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1/18th Scale Mi-24 Hind Retired

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 6:54 am
by pickelhaube
Alright guys , it is the first of the month as promised time to unveil the next large build .

As the title says if will be the Hind !!!

I do have something to show but it will have to be later on today.

I have enlisted the help of one of our talented 3-D computer guys and he has already plotted and had printed one of the major componets of the Hind and in hopefully in 2 weeks we will have something else to show.

He will be platting the smaller parts and I will be building the larger ones .

This will be my biggest under taking so far .

I have done the polls in the past and I will have a price point of around

$350-$450 for a resin kit.

This kit will not have as many parts as the Tiger II but will be close to 38 " long.

Stay tuned !!!!!!!

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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 12:06 pm
by MUDHEN336
Outstanding!! Count me in for 1!

Re: 1/18th Scale Mi-24 Hind Will Be a Reality ! !!

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 12:12 pm
by pickelhaube
Thanks Mud Hen !!

I tried let the primer paint ( laquer ) dry for an hour but it never did . I guess I need to use acrylic .

Here goes .

The cockpit !!


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Figures fitted. I had to pop off their feet so they could fit.

I will deepen the feet area so a full figure will fit in.

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Re: 1/18th Scale Mi-24 Hind Will Be a Reality ! !! Pics !!

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 3:07 pm
by normandy
Very impressive Matthew.

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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:06 pm
by granch
YESS!

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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 6:30 pm
by CW4USARMY
I had to give up my King Tiger because I doubted my modeling skills, but for a Hind, I will learn!!! Count me in! ;-)

Re: 1/18th Scale Mi-24 Hind Will Be a Reality ! !! Pics !!

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 8:07 pm
by maritime96
Amazing work as always. Looking forward to seeing this come together.

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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 1:20 am
by supersonicfifi
NICE ! will it be a new vesrion like the Mi35 or an old one mi24 from the afghanistan war ? ?


new Mi35
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Mi24

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Re: 1/18th Scale Mi-24 Hind Will Be a Reality ! !! Pics !!

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 6:16 am
by pickelhaube
supersonicfifi wrote:NICE ! will it be a new vesrion like the Mi35 or an old one mi24 from the afghanistan war ? ?


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I am going for the Mi-24 E the Afghanistan era .

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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 1:56 pm
by rschaap
Nice job as usual. I am looking forward to the progress pictures. Once again thanks for your tremendous support of the hobby.

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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 2:10 pm
by supersonicfifi
perfect i really like the cold war weapons ! since the pacha i own is an early model A it will face your HIND as soon as i can get someone to build it for me !!!!! ( i ma not a modeller !!! )

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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 2:11 pm
by supersonicfifi
i want this kind od display :

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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 2:12 pm
by supersonicfifi
HIND flight : Image

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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 2:32 pm
by granch
Supersonicfifi, hoping that every helicopter will get away of this swarm with all its main rotor blades intact...
If I had the choice, I would prefer the old sand/olive camo and the red star. My Mi-24 1991 pic posted a long time ago:
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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 6:11 pm
by snake
Great choice Matthew. 8)

Cockpit detail looks very good, and interested in seeing the rest of the project progress.

Not really a helo guy, but the Hind looks mean, and the business.

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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:16 pm
by normandy
Hey Pickel, just been looking at some of the pics of the Hind......in 1:18 this is going to be big, what 18" to 20"
nose to tail?

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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 9:20 pm
by pickelhaube
normandy wrote:Hey Pickel, just been looking at some of the pics of the Hind......in 1:18 this is going to be big, what 18" to 20"
nose to tail?

38 !!

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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:58 pm
by Black_Dragon_One
How much work is to get this done

Re: 1/18th Scale Mi-24 Hind Will Be a Reality ! !! Pics !!

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 6:33 am
by pickelhaube
Thanks guys this hopefully will be a fun project


Black_Dragon_One wrote:How much work is to get this done
Dragon


Not sure what you are asking.

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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 10:40 am
by rschaap
Paint options (not the norm).

USMC attack helicopter (Fantasy)

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Hind dressed up as a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter for a 1980's Russian action movie.

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United Nations Hind

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Re: 1/18th Scale Mi-24 Hind Will Be a Reality ! !! Pics !!

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:26 pm
by granch
Nice idea, the UN version! Could be used in about every kind of diorama, no problem about "political correct", no problem for use with any nationnality of small army soldiers (with perheaps exception of ISIS?)... Point of view of a "neutral" swiss guy. I have allready a small platoon of UN Blue Helmets soldiers ready for boarding in the Mi-24...
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 11:57 pm
by Black_Dragon_One
pickelhaube wrote:Thanks guys this hopefully will be a fun project


Black_Dragon_One wrote:How much work is to get this done
Dragon


Not sure what you are asking.
I have no skill I glue my fingure together building model.. how much work would I have to put in to this to getting it looking really good.. remember I have no skills

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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 6:30 pm
by Grilledcheese
Dammit man, you finally went and started a project that I will have NO CHOICE but to buy. Count me in.

I dislike you greatly.

(In a good way)



Jeffrey
(Dammit)

Re: 1/18th Scale Mi-24 Hind Will Be a Reality ! !! Pics !!

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 9:20 pm
by pickelhaube
Grilledcheese wrote:Dammit man, you finally went and started a project that I will have NO CHOICE but to buy. Count me in.

I dislike you greatly.

(In a good way)



Jeffrey
(Dammit)

Hey Jeff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPw-3e_pzqU

:D :D :D

Re: 1/18th Scale Mi-24 Hind Will Be a Reality ! !! Pics !!

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 11:06 am
by Grilledcheese
*sigh*
Yeah, that about sums it up...




Jeffrey