1/48 Scale Mi-24 Hind-E
Hello iModeler!
Here is my Revellogram 1/48 scale Mi-24 Hind, converted to Hind-E standards.
i used Cobra Company Weapons Set and External Detail Set, Linden Hill Decals and Akan Paints (which I HIGHLY recommend!) For the weapons sight on the left wing, I used a bit of clear sprue pushed into a hole drilled out in the plastic. I scratch built the landing light on the left side of the forward fuselage with brass tube and a MV lens from the railroad section of the hobby shop. The back seat of the cockpit has some scrap sprue and photo-etch to busy up the side consoles. The tail rotor pylon was cut off and a new one was spliced on, with the angle of the pylon adjusted by 8 degrees to allow clearance between the main and tail rotor disks.
The funnest part was painting with Akan Acrylic paints. I shot them through my Sotar 20/20, undiluted with earthquake putty as a mask. Results as shown. I am now a HUGE fan of Akan paints and I will be getting more of them in the future!
Cheers!
-Ramon
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- 1. Milliput Wedge filler to correct angle of tail fin
- 2. Milliput and sheet plastic reconstruction of fin tip to make up for angle adjust
Nice work, Ramon. Not heard of Akan paints before, so will have a look.
Thanks Rob! Akan is good stuff - definitely worth a try!
Great work!
AKAN acrylic paint and lacquer line are very excelent color
from Russia .
painting with them gives great result.
But the menu is even better Mr PAINT- http://www.mrpaint.sk
Thanks P.k! I will give them a look!
Nicely done
Cheers Michelle!
Now that is an outstanding example of what can be done with the Monogram/Revell Mi-24 Hind kit. Yes it has it's inaccuracies, raised panel lines. Tail rotor is in the wrong position. But with help from the Cobra companies AM bits, some good ole scratch building, planning you get this! Well done Ramon. I built one myself and just finished recently, even with the Cobra bits it still nothing compared to this one. thanks for sharing an amazing Hind. Happy New Year!
Chuck
Thanks for the kind words Chuck! please do share your model as well and happy new year to you as well!
Nice work, Ramon. There's something about a Soviet-era helo.
Thanks Bryan!
That tempts me to build an helicopter. I'm interested by your advice about Akan paints, thank you.
Helicopters are cool Christian! they build like aircraft but you weather them like armor. Of course, I am a bit biased! 😉 Akan paints are available in the US at http://www.lindenhillimports.com/akan.htm . Not sure where in europe you can get them, but i imagine it would be easier since they are european in origin 🙂
Great outdoor photographs show off your work very well, nicely done.
Thanks George! my wife bought me a camera for christmas, so i have been playing around with that as well!
Ramon, you've captured the look, feel and character of the HInd. Given the age of the kit and the modifications that you've made are professional to say the least.
Two thumbs up
Thanks Stephen, you are too kind! 🙂
Excellent job, sir...great-looking build.
Thanks Craig!
High fives Ramon, ditto the above comments mate.
thanks dude! 🙂
Brilliant Hind, Ramon. The camo scheme applied with AK paints look realistic. Well done !
Thanks Bernd! Akan does a really good match of colors, and is a dream to shoot through my airbrush! 🙂
Ramon, it sure looks the part! What a brute! Beautifully done!
Thanks Bernard!
Great job on the Hind. You got a very nice finish on that one. Man - those are some gnarly weapons hanging on that thing - what are they?
Thanks Greg! The ordinance is a pair of rocket pods and some anti tank guided missiles under the wing tips. Both are resin after market from Cobra company.
🙂
Ramon,
Impressive result in your HIND!
Paints AKAN I also use, but I can say that a good result depends on the skill of the modeler and that you proved to be very skilled!
Congratulations on the beautiful model presented here!
Thanks Alexandre!