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Old 1:72 Italeri Mi-24

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  • Member since
    May 2009
  • From: Poland
Old 1:72 Italeri Mi-24
Posted by Pawel on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 8:28 AM

Hello!

Recently I've been repairing my old Mi-24 model, so I thought I'd snap some photos and share them with you. I've built this model while I was working in Germany, in 2004. Sorry to say the Italeri model isn't very accurate - the tail boom is some 8mm/half inch short and the main rotor rotates the wrong direction and the shape of the blades is totally off. The unguided rocket launchers are also bogus. Once I have found out I tried to remedy those issues. I had to let the tail boom be, but I have bought another kit - an old Airfix - for it's main rotor, that at least had a correct geometry. I have scratchbuilt my own rotor head. I have also used the airfix rocket launchers after drilling out the tubes. I have added flare launchers under the tail boom and also made the engine exhausts out of sheet brass. Recently I have added Armory AR MA7232 cast metal AoA sensor. Now my model looks like on the following photos:

1:72 Italeri Mi-24 by Pawel

1:72 Italeri Mi-24 by Pawel

1:72 Italeri Mi-24 by Pawel

1:72 Italeri Mi-24 by Pawel

1:72 Italeri Mi-24 by Pawel

1:72 Italeri Mi-24 by Pawel

1:72 Italeri Mi-24 by Pawel

1:72 Italeri Mi-24 by Pawel

Thanks for looking and I hope you liked it - have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

www.vietnam.net.pl

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 3:47 PM

Your scratch building techniques really paid off.  This looks fantastic!

Toshi

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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 3:57 PM

Nice build. I like the sharks teeth.

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  • Member since
    March 2013
Posted by patrick206 on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 4:13 PM

Pawel, this is a really nicely done model, especially in that scale. The paint and camo is great, the rotor head came out very realistically and well detailed.

Thanks for the post and photos, nice job.

Patrick

  • Member since
    May 2009
  • From: Poland
Posted by Pawel on Thursday, February 16, 2017 6:03 AM

Hello!

Toshi, Bish, Patrick - thanks a lot for your comments and for your kind words! Have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

www.vietnam.net.pl

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Thursday, February 16, 2017 8:00 AM

Oh wow sharp work there! Love the camo! Got to be a big model even in 1/72nd, I've never seen one in person but I understand the Mil-24 is big friggin' chopper. 

And does this kit date back to the old days of USSR? Just wondering if the inaccurate stuff is from lack of information back then or just sloppy design?

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    May 2009
  • From: Poland
Posted by Pawel on Thursday, February 16, 2017 12:55 PM

Hello! Thank you for your kind words! Scalemates say this kit dates back to 1992 - if they wanted they could have gotten in touch by the real thing by then, but it's early. Plus the internet wasn't really operational by then...

It sure is a big chopper - it's comparable in size to the F-4 Phantom, that should give you an idea. It's a direct relative to the Mi-8 transport helicopter, and that can take a car onboard, so you get the idea.

Thanks for your comment and have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

www.vietnam.net.pl

  • Member since
    July 2016
  • From: NYC
Posted by Johnny1000 on Thursday, February 16, 2017 10:43 PM

Pawel!

Looks great. Really nice details and clean execution. It doesn't look 1/72 at all... Dig.

cheers

-John

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Friday, February 17, 2017 10:43 AM

Thanks Pawel, I was wondering. Again great job! 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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