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J K
I have just ordered this myself. Your model looks brilliant. I hope to do half as good a job as you have done.

Sebastian Meyner
Stunning work, mate 👍

Maurizio Laudisa
Thanks

Rando
What a masterpiece! The new Gannet sure looks like a great kit.

Neuling
A masterpiece.

Maciej Bellos
Excellent work, but man that's an ugly thing! Sorry guys...

gorby
Fantastic!

Rui S
An eye catcher, indeed 👍

Kendrick Brown
The uglier the plane, the more interesting they turn out. Fantastic work.

Sven Schönyan
Great to see this! I have the same on the workbench as well!

Maurizio Laudisa
Thanks everyone. Indeed it's one of those "so ugly it's beautiful" subjects. It certainly has presence on the shelf.

Elias Papadimitriou
Great build!
Where did you find the Squadron badge?

Maurizio Laudisa
Thanks Elias, the badge if from https://ebay.ca/itm/185727703714

Guy Rump
Great build, congrats! 👍

Paul Eden
Gorgeous kit. Air craft is a proper chunky boy, I love it. Excellent work. Think this may be a bit too hard for me but it looks awesome.

Maurizio Laudisa
Thanks Guy and Paul... yes the kit is excellent but quite fiddley, not difficult per se, just a lot of delicate subassemblies that require patience and stamina. Do it!

Ludvík Kružík
Wow... another Hind on the scene. Nice start! 👍

I suppose compared to my rebuild of the Monogram kit, building this model is a walk in the park.

When I finish the rebuild, I'd like to build another Mi-24 from the Eduard/Zvezda kit. (I have two Eduard kits in my stash). I will follow your build with great interest. 👀 It will be a great inspiration for me.

What colors and markings did you choose for your Mil?

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
Hi Ludvik, thanks - I love the kit so far and I will build it more or less straight out of the box, with only some added details and adding rivets and missing panel lines. I only built 2 Revell kits so far and compared to them this kit has way more precise parts and just a few issues with gaps until now. I follow your build and to be honest: you are a crazy one building all these details out of scratch ... this is a total different kind of modelling. I decided to go for the SCHEME B, markings G and last flight of the tiger paint scheme. I will update project with some new pictures soon. I´m close to get the rivets done and prepare for final painting. You will love the Zvezda kit 🙂

Ludvík Kružík
Hi, Thomas! What a coincidence. Just as I was reading your reply, Jiri Schelinger's (Czech singer *1951 +1981) song "I'm Just a Fool" was playing on the radio 😄.

In today's hectic times and the large selection of perfect kits and accessories to improve the look, it looks really crazy. I have nothing against new models, but I prefer the old models with all their flaws and inaccuracies. They give me room for my own creativity. It's the "extra" work that I really enjoy. When I build a model in my own "crazy" way, I'm much happier with the finished model than with a perfect kit built from a box. My goal is not to build the model as fast as possible, but to enjoy the whole model building process as much as possible. That's how it is for me ... Maybe I'm crazy. :-D

You're doing a really good job on your model and I'm really very curious to see the progress. If only because my next Mi-24 model will also be by Eduard.

Michael Kohl
convincing progress so far

CaptGPF
Love the progress so far!

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
Thanks @CaptGPF ... I stopped this project as I didn´t feel ready enough for the challenging paint job ... I decided to wait before I destroy the model with an awful paint job. I pushed myself to build a 1:72 scale to get more skilled on the airbrush and once this is done (I guess soon) I will finish this. I feel ready now 🤣

CaptGPF
I'm with you there, Thomas! I generally sharpen my skills on the smaller and "easier" kits till I get enough XPs to handle the more challenging stuff. 😀

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
Smaller is not always easier, but I got you 😉 and it´s nice to see that more skilled modelers do it the same way

Ludvík Kružík
Hi, Thomas! I see you've added some extra work. The engine build into the fuselage looks very nice. 👍 I assume the engines will be open. I look forward to the next installment.

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
Hi Ludvik! Yes, at least I tried 😂 ... looked a little bit boring so I added a few pipes. You are right, I plan to have all covers displayed open. The pictures are in bad quality as they were all taken with my old phone. Before I decided to put this project on hold, I finished main rotor blades but I didn´t put them here. Once I finished the Me410, I will be ready to finish this one ... everything is prepared for the paintjob but has been put back to shelf, so keep fingers crossed for me 😃

Ludvík Kružík
Thomas, it takes a lot of work to build an open engine model that looks realistic. But the current photos of your model show that you're succeeding. Fingers crossed that you continue to do well. And be prepared that applying decals to the main rotor blades is an afternoon's work. There are 26 decals on one blade = 130 decals on all five blades combined.

