Picked this kit up off of Ebay several years ago, one of those barely started some pieces painted with crazy colors for a song. I picked up the Cobra Co. resin update set for this for the interior components. Really is a difference compared to what comes in the box. New seats along with ft and rear cockpits. Very nice set from Cobra. Refinishing the interior In Aeromaster Russian Grey/Green and MM flat black. The kit is molded in tan plastic, it was the only game in town for quite awhile i this scale. It still holds it's own despite that the rotor blades hit the tail rotor if this was the real machine. So the tail is too short. I am building this as an Iraqi helo that participated in the first Gulf War in 1991. The scheme shows the colors being Stone/Dk Earth over Sky. But seem to remember seeing these when I was inspecting one in more of a Desert Dark Yellow or Tan/Dk Earth over Lt Blue? But several references list the first scheme, so I went with that but you will in my opinion it doesn't look right to me. The kit itself has some inaccuracies but still builds up to a typical Monogram kit, a little challenging but fulfilling when it's finished. Despite it's age and engineering, the newer kits are not much better. Maybe more detailed, more parts, but no better in accuracy. But then that is what I have read and since I have not even seen any of the new kits, I myself cannot say if this is true. The crew compartment was painted Lt Grey, the wheel well interiors and doors a Medium Blue/Grey along with the main and nose gear struts. The resin wheels again from Cobra were painted Aeromaster Russian Hub & Radome Green.
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