fox1_BE Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Hi all, Here is my interpretation of the Mi-24 Mk.III Superhind. When I came across this attractive color scheme used in Bulgaria, in combination with its extensive armament systems, I set out to build this version of the Hind. South African company ATE acquired 2 Mi-24’s in the ‘90-s and used these as a basis for developing several upgrade packages. Mk.III standard helicopters were purchased by both Algeria and Azerbaijan. ATE’s 2nd prototype was demonstrated to the Bulgarian AF in 2005. I used the ‘limited edition’ boxing of Hasegawa’s 1/72 Mi-24/35 Mk.III Superhind: the base kit builds easily into a nice Hind, but this Hasegawa edition also comes with several resin extras (external systems, sensors, armament and fuel tanks), a small PE fret and metal gun barrel and cockpit stairs. The resin parts are pretty well casted and give a good fit overall. Decals for Bulgarian and Algerian helicopters are included in this kit. Although designed for the Italeri Mi-24D kit, I used a Pavla resin cockpit which gives a pretty good fit here. The interior of the cargo cabin is very plain from the box , so I used parts of the Italeri kit to busy up this area. Final touch on the interior was a PE HUD from the spares box. Around the fuselage, I used some Ace Models and Eduard PE parts; a bit of wiring/detail was added to the rotors and main gear struts. Load-out consists of resin items from the kit, except the UB-32A rocket pods which are from the Hobbyboss Hind. Paints are Gunze, with some restrained weathering with oil washes, knowing that this was a demonstrator helicopter. I started out following Hasegawa's color call-out for the three grey Gunze paint numbers, but tweaked the lightest and darkest grey to better resemble the photo references I found on the internet. Hope you enjoy the pictures! All the best, Patrick 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Great modelling Patrick.😀 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 And I thought the Apache is ugly. Well 'ard. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro1 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 That's a very impressive beast! Great result, Patrick! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Kinda looks like an Apache and Hind love child! Very nicely done. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 How to make an ugly (in the best meaning of the word ) bird even uglier. I love it! Cheers, Andre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Very nice indeed Patrick. The extra lumpy bumpy pointy bits are great, very menacing. Pete 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox1_BE Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 Thanks for your comments and likes, guys! Cheers, Patrick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Hothersall Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Nice build. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Excellent work! Build, detailing and finish are all superb - well done 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booty003 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Nice build, THAT canon on the front looks fearsome. Pity the poor troops having that thing bear down on them....!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Excellent work, that looks stunning. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Aer Lingus Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Very nice looking Hind lovely paint work that's a real beauty well done thanks for sharing Eamonn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low flyer Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Wouldn't want to meet that in a dark alley 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Looks great, the modification certainly doesn't enhance the Hind's looks. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolay Polyakov Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Excellent work on the Hind, Patrick! 👏 The painting looks fantastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox1_BE Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 Thanks again gentlemen, much appreciated! 28 minutes ago, Nikolay Polyakov said: Excellent work on the Hind, Patrick! 👏 The painting looks fantastic. Thanks Nikolay, following your companion build on the A type with interest! Cheers, Patrick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventsislav Gramatski Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Too bad our Hinds never got modernised - whether the South African or another project. Great model in any case, the optical sensor pod addition is seamless, and great contrasting paint job! Also, a pleasure to see Bulgarian livery on a scale model! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Really nice Gunship there, looks superb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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