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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 12, 2004 5:30 PM

There are PLENTY of HIND A 1:72 kits around.
Seriously, e-bay, stores still carry the old Hasegawa and Airfix kits. But there are NO 1:48 or 1:35 scale, however, never been made. The cockpits on those 1:72 kits are horrible, to boot. They have no detail.
dry fit or die,
Higg

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Duke Maddog

Member since
June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Monday, April 12, 2004 2:22 PM

Darn, I thought that there were a few Hind A's in 1/72 scale still around. I'm not that good at scratchbuilding. If I try to convert a 'D' to an 'A', I'll waste a perfectly good model. I'll keep an eye out at my LHS, he sometimes gets kits that I think are OOP, so he may still get one.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 12, 2004 12:03 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Duke Maddog

Dragging butt huh?

I'm still trying to find a Hind A to build so I can join this Build!

i'm pretty sure you cannot buy a hind A, higg is converting a Trumpeter 1/35 Hind D into a hind A.

Looks good so far higg, looks like you have done alot of work. it seems so big comapred to my 1/72 hind Sad [:(]

your could probaly put mine inside of your pasenger hold Big Smile [:D]

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Duke Maddog

Member since
June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Sunday, April 11, 2004 9:58 PM

Dragging butt huh?

I'm still trying to find a Hind A to build so I can join this Build! Disapprove [V]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 11, 2004 9:22 PM

Fellas,
I'm dragging butt, but I am making a little progress on my conversion Hind A project (Trumpeter 1/35 Hind D).
Posted the pics on another thread. Mind some constructive criticism if you got the time.
Pics here (alternate site).
http://users.cablemo.net/~higg/public_html/conversionmontage.JPG

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 10, 2004 2:31 AM

Here's some ideas

Let me know what you think!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 10, 2004 1:46 AM

Must be tough building models and tasting.....ummmm I mean testing wine!!! LOL I haven't made much progress myself, except I made my own decal for the moving map screen.....ohhh and yes, it's a map of where I live!!! In 1/32 scale!!! LOL

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Avus

Member since
June 2003
From: Caput Mundi

Posted by Avus on Saturday, April 10, 2004 1:39 AM

kik36 Thanks for the color reference. Actually I wanted to mix the color but having it ready in a bottle is even better.
t3488gYour helo is looking good as is the group build logo. Maybe if we found a pic of a hind in action (like the one in your signature) it'd be cooler.
I didn't make many progresses during the week but I've built some sub assemblies.
Funny thing is when I did this: Currently I'm working in a chemistry lab and I have to do some tests on wine. Since it takes 1h30 to get the results and I have to sit next to the instrument I brought my model along and built it in the lab!

Klaus

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 8, 2004 4:54 PM

maybe we should get a gb badge. here is the one i made, if anyone comes up with a better one we will vote on which on to use.

if anyone doesn't like it i can cahnge it, it is a little bigger tahn the other gb badges, but when i would make it smaller the quality of the hind became horrible.

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, April 8, 2004 11:20 AM

t3488g, it's coming together! I think the colors you are using are pretty good. Maybe a little on the bright side, but that would be toned down after washing and weathering.

That's my E-100 in my signature. Same turret as the Maus, with a different chassis.
If you would like to see more pix of it:

http://rongeorge.com/modules/Gallery/armor?page=2

You can see more of my stuff there and in the aircraft and SF sections, too.
Plus tons of other great works by fellow FSM members! Check it out!

~Brian

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 5:12 PM

i said i would post pics, so here it is:

i'm not sure what colors to paint the base coat, but for the bottom blue color i used humbrol matt (i think matt) 47, the other colors aren't a good match imo, so i may paint over them if i find a closer match.

also, j-hulk: is that your maus in your signature?

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 6, 2004 7:59 PM

I got the Model Master Soviet Interior Blue/Green #2135. Works pretty awesome. I posted a pic of it somewhere on the forum, I'll have to see if I can find it again.

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Avus

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June 2003
From: Caput Mundi

Posted by Avus on Tuesday, April 6, 2004 7:42 AM

Thanks for the welcome!
I've almost completed the cockpit. Maybe tonight I'll give it a coat of primer.
As for the color Trumetere says "blueish green"; using only flat blue and flat green wich proportions do you suggest?

Klaus

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 5, 2004 11:12 PM

sorry for ignoring the fourms recently, i have been busy. So anyway:
Avus
Duke Maddog
Welcome to the group build!
i am going to look for 1/72 russian troops and pilots, the model didn't come with any!
and duke maddog; your welcome for the link.

i'll post some pics sonn

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 4, 2004 10:13 PM

I think that everyone is more than welcome to join at any time, as there wasn't a start date, or an end date made in the beginning!! Welcome one and all, I can't wait to see what your Hinds look like!

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Duke Maddog

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June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Sunday, April 4, 2004 3:36 PM

Thanks for that great link T!

If it is not too late to join this, I would like to get a Hind-A and make it Libyan. That would be sweet! I already have the decals, so I just need to get the kit. This will be my eighth Hind in my inventory! I also definitely want to make an Indian Hind, but getting the decals may be too difficult. I can do the Libyan one once I get a kit.

I'm also a "Group Build Virgin", so if you talk me through it, I'll try to keep up.

