thanks for the info zacsmad
t3488g (me!) =>yes
kik36 => yes
roadkill_275 =>yes
adrake2 =>yes
J-Hulk =>yes
boybuddho => you in?
zacsmad => you in?
are we going to post pics of our progress?
i finally found out how to get photos to work, so here is my progress:
an over view of my hind “factory”
the passenger compartment[8D] i love that floor
Did you spill all of your paint in the box??!! LOL Looking sweet so far!! But what I want to know is who is going to do this paint scheme?!
I wish I could join this, but I already have 4 1/72 scale Russian Hinds built: One A, one D one E, and one F. And those are the ones in Russian markings. I also built two in West German markings, and one Hind D in Iraqi markings. Total: 7 Built Hinds. Now, if I could find markings for another one in some other Middle East country’s markings, maybe I can join this!
t3488g, are you painting all the camo BEFORE you put the fuselage together? Might be a little tough to clean up seams if you paint first and then assemble.
You might want to consider painting the interior (which it seems you’ve done), then assembling the fuselage, THEN applying the final camo paint job after you’ve cleaned up seams and whatnot.
Just a suggestion, of course!
But heck, you’re gonna be finished before anyone else gets started!
By the way, I was a “solid maybe” on the group list, not a “yes.” As I mentioned previously, I wouldn’t be able to start until the end of May.
Plus, if I said yes, my buddies in the 1/16 Tiger I Group Build would kill me!
Coming up on a year now, and I haven’t started on that one…other commitments, you know!
Looking forward to seeing everyone’s progress here.
yes i did spill the paint[:D] i am doing a russian hind in kosovo.
Duke Maddog:
try here for paint scemes
http://wp.scn.ru/camms/archive/ww3_helicopters/0008/index2.shtml?0008
i am painting first because i don’t want to get paint over parts that should be painted that colour. i will touch it up after completion though. maybe a entire repaint. Does that tan look right?
Hmmm…I can’t say that I understand your logic for painting first, but hey, it’s your call, of course! I’d go crazy trying to tidy up the seams and repaint it all afterwards.
I think the colors you are using look good. Are they gloss, or is the paint still wet in the pix?
What brand and what colors are they?
it is easier for me to paint it while it is still on the spur because it is difcult to get it on somthing else, and you don’t have to hold it the entire time.
they are humbrol paints, matt colors.
Fellas, count me in. Allah has graced me with a tax refund allowing me to work on two 1:35 Trumpeters and a few 1:48 (almost ALL my attention is on ONE Trump I’m brutalizing into an MI-24 HIND A with greenhouse canopy, etc. But I need to pause until I can get some green putty because the toxic Model Masters red putty is slowly killing me. Will post some pics today of the work on the forward fuselage so far (paint always last! I do declare!)
Looking forward to the pix, Higg!
welcome Higg!
so here is who we have so far:
t3488g (me!) =>yes
kik36 => yes
roadkill_275 =>yes
adrake2 =>yes
J-Hulk =>does not want to decide [:P]
higg=> yes
O.K. I’m in,be warned, I’m a " BUILD GROUP " virgin , still stumbling my way around these forums
I too have already started, much the same sequence as J-Hulk recomends,
cockpit_paint / assm. main airframe_assm / paint. weapons-aerials-rotor_paint / assm to airframe. works o.k. But am currently stuck in the middle, I was missing something,
Motivation
[banghead][center][/center]
zacsmad: welcome to the gb and the fourm! This is my first gb also so don’t fell left out.[:)]
anyone know where I can find a Mil Mi 24 Hind in 1/48 scale. Recessed panel lines would be a plus.
The Mini Hobby Models 1/48 Mi-24 series has recessed panel lines. They’re not bad kits, and are VERY cheap. I bought their Hind-D for about 14 dollars US.
Hey guys!
I got my 1/35 Hind-E yesterday. Am I too late to join in?
I was thinking to build this kit out of the box, no scratch building or aftermarket (there are no aftermarket kits anyway). I’d like to put it into a small dio (along with four russian troopers from ICM) with all the hatches and panels open and painted in russian color scheme.
Today I’ll start working on the helo; cockpit first.
Actually I wolud have to finish a Littlebird, two Blackhawks and a Huey first, but since I’m waiting for aftermarket kits to complete them I decided to start with the Hind.
This week I’ll be pretty busy at work so I won’t be able to make many progreses, but the weekend is all for the bird.
I noticed nobody metinoned the Heilcopter Walkaround site they got a lot of walkarounds: http://helicopterwalkarounds.czweb.org/
Avus, I didn’t start this thread but SECRETLY I welcome you to this build group. You got any links to view those 1/35 troops you’re going to use? Been scouring some kits at hobby stores for heli 1/35 kits with pilots, but not keen on dropping 30 duckets just for some other kits pilots, capiche? Not to mention troops piling out of the troop cabin. I found a link to a 1/35 Russian pilot (standing) but that’s it. Here it is. Internethobbies.com for $8.45.
Higgs, in secret: Thanks for the welcome and for the pilot figure hint!
You can find the soldiers I’ll use on tihs page:
http://www.aviapress.com/viewonekit.htm?ICM-35331
As you’ll see they are not expensive at all. They are made of white styrene, the pieces fit well and they have good details.
Since the Hind-E was first delivered in 1976 and the soldiers are from the 80’s the two kits should fit together.
Thanks for that great link T!
If it is not too late to join this, I would like to get a Hind-A and make it Libyan. That would be sweet! I already have the decals, so I just need to get the kit. This will be my eighth Hind in my inventory! I also definitely want to make an Indian Hind, but getting the decals may be too difficult. I can do the Libyan one once I get a kit.
I’m also a “Group Build Virgin”, so if you talk me through it, I’ll try to keep up.
I think that everyone is more than welcome to join at any time, as there wasn’t a start date, or an end date made in the beginning!! Welcome one and all, I can’t wait to see what your Hinds look like!