Mil Mi-17 Hip
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8 February 2014, 19:08
Roland SachsenhoferHere are the first pictures of my "afghan" Mil Mi 17. The kits parts seem to be rather crude- as are my attempts to build seatbelts from metal foil 🙂
My excuse is the circumstance that there will be not much to be seen through the quite thick clear parts.
Despite this I made some effort to detail the interior with spare etched parts.
8 February 2014, 19:15
Roland SachsenhoferThings are taking shape... I love that Zvezda kit, even if it might not be perfect in fit and cockpit detail.
Next step will see the cockpit and fuselage- windows masked.
20 February 2014, 08:14
Keith GoodmanNice bit of detailing in the cockpit! A big improvement over the provided parts. I look forward to seeing more progress, I can tell it's going to be great!
20 February 2014, 18:39
Roland SachsenhoferHello mates, thank you very much for your encouraging words!
Keith, I will do my best... 🙂
21 February 2014, 08:37
Bernhard SchrockGreat: I'm tuned in.
Roland: Kitbashing mit Hobbyboss wärmstens zu empfehlen. Die Teile wie Fahrwerk und Rotoren sind ungleich besser (hab bei meiner Mi 8 auch gemacht). Groetjes
21 February 2014, 10:08
Keith GoodmanRoland: Is Hobbyboss the only 72nd scale kit with the correct arc across the top of the windscreen? I haven't figured out how to correct this problem on my Italeri or Mastercraft kits?
21 February 2014, 16:43
Roland SachsenhoferHello Keith: what I can say is that on Zvezdas parts there is no represantation of an overhead instrument panel whatsoever- all you will find is empty space. I do not know the HB or the other kits...
22 February 2014, 10:22
Roland SachsenhoferThe preshading is done, next step will see the underside colour applied. The fitting of the window will be reworked with a little bit of filler and some sanding.
17 March 2014, 19:56
Roland SachsenhoferThe surfaces have been finished, I am not planning to do any further painting... but I am definitly eager to attach the various struts of the weapon-pylons 🙂
29 March 2014, 15:59
Albi HitzIt looks great, the painting is just right ... cool. (I want the same look for my MiG-21)
I'm curious about the finished one.
29 March 2014, 16:05
Roland SachsenhoferHi Albi, your comment is making me happy- it´s some time since I tackled with 1/72 scale 🙂
The MilMi should be finished the next days.... and now I must have a look at your Mig-21!
29 March 2014, 16:19
Burkhard DThe paintjob is spot on including scale effect. Just looks like a real one. 👍👍👍
Did you use some brown for postshading the panel lines on top of the front section?
29 March 2014, 19:47
Roland SachsenhoferHey, thank you very much for kind words and interest! Burkhard, you are right: postshading was done with several brown shades of Aquarell crayons. The Mi-17 "Hip" is, besides some finishing touches, nearly finished by now.
30 March 2014, 13:46
Roland SachsenhoferThank you Luc!
This obviously heavy armed Mil Mi has been finished: The areal masts -and of course the wire- have been scratched, also the ends of the Pitot tubes have been fabricated by stretched sprue. The rotor head begged for some wiring, but the rest of the details could be all found in the Zvezda boxing...
This kit was quite a lot of modelling fun- and I am looking forward to the next Zvezda-heli kit! Thank you for your interest!
1 April 2014, 19:34
Roland SachsenhoferThank you guys, you know your words are making me happy and proud!
6 April 2014, 16:23
Christian MeyerhoffWOW! "Sachsenhofer" Ein Name bürgt für Qualität ! 🙂 Was für ein schönes Modell!
6 April 2014, 17:30
Roland SachsenhoferThis time I would like to say it in German: vielen Dank Leute, Eure Worte machen mich durchaus stolz!
7 April 2014, 14:37