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Avus

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June 2003
From: Caput Mundi

Posted by Avus on Sunday, April 4, 2004 12:09 PM

Higgs, in secret: Thanks for the welcome and for the pilot figure hint!
You can find the soldiers I'll use on tihs page:
http://www.aviapress.com/viewonekit.htm?ICM-35331
As you'll see they are not expensive at all. They are made of white styrene, the pieces fit well and they have good details.
Since the Hind-E was first delivered in 1976 and the soldiers are from the 80's the two kits should fit together.

Klaus

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 4, 2004 8:26 AM

Avus, I didn't start this thread but SECRETLY I welcome you to this build group. You got any links to view those 1/35 troops you're going to use? Been scouring some kits at hobby stores for heli 1/35 kits with pilots, but not keen on dropping 30 duckets just for some other kits pilots, capiche? Not to mention troops piling out of the troop cabin. I found a link to a 1/35 Russian pilot (standing) but that's it. Here it is. Internethobbies.com for $8.45.

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Avus

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June 2003
From: Caput Mundi

Posted by Avus on Sunday, April 4, 2004 1:34 AM

Hey guys!
I got my 1/35 Hind-E yesterday. Am I too late to join in?
I was thinking to build this kit out of the box, no scratch building or aftermarket (there are no aftermarket kits anyway). I'd like to put it into a small dio (along with four russian troopers from ICM) with all the hatches and panels open and painted in russian color scheme.
Today I'll start working on the helo; cockpit first.
Actually I wolud have to finish a Littlebird, two Blackhawks and a Huey first, but since I'm waiting for aftermarket kits to complete them I decided to start with the Hind.
This week I'll be pretty busy at work so I won't be able to make many progreses, but the weekend is all for the bird.
I noticed nobody metinoned the Heilcopter Walkaround site they got a lot of walkarounds: http://helicopterwalkarounds.czweb.org/

Klaus

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, April 1, 2004 10:50 AM

The Mini Hobby Models 1/48 Mi-24 series has recessed panel lines. They're not bad kits, and are VERY cheap. I bought their Hind-D for about 14 dollars US.

~Brian

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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Thursday, April 1, 2004 8:39 AM

anyone know where I can find a Mil Mi 24 Hind in 1/48 scale. Recessed panel lines would be a plus.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 5:15 PM

zacsmad: welcome to the gb and the fourm! This is my first gb also so don't fell left out. Smile [:)]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 4:00 AM

O.K. I'm in,,,,,,,,be warned,,,,,, I'm a " BUILD GROUP " virgin , still stumbling my way around these forums
I too have already started, much the same sequence as J-Hulk recomends,
cockpit_paint / assm. main airframe_assm / paint. weapons-aerials-rotor_paint / assm to airframe. works o.k. But am currently stuck in the middle, I was missing something,
Motivation
Banged Head [banghead]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 5:22 PM

welcome Higg!
so here is who we have so far:
t3488g (me!) =>yes
kik36 => yes
roadkill_275 =>yes
adrake2 =>yes
J-Hulk =>does not want to decide Tongue [:P]

higg=> yes

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J-Hulk

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February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 10:34 AM

Looking forward to the pix, Higg!

~Brian

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 9:55 AM

Fellas, count me in. Allah has graced me with a tax refund allowing me to work on two 1:35 Trumpeters and a few 1:48 (almost ALL my attention is on ONE Trump I'm brutalizing into an MI-24 HIND A with greenhouse canopy, etc. But I need to pause until I can get some green putty because the toxic Model Masters red putty is slowly killing me. Will post some pics today of the work on the forward fuselage so far (paint always last! I do declare!)

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 25, 2004 9:03 AM

it is easier for me to paint it while it is still on the spur because it is difcult to get it on somthing else, and you don't have to hold it the entire time.

they are humbrol paints, matt colors.

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, March 25, 2004 4:39 AM

Hmmm...I can't say that I understand your logic for painting first, but hey, it's your call, of course! I'd go crazy trying to tidy up the seams and repaint it all afterwards.

I think the colors you are using look good. Are they gloss, or is the paint still wet in the pix?
What brand and what colors are they?

~Brian

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:14 AM

yes i did spill the paint Big Smile [:D]

i am doing a russian hind in kosovo.
Duke Maddog:
try here for paint scemes
http://wp.scn.ru/camms/archive/ww3_helicopters/0008/index2.shtml?0008

i am painting first because i don't want to get paint over parts that should be painted that colour. i will touch it up after completion though. maybe a entire repaint. Does that tan look right?

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 6:18 AM

t3488g, are you painting all the camo BEFORE you put the fuselage together? Might be a little tough to clean up seams if you paint first and then assemble.
You might want to consider painting the interior (which it seems you've done), then assembling the fuselage, THEN applying the final camo paint job after you've cleaned up seams and whatnot.
Just a suggestion, of course!

But heck, you're gonna be finished before anyone else gets started!

By the way, I was a "solid maybe" on the group list, not a "yes." As I mentioned previously, I wouldn't be able to start until the end of May.

Plus, if I said yes, my buddies in the 1/16 Tiger I Group Build would kill me!
Coming up on a year now, and I haven't started on that one...other commitments, you know!

Looking forward to seeing everyone's progress here.

~Brian

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