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Best Mi-24 Hind Kit
Posted by modeler1964 on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 8:32 AM

I usually model sci-fi subjects but I have always liked this helo. Can you guys tell me who makes the best overall kit of the Mi-24? I don't even know what scales are available. I want to pick one up for a future build. Thanks for the advice in advance!

Bryan 

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Posted by Mikeym_us on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 1:35 PM

Off the top of my head the scales of the available Hind kits are 1/48 scale 1/72 scale and 1/35 scale.

The best kit would probably be the 1/35 scale Trumpeter Hind

or you could get the Revell 1/48 scale Hind D

or if space on the shelf is a concern go with the 1/72 scale Italeri Hind D or Hind F.

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

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Posted by AH1Wsnake on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 4:32 PM

Best overall would be the 1/35 scale kit from Trumpeter, but it is large and expensive.

The Monogram kit in 1/48 is old and out-of-production, but can still build up into a respectable representation of the Hind. There's also a bunch of resin upgrades tooled for it by Cobra Company (see the other recent thread here). The kit routinely pops up on ebay and in model trader forums.

Those are my recommendations. Supposedly, there is a Trumpeter 1/48 Hind-F, but I've never seen it, and I don't know much about 1/72 because I don't build in that scale.

Andy

 

 

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Posted by Mikeym_us on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:49 PM
the Italeri 1/72 scale Hind kits are pretty good detail wise especially the troop bay. I'll have to check on the possible 1/48 scale Trumpeter Hind seeing as thats news to me. But hopefully it would be as detailed as the 1/35 scale version.

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15   http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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Posted by helonewb on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 4:10 PM
The 1/48 Trumpeter Hind is actually from MiniHobby.  Trumpeter was reselling these for a while.  I have one, and the spruces and details are similar to the Revell kit.  One difference is that MiniHobby (Trumpeter) produced a Mi-24P Hind F, that is the one with the big double barrel gun on the starboard side.  Note that the only store that seems to carry it is http://www.hobbysurplus.com.
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Posted by PatlaborUnit1 on Thursday, March 20, 2008 7:36 AM

Bryan

Ive got yer D covered.....

 

David

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Posted by modeler1964 on Friday, March 21, 2008 7:42 AM

David, You got one? I should have known that my friend the rotor-head would have one! LOL! How much ya want for it? 

 

 PatlaborUnit1 wrote:

Bryan

Ive got yer D covered.....

 

David

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