Begemot Mi-24P Hind “Two Barrels Shotgun” Family (48-060 for Zvezda/Revell)

[Mike]

Mi-24P Hind “Two Barrels Shotgun” Family (48-060 for Zvezda/Revell)

1:48 Begemot Decals

 

 

Zvezda’s recent Hind kit was great news for us modellers, and Andrey at Begemot read our minds, releasing a new decal set to coincide.  Now we have the P variant, here comes another set of decals that give a modeller even MORE choices.  I’ve just finished perusing the instructions, and I think I’m going to need a few more… more kits.

 

This decal set arrives in the usual unassuming ziplok bag, with four A3 instruction sheets and another smaller sheet of glossy paper folded in half, three A5 sheets of individual markings, and the fourth smaller sheet for the stencils and codes.  The instructions are large due to the fact there are a mind-bending 51 decal options, and the smaller instruction sheet is dedicated to the stencils for the munitions that the Hokum was capable of carrying.  From the sheets you can build the following:

 

1. Mi-24P 262nd Separate Helicopter Sqn. USSR Army Aviation, Bagram Airbase, Summer 1989
2. Mi-24P 335th Separate Combat Helicopter Sqn. USSR Army Aviation, Gardez Airbase, Summer 1988
3. Mi-24P 23rd Separate Aviation Regiment of the KGB, USSR Board Guard Aviation, Dushanbe Airbase, 1989
4. Mi-24P 340341 5th Helicopter Sqn. (Hubschrauberggeschwader) of the National People Army of GDR, Basepohl Airbase 1988
5. Mi-24P 262nd Separate Helicopter Sqn. USSR Army Aviation, Bagram Airbase, 1989
6. Mi-24P 334th Centre of Combat Employment & Personnel Retraining of Russian Army Aviation, Torzok Airbase, 2014
7. Mi-24P 393rd Aviation Base of Russian Air Force Army Aviation, Korenovsk Airbase, 2011
8. Mi-24P CIS Peacekeepers Forces in Georgia-Abkhazia conflict, Gudauta Airbase, 1993
9. Mi-24P Unknown Helicopter Regiment Russian Air & Space Forces Army Aviation, Kubinka Airbase, May 2018
10. Mi-24P Unknown Helicopter Regiment of Ukrainian Army Aviation, early 1990s
11. Mi-24P United Aviation Group of Federal Forces of Russian Army in Chechen Republic, Khankala Airbase, early 2000
12. Mi-24P 205th Separate Helicopter Sqn. of USSR Army Aviation, Kandahar Airbase, 1988
13. Mi-24P 85th Separate Helicopter Sqn. of Russian Air Force Army Aviation, Allakurti Airbase, mid 2000s
14. Mi-35P 2nd Aerial Group Peruvian Air Forces, Vitor Airbase, 2012
15. Mi-24P 334th Centre of Combat Employment & personnel Retraining of Russian Army Aviation, Torzok Airbase, 2005
16. Mi-24P Guinea Ecuadorial Air Force, 2006
17. Mi-24P 340341 German Army (Bundeswehr) Aviation, Basepohl Airbase, 1992
18. Mi-35P Myanmar Air Force, 2010
19. Mi-24P United Aviation Group Federal Forces Russian Army in Chechen Republic, Khankala Airbase, early 2000s
20. Mi-24P 2nd Separate Sqn. FSB Russian Board Guard Aviation, Dagestan, 2000s
21. Mi-24P 262nd Separate Helicopter Sqn. USSR Army Aviation, Bargam Airbase, 1989
22. Mi-24P United Aviation Group of Federal Forces Russian Army in Chechen Republic, Kalinovskaya Airbase, early 2000s
23. Mi-35P 450th Helicopter Sqn. Cyprus Republican National Guard Forces, Paphos Airbase, 2002
24. Mi-35P 450th Helicopter Sqn. Cyprus Republican National Guard Forces, Paphos Airbase, 2018
25. Mi-24P 181st Combat Helicopter Base Belarus Republic, Pruzhany Airbase, 2010
