Monday, 9 January 2017

Another hurried Hind.

You'll remember the Esci Mi-24 which I was definitely going to finish last month?  Right.  Regular readers will not be at all surprised to learn that I was distracted by other matters.  One such was another Hind kit, this time the Airfix version which I picked up for £5 at Triples in 2015.
 I could make up a tale about wanting to compare and contrast the two kits but who'd believe it?

There were no issues with the build.  If anything this is a slightly cruder kit than the Esci effort and  represents an earlier version of the Hind with the familiar (to those of us of a certain age anyway) chin turret and Sagger AT missiles.


So now I have two large helicopters awaiting paint!
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6 comments:

  1. Pete.9 January 2017 at 18:22

    Looks good Tim. I'm not a fan of painting helicopters- too fiddly with bit that break off to easily. Are you going to permanently fix the rotors on or leave then loose?

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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  2. Conrad Kinch9 January 2017 at 18:23

    Ah Mr Gow, I see that with your typical Scottish frugality you've decided it would be easier and cheaper to paint both choppers at the same time. Very wise Sir. Very canny.

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  3. Paul Foster10 January 2017 at 00:49

    I was wondering about that other Hind.

    Lets see the finish results.

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  4. Tim Gow10 January 2017 at 18:57

    Pete
    The whirly bit will be left loose. We'll see how long it all lasts!

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  5. Tim Gow10 January 2017 at 18:58

    Conrad Kinch
    Any more of that racial stereotyping and I'll have to fetch the claymore from the thatch!

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  6. Tim Gow10 January 2017 at 18:59

    Paul Foster
    Has it been worrying you too?

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