scooter Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Just finished today is my Mi-171(aka "Hip-H") of the Ecuadorian Army ca.1996. This is marked up and intended to depict machine E-480 of No. Brigada de Aviación del Ejército No.15 "Paquisha", immediately post the Cenepa conflict of 1995. The kit is the Hobbyboss Mi-8 in 1/72 scale (which is incorrectly labelled as the contents are more apt to be an Mi-17). From the beginning, my goal was to build with no expense, and to use only what I had on hand. The kit was nice to build, with plenty of well placed lugs and the fit was excellent. I also made a few modifications for the antenna runs. Replicating the paint scheme was fun, and the decals are from the South American roundels set by Zotz decals (ZTZ/SP4), and the other frisks/text are a mix of the kit decals and/or self made. I also enjoyed the research side of this project as well. Weathering shows this one as a working machine, with dirt, fumes and oil/fuel runs evident. Enjoy! Adam Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Loach Driver Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Congrats on a nice Hip, Adam. It is always good to see something out of the ordinary built up so nicely and displayed in interesting markings. LD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tank Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) Very nice build as usual Adam. Edited February 4, 2012 by Tank Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIG Mikkel Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 WOW One of the coolest Hip's I've ever seen! great work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlcatrazLogan Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Great work on the camouflage scheme and the weathering. What did you do to wear down the decals on the tail boom? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scooter Posted February 5, 2012 Author Share Posted February 5, 2012 Great work on the camouflage scheme and the weathering. What did you do to wear down the decals on the tail boom? Thank you everyone. I am very happy with that build! The text decals were inkjet printed: "EJERCITO" was printed in Arial Narrow BOLD Size 17 and "E-480" was printed in Arial Narrow BOLD Size 22. The boom numbers were then run over with 1200grit sandpaper to give them a faded and scratched appearance. ...more dirt, dust and rocks flying around back there... Adam Quote Link to post Share on other sites
norbert Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Hi Adam great scheme on the Hip. I can only add my voice to this nice build Norbert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arkhunter2002 Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Looks good. I like the paint job and weathering. Dunno if I've ever seen an Ecuadorian bird built up before... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 looks great, Adam. Thanks for sharing. Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El pibe vitina Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Very nice Hip Adam... the paint scheme is really striking. Congratulations. Bye for now... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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