Excellent kit i see, so the build will be almost OOB.
Box'N'Sprues
extra protections on the sprues in some point
nice fine details on the surfeca, probably some will be visible after the paint
Works starts rapidly, i closed fuselage after two or three days from start
Some sink mark to cover
the only adds till now, the rudder pedals totally ignored by the kit
Preparing subassemblies for paint, the interior painted with italeri acrilics in the kitchen , rotors, exhausts and other outer pieces in the bunker with humbrol enamels
also a general enamel primer
the main rotor compared to the Mi-4 rotor, also i break two of the three blades and repaired with metal inserted pins
in black paint
after silver drybrush with other rorors parts and the first break before repairs
exhausts after black and drybrush cure with silver and brown
kitchen works for the inners
main colors defined
starting to detail paint and drybrush in white
added the seat belts, the second add to the kit
exhausts on place
cockpit assembly
to the fuselage fixing
and last inspection before to close fuselage.
done
Glued the clear nose too
After i put a weight on the top of cockpit before to glue engines front. Actually already in paint stage but not yet pictures i took or uploaded them.. soon updates
