Build log

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April 18, 2024
After opening the box you can see the usual short run quality - lots of molding burrs...
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April 18, 2024
... unclean engravings...
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April 18, 2024
... and many casting errors.
To start construction there is a lot of grinding, carving and engraving.
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April 20, 2024
After a few dusty hours, the first parts were removed from the frames and roughly cleaned.
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April 20, 2024
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April 20, 2024
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April 22, 2024
The interior work could now begin.
The cargo hold remains closed, so there is no need to go into every last detail - the whole thing serves more to stabilize the fuselage halves.
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April 23, 2024
Glued on a few pieces of plastic sheet to achieve a better fit between the front and rear fuselage.
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April 24, 2024
Deviating from the instructions, I glued the front and rear fuselage parts and the cargo compartment doors on each side.
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April 24, 2024
After some filling and sanding it looks pretty good. Engravings and details that were lost during sanding have been renewed.
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April 24, 2024
The glue seam on the cargo door is very thin. To stabilize it, I cut the marked part in half and glued it on each side.
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April 25, 2024
After a suitable indentation was scratched into the plastic, the first etched part could be glued on.
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May 10, 2024
All windows in the cargo hold are glued.
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May 11, 2024
A few etched parts were installed in the cockpit.
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May 11, 2024
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Comments

36 18 April, 17:24

Florian H.
Da schau ich mal zu

18 April, 17:35

Dave Flitton
Massive! where are you going to put it?

18 April, 17:45

BAT21
Right next to my Mi-22 😉

Yellow 23 | Album by BAT21 (1:72)

18 April, 17:48

Alec K
Another monster! I am in 👍

20 April, 13:09

Nicolas
Ich nehm mir auch mal nen Stuhl.

22 April, 19:27

BAT21
Welcome on board.

22 April, 19:51

Thomas Kolb
Cool! This I just need to follow!

23 April, 15:34

Robert Podkoński
Me too!

23 April, 17:43

BAT21
I'm glad you're part of this project.

23 April, 18:28

Robert Podkoński
I have uploaded a few photos of Polish Mi-6 before and after restoration here:
Once there was a collection | Album by podkon ; and here:
Polish Air Force Museum - Dęblin | Album by podkon. Perhaps you will find them useful.

23 April, 19:04

BAT21
👍

23 April, 19:13

Ekki
Watching.

23 April, 19:15

Michael Kohl
BAT21 builds a chopper? Not without me!

24 April, 15:33

BAT21
Thank you very much for your interest.

27 April, 17:28

Pierre-Christian Baudru
Can't wait to see it finish !

27 April, 18:01

Florian H.
Sehr schön, Gratulation zu diesem Ergebnis 👍

10 May, 16:22

BAT21
Danke Florian.

10 May, 19:25

Bernd Grün
Promising start. 👍🏻 Following with interest!

14 May, 18:32

BAT21
It's nice that the audience seats are filling up.

15 May, 05:59

Alec K
Solid progress 👍

15 May, 20:15

Alexander Grivonev
Habe den Kit seit Jahren im Besitz, traue mich aber nicht ran. Was für ein Monster👍

24 May, 17:06

BAT21
Wer bei der Tu 128 von Trumpeter alle Fehler in Perfektion beseitigt hat, muss sich nicht vor der Mi-6 fürchten.
Etwas Spachtelmasse und Schleifpapier bereitlegen... und schon kann es losgehen 😉

24 May, 18:54

Alexander Grivonev
Ja das war wirklich eine Baustelle das Ding. Aber trotz des Ehrgeizes der Chinesen, dem Modellbauer auch den letzten Nerv zu rauben, sieht mir Amodel so auf den ersten Blick nach mehr Arbeit aus...

24 May, 21:21

Project info

Mi-6 VKP

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Ideas

1:72 Mil Mi-6 Hook wheels w/ weighted tires (Armory AW72058)

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