Aeroflot Giant Soviet Helicopter

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January 6, 2018
Eyeing up the parts
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January 6, 2018
Fitting the windows. Cabin windows a reasonable fit, nose windows not so much!
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January 6, 2018
Fuselage glued and strapped up.
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January 6, 2018
A bit more force to clamp the warped fuselage sections together.
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January 6, 2018
Assembling the rest of the fuselage parts; also painted out interior. Should have done that first, it was fiddly with a long brush!
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January 6, 2018
Filling...
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January 6, 2018
White primer.
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January 6, 2018
Silver applied (I used "5 wheel silver" car paint) and baking on with the patio heater.
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January 6, 2018
Decals on before adding landing gear. Long rotors glued and held firm with wooden pegs.
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January 6, 2018
Decals on before adding landing gear. Long rotors glued and held firm with wooden pegs.
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January 6, 2018
Finished all bar a little snagging to perfect it.
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January 6, 2018
A difference between the original VEB and this Playfix box art is that the original shows two red stripes on the landing wheel fairings. I had two decals left and wondered what they were for!

Comments

6 January 2018, 09:33

Tom
Wow! Cool! When did you build it, buy it? Nice assistant!

6 January 2018, 11:30

P J
Stumbled on one in a job lot and liked it ...but it had bits missing so I hunted another one down. Built it on New Year Eve, just added a bit of weathering and the last couple of decals to finish it today.

6 January 2018, 15:55

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Good and hard work ,,, and I know what I'm talking about ,,,, I was not able to finish mine , look at this link :
Mil Mi-6 | Album by yuri (1:100)

And you're right,,, this is not a 1/100 scale kit , it's rather bigger.
Following !!!

6 January 2018, 18:47

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Nice job with nostalgia!!!!

7 January 2018, 22:05

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Aeroflot Giant Soviet Helicopter

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1:100 Giant Soviet Helicopter (Playfix Kits 670)

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