26. Mi-35P Indonesian Air Force 2010
27. Mi-24P Russian Air Force Army Aviation, mid 2000s
28. Mi-24P Ukrainian Air Force Army Aviation, mid 1990s
29. Mi-35P Special Group Nigerian Air Force, Port Harcour Airbase, mid 2010s
30. Mi-24P 334th Centre of Combat Employment & Personnel Retraining Russian Army Aviation, Torzok Airbase, 2014
31. Mi-24P 378th Aviation Base Russian Air Force Army Aviation, Dvoevka Airbase, 2015
32. Mi-24P 546th Aviation Base Russian Army Aviation, Rostov-on-Don Airbase, 2013
33. Mi-24P 3532422826114 549th Aviation Base Russian Air Force Army Aviation, Pr’ybylovo Airbase, 2012
34. Mi-24P 7th Brigade Army Aviation Ukrainian Military Forces, Kalinov Airbase, late 1990s
35. Mi-24P 340335 86th Tactical Helicopter Aviation Wing Hungarian Military Forces, Szolnok Airbase, early 2000s
36. Mi-24P 340336 86th Helicopter Aviation Base Hungarian Military Forces, Szolnok Airbase, 2013
37. Mi-24P Djibuti Air Force, Ambuli Airbase, 2018
38. Mi-24P 334th Centre of Combat Employment & Personnel Retraining Russian Army Aviation, Torzhok Airbase, 2007
39. Mi-24P 793rd Separate Helicopter Combat Regiment Russian Army Aviation, Bobrovka Airfield, 2000
40. Mi-24P Aviation Group Russian Air & Space Forces Syrian Republic, Khmeimim Airbase, 2017
41. Mi-24P Turkmenistan Air Force, 2010
42. Mi-24P Unknown Division Russian Air Force Army Aviation, 2000s
43. Mi-24P 7th Separate Regiment Ukrainian Air Force Army Aviation, Ukrainian Forces Donbass Region, 2014
44. Mi-24P Training Helicopter Regiment Syzran Military Helicopter Pilot University Russian Air Force, 2000s
45. Mi-24P Training Helicopter Regiment Syzran Military Helicopter Pilot University Russian Air Force, 2000s
46. Mi-24P 626th Training Helicopter Regiment Syzran Military Helicopter Pilot University Russian Air Force, Pugach’ev Airfield 2010
47. Mi-24P Abkhasian Air Force, Gudauta Airbase, mid 2000s
48. Mi-24P 652nd Aviation Base Russian Air Force Army Aviation, Novosibirsk, 2015
49. Mi-24P Aviation Group Russian Air & Space Forces Syrian Republic, Khemeimim Airbase, 2018
50. Mi-24P Aviation Group Russian Air & Space Forces Syrian Republic, Khemeimim Airbase, 2017
51. Mi-24PN 549th Aviation Base Russian Air Force Army Aviation, Pry’bylovo Airbase, 2013

 

You can see all the profiles by visiting the two pages of instructions below at Begemot’s site:

 

http://www.begemotdecals.ru/doc/48-060 Mi-24P ins 1.pdf

 

http://www.begemotdecals.ru/doc/48-060 Mi-24P ins 2.pdf

 

 

The penultimate page of the instructions devotes part of the page to the stencils on the fuselage and rotor blades, with small drawings here and there showing stencils inside bay doors, for other operators etc.  On the small page resides the drawings of the weapons with their designations above each one, and a table of suggested colour codes.  There are plenty of these, and as I usually say, stencils make a more interesting model, increasing the level of visual detail immensely.

 

As we’ve come to expect from Begemot the printing is first rate with good register, colour density and sharpness, with the little blue or red hippo logo in the bottom right of each page.

 

Very highly recommended.

 

 

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