SPA Modeler

Here the other mil helicopter that i'm actually working on, hobby boss 1/72 too as the houd

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

youve been on a helo binge huh?

CallSignOWL wrote:youve been on a helo binge huh?

LOL , out of japanese, russian and big planes/fliyng boats, transport and utility helicopters are another of my love

Here more:

After primer two layers of humbrol 89 mixed with white



masked the 89 this afternoon and a first layer of humbrol 30 green



this night second and third thinned layers of 30.... a last fourth layer tomorrow



the other pieces follow too the paint steps





Today i uncovered that Amazon sells hobby boss kits too at reasonable price.. then Mi-8/17 Ch-46 and probably another Mi-2 will get my house way soon

At the next!

Wow, is that just a fast build or did you save up some pics to post them in one go?

the first part pictures are about 5 days of works during two weeks, the last post are from yesterday session, afternoon and night

Very nice work and subject.

wow thats some really-green green you got there

Here the fourth and last layer of green







today corrected the final part of tail but no pictures i take :(

At the next with shades and highlights

Loving this build Bsyamato. I've been tempted by the gunship version of this kit. It has... personality??!

This kit is high recommend Vance, I like the design of these old Russian stuffs.
Even my version included pieces for the gunship version, the instructions just tells to not use. Also two kalashnikov on the sprues
Soon the mi-8 too in my stash