Friend's current helicopter models - worth a look!

I've always said military and aircraft modellers are crazy. Now I bring you proof - and what proof this is! Two in progress models that a friend of mine is working on. He allowed this to be posted here, but I had to resize the pics (trust me, the effect is much better on big pictures!)

The first model is Mi-8 Here is a pic with some parts. As far as I know, nothing opens in the kit oob, so a lot of scratchbuilding went into this.

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How cool is this!!!!!!! The inside pic.

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And there are also green lights!

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Another view.

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Cockpit lighting.

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Prijector lights on the landing gear. There is a number of other lights all over the aircraft, but I'm trying to save traffic.

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The second model is Mi-24

It has an electric motor that rotates the main rotor, as well as one in the tail boom for the tail rotor! :eek: Think that's all?

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Lights at the ends of the rotor blades.

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Lights on the tail boom (just one pic, there are many more!)

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And the coolest thing of them - the cockpit instrument panel.

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A clsoeup - how cool is that!!!!!! :eek: :screwy:

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Anyway ... not sure what to say, the pics speak for themselves

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THIS IS ME AN HOUR INTO THE PROJECT :swear: :cya:

Thats sweet man. You HAVE to keep us post on this one.

WAH!

That is beyond cool, it's nearing madness!
What a crazy guy, but i love ti , what a craftmanship that has gone into it , purely and simply put, fantastic!
Olivier

:eek2::eek2:Much props to your friend.Just a few questions.Who makes those kits? And did the lighting come with the kit or did he scratchbuild that?

:eek2::eek2:Much props to your friend.Just a few questions.Who makes those kits? And did the lighting come with the kit or did he scratchbuild that?

The maker(s) I have to find out - probably Italeri or one of Russian manufacturers, or someone else, there are plenty. And none of the lighting came with the kit, and not only that, but in fact most of what you see has been scratchbuilt or modified extensively. A lot o aftermarket parts as well, and hours and hours of diligent work. I'm quite awed by his models (he doesn't have many in his collection, but what he does have is worth a dozen others).

:eek7: :sly: :eek2: THIS IS ME AN HOUR INTO THE PROJECT :swear: :cya: me 2 ( i hate this make you post 10 characters long bs!)

I would love to see more photos as he progresses.

Outstanding work! Keep us posted.

All I can say is WOW!

:eek: ..... :eek7: YA... your friend belongs in a round room with padded walls... that is truly insane! i am speachless, your friend must have some serious patience... thats just madness! :bigthumb: i cant wait to see some more of this!

WOW :eek2:
Absolutely stunning.

those make me want to buy a Helicopter Model

crazy :bloated:

Great craftmanship, and it made me think !!! :thinkerg:
Working headlights on one of my model cars would be cool, anyone ever attempted and acheived this.

later, Mike.

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It's... just... wow... I'm speechless... :eek7: :eek7: :eek7:

-Pille-

It's... just... wow... I'm speechless... :eek7: :eek7: :eek7:

-Pille-

That's a lot of work . :eek:
Some members of my club are doing helicopters, they will like this thread.
I forward it to them :biggrin:

Stunning!! How he did the lighting at the cockpit? I couldn't figure out.

Absolutely fantastic!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

I've seen some militairy stuff in tamiya modelmagazine, but this is trully AMAZING!!!

simply WOW, please tell your freind Ales that he is doing an excellent job and how about he gives car modeling a shot :cool:

simply WOW, please tell your freind Ales that he is doing an excellent job and how about he gives car modeling a shot :cool:

Will do! :) And I don't know all the details about the model and how it was done, so I apologise if I can't answer all the questions.

Alex

:eek2::eek2::eek2:, I'm speechless ....