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I picked up this kit from my hobby shop just because I thought it would be an interesting subject
....and I like the box art too! :)
The kit's rather simple, but that the charm you get in old kits like this
The Kit also comes with some Martian pilots
A stand for the helicopter
And some "plastic adhesive" that seeped out of its packaging and silver paint, which I found amusing enough to put them in a plastic container and set it on my shelf
I am converting the kit into the military version that's sitting in the Central Air force Museum in Monino, Russia.
The civilian version is much different than that of the military version which has smaller windows, so I filled the old windows with putty and carved out the new windows, which I will refine once I get back from vacation.
Looks like a fun build ; I didn't realise that the Russian's actually designed and used a tandem style helicopter . So I have learnt something already .
Good luck with the build .
John .
Thanks for the support :)
Now that you mentioned It, I had never realized that this was probably the only tandem rotor heli that the Russians built, other than the mi-12. They had actually planned on making a bigger version of the yak-24 which would have been amazing to see but it never got past the model stage. Just look for Yak-60 on google, there should be a few pictures!
Those martian pilots would definately be an interesting addition.... If you use them.
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Those old Plasticard kits can be very rewarding to build, they are very basic but a nice canvas for scratch detailing and finishing. Looks like you are off for a good start.
I don't know about using them, but I'm still keeping them just because they're interesting. Plus I think they figures are pretty underscaled, so....
I had never heard of Plasticart before I got this kit, but I must say that they made some nice helicopter kits. I guess there's a charm to the way models were made back then, like the fact that Plasticart intended the kit to be built literally with what's in the box, with no paint needed.
So it took a few weeks and i was able to scratch build an interior for the cockpit
The canopy was the worst part of the kit, it wasn't molded cleanly and it's an inaccurate shape because the surfaces are flat instead of rounded, so it made fitting all of the parts in even harder.
And for some reason they must of guestimated the body of the helicopter because I can't find any pictures of it with these weird jet turbines that they had on the heli.
So I chopped it off and shaped it more according to some reference pictures, and added the scoops too.
Finally I shaped the propeller blades into a more accurate shape;
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Sgt Punch I don't know about using them, but I'm still keeping them just because they're interesting. Plus I think they figures are pretty underscaled, so....
I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
The last time I measured myself I was seven foot six, so these guys are way too small.
Plasticart kits are the basis of many good kits that are still available.
One example is the recent rebox of the junkers G-24 by Revell of Germany.
My build, in 1/72:
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
Great job that seaplane, GM, and not one that I've ever seen before.
Thanks for sharing, I didn't know that they still used some of the Plasticart molds, are there any other re-releases that you know of? I just found these kits interesting but I never realized that they had influenced the modeling industry.
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