SPA Modeler

This one on the table from few days really like helos and russian subjects
A good kit, well detailed but some imperfection in the inner parts..
Box'n'sprues











decals for CCCP and Cina army

Some detail of pieces, under square moulds..











some fast assembly .. bad idea as i see after consulting references





the fit is about perfect









then starting to move correcting modify for the inner, at least what i can do :(

first move the bulkhead under the cockpit, is in wrong place and incorrect lateral shape. Glued the floor and added under reinforcement, also removed and filled original pins and holes





Cut the bulkhead and correct the shape, some reinforcing here too



almost done



between the cargo section and pilots office theres a passage behind the second pilot seat , i drilled the passage and filled with plastic sheet the unwished holes





almost done





a test fitting with the bulkhead at correct position, the floor need an extrude



another error of the kit, the ceiling is too low, i draw the correct shape in the picture, unfortunately i glued too quickly these pieces



that's all for now , at the next

Very cool BsYamato! I don't think I've ever seen you build a helicopter before.

Mighty interesting work on this. . . considering it is, what? 5 cm long?

Great to follow this build as having a similar Mi-4 in my stash waiting for a rainy day!
Not sure if I need to build my anymore watching this! :-)

But I am just wondering... how many minutes is it between the first and last picture ? Seems to go so quickly (read smoothly) the build....

- Kari

Looking good BSYamato! The hobby boss kit looks like a good starting point for a nice model.

Thank for commets friends
I'll try to reply from smart phone :
Medic i build about 20 copters till now and lots in the stash
Lyle it's about 30 cm long with rotors, is a medium helo
Kari the first gluing session was the first night, the cortections and mods the second night about 2 hours of total

Borg these HB kits are great, i'm considering to get the mi-2, mi-14 and ch-46 too from HB... Surely they fit better than amodel

Glued the main rotor and tail rotor subassemblies:
Main rotor, the primer shows some minor retouch with x-acto blade..





tail rotor and main rotor shaft





At the next!

Nice !

Some update finally, just painted more on rotors and main rotor shaft. 3 layers of a humbrol mix including aluminium, withe, black and glossy clear. After a layer to mechanical part with same mix with silver added









At the next

Where have you been?! Your supper is getting cold! Good to have your updates flowing again. Nice work.