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Dan Vadas got a reaction from hexnut in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
The four-barrel "Gatling" type gun and it's swivelling mounting. This is another piece that will be fitted later in the build :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from paulsutcliffe in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
The four-barrel "Gatling" type gun and it's swivelling mounting. This is another piece that will be fitted later in the build :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from pjofc4 in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
This pod fits beneath the gunner's cab. Two smaller pods are attached to it :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from pjofc4 in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
This is the main landing gear bay. I'm going to install all the parts for this and prepare it for the landing gear, but I won't fit the gear until the winglets have been fitted :
Two of the four landing gear doors :
The medicine cups hold the myriad of different parts for the landing gear struts, among a few other items :
One of the landing gear struts. Note the spiral groove cut into the wire with an Xacto knife to assist in glue adhesion :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Rik Thistle in Supermarine Spitfire LF.IX by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD
After fitting the small details the model is FINISHED . It was a very enjoyable kit to build, and I'm going to make the Merlin engine next as a "stand-alone" build to be displayed alongside the plane :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in QUICK-FIND INDEXES to BUILD LOGS FOR KITS
It's not you Mike, it was all ME (and not for the first time either). I uploaded the wrong files this morning when I updated the Indexes. Sorry about that .
Thanks for the "heads up". All fixed now.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from pjofc4 in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
I continued further toward the tail, completing the fin and elevators. These went together without too many dramas. I've changed my method of skinning to a certain degree. I now glue the skin together along the edges and slip it over a faired framing, doing more fairing until it's a good fit and the skin slips in easily before gluing them together :
Although it won't be fitted until the end of the build I made the tail rotor. This is quite a complex arrangement, and will be good practice for the main rotor later. Here are most of the parts :
First part is a universal joint :
The rotor arms. Wire is used for strengthening :
The finished assembly :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from paulsutcliffe in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
Thank you all once again .
The next section of skins have some interesting pieces fitted to them. There is a louvered panel which took me over a day to make :
Another fun piece on the back skin :
The next section toward the tail :
The Czech guy thought he had a problem with the length of the framing, and it is actually shorter than the skin, but with the right amount of fairing the problem became obvious and mine fits perfectly. However I did make a bit of re-enforcement where it attaches to the forward section. I'm not fitting the two sections together until most of each has been completed for ease of handling. I've dry-fitted both sections together and the fit is perfect :
She's going to be BIG :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from paulsutcliffe in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
Next to be made is the central turbine. I'm pretty happy with the way the rotor shaft turned out :
The fascia surrounding the turbine wasn't real easy to make :
I prepare several skins at once to make sure everything fits properly. A fair bit of dry fitting is involved :
I found another guy on a Czech Papermodelling site (needs Translator) who has built this model. This bloke is above my skill level, and his build log has come in very handy when I get a bit stuck in the instructions. He's also documented most problems he's had along the way so I can (hopefully ) avoid them. This stage was one of those, and I'm very grateful to him. Apparently he didn't fair some of the framing enough around the turbines, so I made sure that I did :
The turbines and air intakes fitted :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Ahoy_there in BEFORE YOU POST YOUR BUILD LOG - PLEASE READ THIS - Starting and Naming your Scratch Build Log
That's because you have viewed your build log since the last time you entered a post. It's an automatic thing, it'll go to bold again the next time you post. You'll find the same thing happens to any other build log you open.
BTW - you can't Format a Title (font, colour, bold etc).
Danny
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Dan Vadas reacted to Mike French in QUICK-FIND INDEXES to BUILD LOGS FOR KITS
Hi Dan I have been using the index a few times the last week and found it great. Went to use it today and it opens as an XLS file and not adobe When I try to open one of the sites it says it cant find it. This is showing up in XLS . Before it came up as an adobe file which worked. I have checked my computer for adobe updates but everything is ok. Any ideas or is it me?🤔
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Dan Vadas reacted to Dr PS - Paul Schulze in QUICK-FIND INDEXES to BUILD LOGS FOR KITS
Hello Dan, Thank you for compiling these logs into a easy to use index.
I have a comment about the small craft log and specifically about the 18th Century Long Boat versus the 18th Century Armed Long Boat. Arthur Wayne, Sea Hoss, Dwight and myself (Dr PS) are listed as 18th Century Long Boats and Tiger65 as an 18th Century Armed Long Boat . In order to help readers find the logs on the 18th Century Armed Long Boat, it would be helpful to list them all as 18th Century Armed Long Boats . The two models are similar in many ways but there are some very specific issues associated with the 18th Century Armed Long Boat. Also, I would think that listing only one as an 18th Century Armed Long Boat would lead others to believe that there are no others doing this particular boat.l
Thanks, Paul Schulze
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Dan Vadas reacted to Old Collingwood in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
The bottom sections underneath the tail boom could be flare units, I have seen this done in an airshow.
OC.
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Dan Vadas reacted to GrandpaPhil in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
Fantastic work!
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from amateur in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
The elevator support wire needed a piece of paper wrapped around it :
Last of the pieces for the tail section. Yes, they are meant to be mounted at an angle :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
The tail sections have been fitted together :
This looks like some kind of cooler, oil perhaps ?
Last of the bigger pieces for the tail section :
The struts of the rear support :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
The elevator support wire needed a piece of paper wrapped around it :
Last of the pieces for the tail section. Yes, they are meant to be mounted at an angle :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
The tail sections have been fitted together :
This looks like some kind of cooler, oil perhaps ?
Last of the bigger pieces for the tail section :
The struts of the rear support :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
The elevator support wire needed a piece of paper wrapped around it :
Last of the pieces for the tail section. Yes, they are meant to be mounted at an angle :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from lmagna in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
The tail sections have been fitted together :
This looks like some kind of cooler, oil perhaps ?
Last of the bigger pieces for the tail section :
The struts of the rear support :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from lmagna in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
Oops, my bad . Sorry about that Pav.
Yep, I have to agree with that. However (blowing my own trumpet here ) I think my turbine inlet fascia turned out better than his. Then again, if I hadn't found his build log where he warned about the potential for error it would have turned out a lot worse . Brzdic's is the first pic, mine is the second :
Nice work on the lantern Pav.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from paulsutcliffe in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
I continued further toward the tail, completing the fin and elevators. These went together without too many dramas. I've changed my method of skinning to a certain degree. I now glue the skin together along the edges and slip it over a faired framing, doing more fairing until it's a good fit and the skin slips in easily before gluing them together :
Although it won't be fitted until the end of the build I made the tail rotor. This is quite a complex arrangement, and will be good practice for the main rotor later. Here are most of the parts :
First part is a universal joint :
The rotor arms. Wire is used for strengthening :
The finished assembly :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from lmagna in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
The elevator support wire needed a piece of paper wrapped around it :
Last of the pieces for the tail section. Yes, they are meant to be mounted at an angle :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in HMVS Cerberus 1870 by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Paper Shipwright - 1:250 - CARD
Thank you Popeye.
NOW she's FINISHED . The base and Nameplate were the last things to do :
Danny
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Dan Vadas reacted to popeye the sailor in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
amazing ..........really looks great!
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