Minihobby Mil Mi24 Hind F in 1/48 scale
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Great work on the main guns and rocket pylons Tony.
And it does look very mean in black.
And it does look very mean in black.
scottie3158
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Looking very nice with a drop of paint on.
Got the undersides painted yesterday , ready for masking now and the tricky top camo. The top Is a sand background with squiggly green patches , haven’t decided if its going to be easier to do the green overall first then mask off the patches or do the sand first and hand paint the green . It doesn’t really matter either way as the hind used masks in real life so the camo is all hard edged . 
Decided to go with all over green and mask off the squiggles then apply the sand yellow. Here it is after the green , the masking of the stub wings and pylons was a bugger though , I’m expecting to have a bit of touching up to do when it’s unmasked . 
Jim R
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Hi Tony
A lot of very skilled, patient work has gone into getting to the paint stage. That canopy glazing was a trial and I hope the masking works ok. The scratched extra detail raises this to another level.
Jim
A lot of very skilled, patient work has gone into getting to the paint stage. That canopy glazing was a trial and I hope the masking works ok. The scratched extra detail raises this to another level.
Jim
Top work so far Tony!!! Just had a catch up and very impressive stuff here...Come on, pull the masking and let's see what you got there Sir!!!
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Allen
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Allen
Masked up and got the yellow on ( Tamiya xf60) . The masks were cut from some extra wide 40 mm tape which I stuck onto some adhesive label backing paper I saved . This means I can mark it with a pencil , cut it out with scissors and then peel it off and apply to the model. Some tricky shapes but eventually I got it all done . I think there may be some touching up but hopefully not too much , I sprayed the XF 60 quite dry so as to minimise the chance of any creeping under the tape edges. We’ll have to see tomorrow . Cheers tony
Unmasked this morning and pleasantly surprised to see I need hardly any touch ups , result! The paintwork on Hinds usually faded quite badly so next step is a light misting with either a pale beige or white to knock the severity of the colours back and soften the edges of the camo slightly . 
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Cracking result Mucker!
Excellent masking, but I tell thee wot, owd lad, I'm reet glad I don't have to mask my stuff for painting. It would drive me insanitary!
Sel O'Tayp
Excellent masking, but I tell thee wot, owd lad, I'm reet glad I don't have to mask my stuff for painting. It would drive me insanitary!
Sel O'Tayp
scottie3158
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Lovely paint job.
Looking very good Tony.
Its now had a coat of klear and the decals applied. The exhausts had a big gap round the edge which on the real thing is covered by a metal ring so a couple of off centre rings were cut from tamiya tape and sprayed silver . These were stuck on and will get sealed in .Next step is a matt coat then I can see about toning the paintwork down a bit . The paint on most Hinds faded quite a bit so im going to give it a misting with some thinned beige . Meantime ive been painting the rotor head and blades and tail rotors , and getting the weapons painted.
Looking very good Tony.
Fantastic work Tony, love how you tackled the canopy issue and adding all the detail to the office
Neat paintwork too
Neat paintwork too
Cheers Fernando , I’m curious to see whether it comes out ok , I’ll not know till I take off the maskingFantastic work Tony, love how you tackled the canopy issue and adding all the detail to the office
Neat paintwork too
It’s now had a misting with very thin desert yellow to tone the camo down a bit . I’ve fitted the tail rotor and tail planes too a given it a bit of exhaust staining . I can take off the masks tomorrow and we’ll see if the canopy fix worked .Its all little bits now but these take the most time, 
Took off the masking today and thankfully it doesn't look too bad . I took off the pilots door as this had only been temporarily attached and the areas around both the doors need a bit of touching up and neatening . The canopies will also be getting a tidy up round the frame edges . The main rotors have now been finished , black underneath , green on top , yellow tip warnings on the undersides and bare metal leading edge de icing strips .
