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  1. Im a huge fan of the Mi-24A Hind. More so than the later versions. Outside of the after market PE for the cockpit which I already have I've not seen anyone that has 3D printed parts for it in 1/72 and doubt the screenshot of the 1/48 version will be better as Hobby Boss is low end as a kit maker.
  2. Sourced today - "Somalia 1994 - Getting ready to board our OGA( Other Government Agency) Huey. Going Hunting for Mohamed Farrah Aidid."
  3. You're welcome. I should've said the box drum side not versus. Age is working against me these days. At least for Vietnam era AH-1Gs the box fed the M134 minigun with 7.62 and the round textured drum was for 40mm grenade launcher and they sat side by side one another in the ammunition bay. Here is a round style drum for nose turret mounted M134. I dont know if this predates the ammunition box or replaced it.
  4. Here you go The tray slides out. Here they are loading the ammo for the chunker into the drum There is a also a box version versus the drum.
  5. Certainly looks to be international orange on the top of the spar in this close up. TR cover is also different OD shade than the rest of Cindy Ann
  6. Not to throw a wrench in however I think its going to also come down to timeframe. I've got 1967 slides showing OD shoulder restraints on UH-1B/C models in my personal archive. Lap belts faded to an almost cream color and the lap restraints in my box of spares from the restoration of UH-1M BUC-3 170th AHC, the originals that came off the gunship, are the same. 71st Assault Helicopter Company, 1967 I also have earlier slides 64-67 showing OD shoulder restraints. Here is another slide of an early 'Hover Lover' at WOC school. I have mor
  7. Hi Wigi, 1967 is far too early for the directive to paint the top of one blade white which was late war. You'll want the orange roof top band and tail markings. All the high visibility markings went out the door pretty quickly in Vietnam starting as early as 1964-65 when UTTHCO was in-country. The roof top bands you are talking about denoted companies and could be international orange, blue, white, red or any combination of those colors or just a solid band or block extending from the rear edge of the top of the pilots door frame to the greenhouse or all the way to the
  8. Time and money. Nobody rides for free. It takes time to do all this and sure, there are tons of workstreams to develop lots of AM for these kits and others but it comes down to doing it as a paid comission. That includes to time to research to get it right before rendering.
  9. That's great. Shame as Rodrigo is gone, Rotorwash is on FB and doesnt post here anymore, and the same for others. PM me the link when you're done with it. All the best
  10. It's like a ghost town around this forum lately. Jorge, did you finish Wretched Mildred? I was interested in seeing how you did the weapons stores and rotors.
  11. Everything about your build is fantastic! The weathering is superb. Especially like how you've highlighted some of the tail boom rivets with silver just as I remember seeing on the real ones when my dad was in the Texas and New Mexico National Guard. The old AH-1Gs, UH-1 gunships, and OH-6s went to them. I've not encountered the new decals so cant comment on them however the ones you did manage to lay down look good. Compliments on the photography.
  12. As already stated, I appreciate you adding to how this helicopter in particular is made. IMO how it is built reminds of the Law of the Instrument - "When you're a hammer everythings a nail". The early cockpit is interesting which is why I prefer the Mi-24a to later models that copied tandem cockpit design but seperated the pilot and WSO in thier own cockpits versus a shared canopy, shared cockpit. Hammer and nail approach. I wasnt clear. My point was that trying to mimic these finer points such as very small indentations along the skin due to spot welding is that you loose a lot o
  13. Thanks for continuing to expand on the engineering and design aspects of the Hind. Commonality of parts being a goal of Soviet program it makes sense they just swapped Mi-8 existing features over to the Hind. You would need to understand my day job to see why I view the construction of the Hind as not being very efficient by introducing additional complexity as it has both flush riveting, spot welding now, and the use of rivets of varied size all done by hand versus machining for higher tolerances. Those sorts of things are absolutely irrelevant to modeling. Nor can they be 'reproduced' accura
  14. Im sorry Jorge. Best wishes for her recovery and for you too.
  15. This thread needs an upate. How about it oppenheimerj?
  16. Its all out there online and I can affirm with both the CH-47J, OH-58D/F, and AH-64D/E that parts interchangeability is a requirement just as it is in civilian aircraft. No one has to drill new holes in the deck of a Blackhawk for an engine swap or tail boom swap for example. Simply because its a military design does not mean it does not have to meet FAA approval to fly over US cities and towns. There is no hard pass and military aircraft that are de-registered must acquire an FAA N number designator and meet the same airworthy certification process as a regular Cessna 172. The former Army Hue
  17. FAA flight design approval requires interchangeability of parts as a requirement. "The applicant sends the ACO a data package for review and approval. This data package describes the part design, which includes materials, processes, test specifications, system compatibility, maintenance instructions, and part interchangeability." US helos and aircraft are manufactured to tight tolerances and have pre-drilled plates versus ones that are slapped on and riveted over possibly already drilled holes in the ribbing which Gabor indicates is done in Russia. Plexiglass is the only non-predri
  18. My comments are based off 3 seperate references on the Hind and use the Warpact/NATO designators. Warbirds Fotofax "Mi-24 Hind" by Hans-Heiri Stapfer "Mil Mi-24 Attack Helicopter" by Yefim Gordon and Dmitriy Kommisarov
  19. Gabor, thanks for the reply. I have noticed both the mushroom rivets and flush rivets on the Mi-24A Hind B. I dont imagine this would be different on the other Hind airframes meaning they are also mixed type. You already indicated there are multiple sizes to the mushroom rivets. Too bad there isnt very much in the way of manufacturing images. I realize this is a modeling forum and in 1/48 its neglible. In 1/72 its just madness. I will say if I still traveled to Moscow I would definitely spend time with a number of Hinds at the musuems there to catalog rivet details and differences though.
  20. I got my glasshouse Hind Zvezda kit in and have already ordered everything I'll need from Super-Hobby to get it to where I think it needs to be. I've been building my photo reference library and have a question regarding the rivets again. That led me back here and to this similiar thread - Looking closely at your images Gabor, from what I can see these rivets are not machine done but done by hand which would account for rivets that are not in line, are too high or low, or entire panels being marked for riveting but it not even being done. Can you confirm all Hind ver
  21. Very impressive detailing all around including your pin wash. Drop some clear into those anti-collision lights on the tailboom as ICM does not appear to have modeled them in or it might just be the angle of the photographs. High marks on this build so far. Really looks like the part for the Centaurs of which Wretched Mildred was one. Hoping Floyd will produce some aftermarket decals for this kit. Possibilities are endless!
  22. Yes, the weathering technigue you used does look good. Rather interesting that I've seen this technigue twice in as many weeks. Usually I see it done as a filter once the base coat is laid down. Are you painting up a particular AH-1G or going with kit decals?
  23. Looking for this decal sheet from Fireball Modelworks in 1/35. I have the 1/48 version but need the larger scale if anyone has it. Should be similar to this 1/48 version
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