1/48 Monogram Mil-24VP Krocodil
1/48 Revell Monogram Mil-24 with Cobra Products cockpit set, Cobra VP conversion, and CMK tail boom extension, wheels, wing pylons, Begemot codes & Stars, Linden Hill stencils, Aeromaster numbers. 2.5 degrees of tilt modified into fuselage per Mil. drawings. Bort 02 is currently flying ops in Syria.
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Craig Abrahamson said on October 20, 2016
Sharp-lookin' build and presentation, John...nice work.
Robert Royes said on October 20, 2016
Great build and setting.
Rob Pollock said on October 21, 2016
John, big fan of this build. 😉
Tom Bebout said on October 21, 2016
Nice looking Hind John, very well done especially with the after market additions.Any fit issues with the kit?
John Martincevic said on October 21, 2016
No, the conversion was straight forward, the only tricky bit was the CMK tail boom extension plug. It needs to be reinforced really well. I found this out the hard way when I dropped the build and had to rework the tail.
Here is a WIP link:
http://www.zone-five.net/showthread.php?t=29714
P.k said on October 21, 2016
Great build (Dobar)
Dmitry Ryzhenkov said on October 22, 2016
Colleague, congratulations on the good work! But let me make a comment. Lower surface of blades on this helicopter needs to be black. Radome radar director should be glossy.
Dmitry Ryzhenkov said on October 22, 2016
And soot from the engines is very large. It should be about outputs and not so much. The helicopters in our army keep clean.
John Martincevic said on October 22, 2016
Thanks Dmitry, working from pictures on RT, I used a little artistic license on the soot. I am sure the crews take great care of the machines, some of the RT pix show larger soot stains, so that was my choice. Thanks for those little details, I have never seen a Mil-24 other than photos and only have a couple reference books & the internet to work from. Not too many 1/48 Mil-24 built in the USA, this was my first Helicopter build as it is one of my favorites.
Dmitry Ryzhenkov said on October 22, 2016
Thank you for the answer ))
Greg Kittinger said on October 24, 2016
Nice looking finish! That's a menacing looking bird.
John Martincevic said on October 29, 2016
Final pix added with Russian Pilot & Lift cart with rocket box. I used Dimitri's info and finished the main rotor blades in black and glossed the Radome. This one is behind me now and on the shelf.