Hobbyboss Mi-4P – Буджи the Little Helicopter

[Bangseat]

Morning all,

Just completed a fun build of the Hobbyboss Mi-4, in Aeroflot colours:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An excellent kit, and highly recommended. Very well engineered, particularly the way the complex 2 storey interior fits together. I also used a bit of etch from Dream Model, but quite a bit of it was unusable and I would recommend going Eduard instead.

 

I meant to make this a simple OOB build, but I went off on one and made an Mi-4P to justify the civilian scheme, this meant making square windows, civilianising the interior and making spatted wheels. The markings are not authentic. The decals are from a simple but well made sheet by C3D, these markings are actually for a medevac helicopter but are similar to this photo:

 

 

This was my first helicopter and I take my hat off to rotary wing specialists, it can be challenging! I haven’t got the hang of blade droop, in fact I trashed the kit rotors trying to bend them with hot water and had to bodge from there. Also the undercarriage is very delicate, and I would advise only adding the front wheels at the very last moment. But hopefully the next heli will be a step up.

 

The Lada is probably anachronistic being a 70s model, but I couldn’t resist!

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Harry

[Aardvark]

Mi-4 look very nice !

 

VAZ-2101 Zhiguli* (west know as Lada)  probably more like his parent, Fiat, but not look as VAZ-2101

believe it to the person who long time ago once had a next model VAZ-2103 Lada.

😉

But the most interesting thing is that in the village where my grandfather lived, our neighbors had a VAZ-2101 of exactly the same color as Your model, the color was called "coffee with milk" i.e.  the color You have chosen is accurate enough.

👍

By the way, in that period, in the 70s, car numbers were black with white numbers and letters.

 

P.S. Буджи, (I was in a perplexed

for some time) there is no such word in Russian, the budgerigar is written as "волнистый попугайчик" but it's very long for titles, 

maybe a "канарейка"(canary) is more suitable?

 

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* - this post is also (again!) sponsored by Western medical clinics specializing in the treatment of dislocation of the tongue!

😁😁

Edited July 7, 2020 by Aardvark

[Bangseat]

54 minutes ago, Aardvark said:

 

P.S. Буджи, (I was in a perplexed

for some time) there is no such word in Russian, the budgerigar is written as "волнистый попугайчик" but it's very long for titles, 

maybe a "канарейка"(canary) is more suitable?

 

Thanks Aardvark, yes sorry for confusing both non Brits and those unfamiliar with the Russian alphabet... "Budgie" was a friendly helicopter in childrens' stories written by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York and ex wife of the controversial Prince Andrew (questionably useful spare son of The Queen):

 

 

As for the Zhiguli, its a work in progress as I learn how to do 3d design, but thank you for recognising it as a 2101! Maybe I'll do a Шестёрка next, more square and easy. These cars were quite popular in Scotland where I'm from, back in the day, and I remember them from childhood. 

[Abandoned Project]

Lovin' this little civvie chopper. Fantastic interior and love the car.

Awesome 👍

P.S.

If you go for a MiL Mi-26 as your next helicopter, you won't have to worry about blade droop as the blade droop is moulded into the blades. But you might have to worry about shelf space.

[SAT69]

Very nice helicopter and I do like the diorama very much. Your figures are very well done. A very believable scene.

[Harold55]

Very nice job you have done and hats off to your putting the work in to makeing it a civil version.  Would love to see one of these in 1/48 scale as there are so many cool schemes for it.

[stevej60]

Great build and conversion of the Hobbyboss kit.

[ForestFan]

Very nice, love the cabin! I’m currently building one of these so it’s nice to see one built

[Aardvark]

4 hours ago, Bangseat said:

"Budgie" was a friendly helicopter in childrens' stories written by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York and ex wife of the controversial Prince Andrew (questionably useful spare son of The Queen):

 

Ofcource, I don't know about this! Thank, You!

4 hours ago, Bangseat said:

As for the Zhiguli, its a work in progress as I learn how to do 3d design, but thank you for recognising it as a 2101! Maybe I'll do a Шестёрка next, more square and easy. These cars were quite popular in Scotland where I'm from, back in the day, and I remember them from childhood. 

The biggest mistake that catches in eye is the very large

front and rear

racks that hold the roof:

Original was more elegant.

Also I see little problem with radii of curvature of the leading edge of the engine compartment cover.

 

B.R.

Serge

 

[Spitfire31]

Refreshingly neat and original diorama!

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

[Vultures1]

That is a very smart Mi-4 and a nicely done conversion to the civilian version.  The diorama presentation is most effective too - well done!

[RMCS]

Fantastic 

[stevehnz]

Nice job on that, a refreshing change from a drab military scheme.

Steve.

[Bell209]

That's a lovely build.

[Bangseat]

17 hours ago, Aardvark said:

The biggest mistake that catches in eye is the very large

front and rear

racks that hold the roof:

Thanks again Serge, yes it is a bit wrong, and my apologies to AvtoVAZ 🥴. My excuse is that to have slim pillars the model would have to have (correctly) curved screens, and this a bit beyond me at the moment - it either needs a vacformed or plunge moulded part, or I may be able to print clear parts in the future if I can get a decent finish. It also may be possible to bodge something with some plastic bottle. Future experiments!

[Ryan Hothersall]

Nice build. 

[Buzby061]

Exquisite build. I'm not normally a rotary wing fan but there's something about your build & dio that really appeals to me. I think it gives a good sense of a bygone era.

 

Pete