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Rotor detail on Hobby Boss 1/72 Mi-8/Mi-17 kit


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Okay so I've pulled this kit out of my stash and plan to start assembling it shortly, however as I was checking out the parts I noticed that there was quite a bit of raised detail on the rotors. Not being familiar with this particular helicopter I'm not sure if this raised detail should be left as is or should I try and sand it down a little bit to make it less pronounced???

Thanks,

Tim

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It is a bit overdone - but it is quite easy to sand it down so there is just a hint of it left....

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Just sand it one way - towards the tip - on a flat surface.

If you try to go backwards and forwards with the sanding, there's a danger of bending/snapping the blade - ask me how I know :woot.gif:

I did it on all three of my Mi-8/17/18 builds.

Mi-8T/Mi-8MTV1/Mi-8MTV5conversions.

Afghan VIP Mi-17-18 Hybrid

Mi-18 'Helitubby'

Ken

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