

Hi,

Several days ago my wife was doing big cleaning around the house and she found this;

Thank goodness she asked me first before throwing it away because it actually filled with half build kit, a failed effort from 4 years ago;

One reason I failed the build because I thought I lost the kit when I went home that time (I work on a drilling rig, and sometimes I bring kit and tools with me).

Opening the box I found all the parts is still complete.

 

 

It's been a while building helicopter, so I'll just continue.

I remember the last time I left the build I planned to add wires to spice up the engine and transmission area, so I did with some copper wires;

I'm using Kagero's Top Shots minibook Mi-24D/W as reference.

Far from perfect... I just hope it serve the purpose to busy up the engine compartment.

 

Cheers

Mario

[Parabat]

Holy moly, that's some impressive detailing! Great to have that unearthed and still in pristine undamaged condition.

[Lifeline]

Build continue with glue the fuselage half together, and with all the inserts on the engine compartment.. gaps are inevitable.

 

On 6/8/2020 at 11:21 PM, Parabat said:

Holy moly, that's some impressive detailing! Great to have that unearthed and still in pristine undamaged condition.

Yes... I was actually surprised also...

But, ironically.. I realized I lost the co-pilot/gunner cyclic stick sometime during the build, and trying to find it would be waste of time. 

So I made one using wire...

 

Finger crossed it will make a good replacement because I plan yo open up the cockpit

 

Cheers,

Mario