Dan Vadas
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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 GrandpaPhil in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
The two air intakes needed careful assembly. I did most of the work on a piece of MDF with double-sided tape attached to make it easier (read POSSIBLE ) to put them together :
This is the skin that covers the transmission. It has an internal skin as well :
The next skin forward has two 90 degree tubes fitted to it. They need to be fitted to the skin before it's fitted :
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
Thanks Ab, and I agree with your opinion of the kit. I've made a couple of other Halinskis and this one is by far the most detailed .
Both the canopies fitted. I'll fit the doors near the end of the build as they can be easily knocked off in the open position (the hinges are "non-working") :
The next section of skin fitted. These skins are REALLY tight - you have to be spot-on with the framing fairing as the piece wraps around from from top-left to top-right in one piece :
I did a bit of plumbing in the transmission bay using brass wire painted (mostly) in-situ with artist's acrylics :
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
I thought it would be a good idea to fit the two canopies to protect the cabins from damage. I'm using the preformed canopies, but they still need quite a bit of work in cutting them.
The kit actually supplies two sets of canopy braces as they are easily damaged when cutting and fitting them. I didn't need the 2nd ones :
I glued the bracing to the canopies with PVA, let it set, and then wicked some Plastic Super Glue along the edges. Everything held very well :
I'm displaying the model with opened doors to show as much interior detail as possible :
This HUD took me over a day to make :
The gunner's canopy fitted :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from rvchima in IJN Amatsukaze by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:200 scale - CARD and Brass - WW2 Japanese Destroyer -
The Rigging is all finished, it only took about 3 hours .
The last thing to be fitted is the one I usually try to leave to the end - the Ensign, or whatever the Japanese equivalent is . I just noticed that the railing at the stern is bent, good thing I took this pic or I may have missed it :
And here are a couple of pics of the finished ship. I'll be putting more into the Gallery :
Total time to build was exactly 3 months, about 6 months less than I was expecting it to take . Next up will be Bismarck, starting tomorrow.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Papa 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 mtaylor 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 Canute 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 GrandpaPhil 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 BETAQDAVE in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
The two air intakes needed careful assembly. I did most of the work on a piece of MDF with double-sided tape attached to make it easier (read POSSIBLE ) to put them together :
This is the skin that covers the transmission. It has an internal skin as well :
The next skin forward has two 90 degree tubes fitted to it. They need to be fitted to the skin before it's fitted :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
Thanks Ab, and I agree with your opinion of the kit. I've made a couple of other Halinskis and this one is by far the most detailed .
Both the canopies fitted. I'll fit the doors near the end of the build as they can be easily knocked off in the open position (the hinges are "non-working") :
The next section of skin fitted. These skins are REALLY tight - you have to be spot-on with the framing fairing as the piece wraps around from from top-left to top-right in one piece :
I did a bit of plumbing in the transmission bay using brass wire painted (mostly) in-situ with artist's acrylics :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
I thought it would be a good idea to fit the two canopies to protect the cabins from damage. I'm using the preformed canopies, but they still need quite a bit of work in cutting them.
The kit actually supplies two sets of canopy braces as they are easily damaged when cutting and fitting them. I didn't need the 2nd ones :
I glued the bracing to the canopies with PVA, let it set, and then wicked some Plastic Super Glue along the edges. Everything held very well :
I'm displaying the model with opened doors to show as much interior detail as possible :
This HUD took me over a day to make :
The gunner's canopy fitted :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
Thanks guys . Popeye - the inner skin is only on those sections where the interior is visible, The other sections only have the 1mm thick framing to glue to.
Next we move to the forward landing gear bay :
The next section of framing :
Now I'm starting with the outer skins. The framing needs very careful fairing, as there is absolutely NO margin for error. Lots of dry fitting after shaping each skin was required :
The joins between sections of skin have a separate joining strip which is glued to the inner face of the skin so they line up without a step. The laser-cut frames have a recess in them to allow for this strip. These also need to be carefully faired :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
The transmission took a LOT of work - 3 days worth :
Fitted to the fuselage :
I've also fitted the inner wall to the rear cabin :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
A Mini-Tutorial for those who came in late - How To Cut Circles. I made four of these from double-thickness. The pics should be self-explanatory, except to say that I used a "chopping" motion with the scalpel rather than dragging the blade :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
The two exhausts took a bit of work :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
With the pilot's and gunner's cabins completed (for now) work moves to the rear compartment. I "glazed" the windows with some frosted plastic cut from laminating plastic, which is 0.07mm (70 microns) thick :
Both the interior side walls are completed first :
The left wall has the door cut out to display the interior :
One of the bench seats. I used a jig to hold it for easier construction :
Next the rear wall and ceiling needed to be made and attached before I could fit the seats :
Finally, I started the upper framing :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
You may be right OC, however "I was just following orders" . That's the orientation shown in the instructions :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
Moving on to the gunner's cabin. More small bits - a couple of 2.5mm diameter knurled knobs :
The gunsight :
Parts fitted to gunner's cabin :
The gunner's seat was a bit easier :
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
The cabin is loaded with small details. These are some examples :
The pilot's seat is a bit complex with it's air rams and seat belts :
Some of the parts fitted to the pilot's cabin :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
Thank you all .
The start of the build is the cabin. The laser-cut parts are perfect, much better than I could cut by hand in 0.5mm and 1.0mm card. Here is the main framing :
Two of the instrument panels. These have some very small parts. The gauge panel is laminated in 3 parts - the gauges, a very thin piece of clear acrylic from a cigarette packet, and the fascia which has been punched for the gauges :
The axe and fire extinguisher took me half a day to make :
The panels fitted to the cabin :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from BETAQDAVE 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 hof00 in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
Thanks Ab, and I agree with your opinion of the kit. I've made a couple of other Halinskis and this one is by far the most detailed .
Both the canopies fitted. I'll fit the doors near the end of the build as they can be easily knocked off in the open position (the hinges are "non-working") :
The next section of skin fitted. These skins are REALLY tight - you have to be spot-on with the framing fairing as the piece wraps around from from top-left to top-right in one piece :
I did a bit of plumbing in the transmission bay using brass wire painted (mostly) in-situ with artist's acrylics :
Danny
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Dan Vadas reacted to ccoyle in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter
And now, many people will realize why Halinski are considered the "gold standard" of card models. Basically, ALL Halinski models have this level of detail and degree of difficulty -- they don't do beginner or intermediate models. I have only completed one Halinski model successfully, and the other got the better of me and ended up being binned. Finishing one is kind of a badge of honor in the card modeling world.
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