I have already completed my "crazy" Mi-24 conversion from the Monogram kit. I will come back to the Mi-24 later. I plan to build one more D version machine and one more V version machine. I will build these helicopters from the Eduard (Zvezda) kit. So I will be inspired by you and it is possible that I will "copy" 🙂.

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Wow, very nicely detailed.

tyu
I love the weathering on the rotors and engine compartment! Could you explain your technique?

Daniel
I agree with tyu, great attention to the "inner values" looking forward for more👍👍

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
@Ludvik: thank you so much for your positive feedback. When I think back to the time I started my Hind and built the engine section I almost had no experience. The Hind was the 3rd model I started so I´m still thinking if you are just kidding .... 🤨 Lucky me I already applied all the decals and YES it was more than an afternoon job ... 🤣 I know you finished your Hind - I watched the progress highly interested and let me tell you again: your Hind is absolutely amazing. I have never seen any "old" kit that has been adjusted, optimized and detailed in this way.

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
@Siegfried: many thanks - glad you like it!
@tyu and Daniel: thanks a lot - I really appreciate your kind words. To be honest I don´t even remember all the details on the weathering as I did this so long ago. As far as I remember the rotor head is simply painted and I gave it a wash. The wash was blended with white spirit and in some areas rust was added with a light rust wash (also blended). Main blades also simply painted and then I think I added some bright oils paint with a stippling movement, sealed it in with gloss varnish and then I added it a light grey panel liner + another layer of bright oil that has been blended with a brush (with very little white spirit) always moving into the direction of air. On the connection points to the rotor head I worked with oil paints again. The engines are airbrushed in many different metallic colors and towards the end I also blended in some oil paints and rust pigments, but I don´t remember it exactly. I´m still kind of overwhelmed when I see your positive feedback, remembering back 2 years ago, I didn´t even know what oils paints are ... 😧

Jennifer Franklin
That is a really nice job, I would agree the weathering is majestically executed.

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
@Jennifer: thank you soooo much for your kind words.
@tyu: I forgot to mention that main rotor blades have been also darkened in a few areas using AMMO Shaders …

Ludvík Kružík
Thomas, I want to assure you that I am in no way making fun of you. I really like your work on the model.
If I smiled at anything, it was not as a result of your work on the model, but because you called me crazy (I know it was meant in a good way) and now you are slowly going down the same path. With the opening of the engines and the cabin and cockpit doors, it begins... 😄

... and thank you so much for the compliments on my Mi-24, I really appreciate it.

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
@Ludvik: I was just kidding and never would think that anybody in this great community would make fun on others, but I´m still kind of overwhelmed when more skilled and experienced modellers like you like what I do ... and this is not a joke. Yesterday I finished my 1:72 "test build" to sharpen my skills on the airbrush so updates here will come soon😊

Alec K
Not sure how I missed this build. Excellent work, hopefully it will leave the shelf of doom 🙂

Nigel Chapman
Another bucket list kit for a good price and my first £60 kit

Bozzer
I saw one of those going down the M6, near Keele Services. It sounded awesome!

Nigel Chapman
Yeah, there are quite a few old and new T-cabs about the UK - can't beat the that Scania v8 sound

Mr James
That is one impressive paint job. Excellent skills shown with an airbrush 🙂

Bernd Grün
Schönes Modell, Simon! Exzellente Lackierung, Glückwunsch! 👌👌

Pipeman86
Hey Simon, richtig richtig gut!! Vor allem auch die Grundierung nach dem Verschleifen (Bild 1). Mega!!!

gasolier
Cool scheme! Well done

John Thomas
Very nice

Simon
Thank you very much guys!!

Vielen Dank Bernd und Chris!! Als nächstes werden die Markierungen auf den Seitenleitwerken und den Tragflächen gesprayt!! 🙂

Ben M
fun project. you should paint a giraffe next 🙂

Simon
Yes, certain similarities in the camouflage pattern cannot be denied. 🙂 It wasn't really the intention, it was supposed to be a mix of larger and smaller patches. But I still like it now. 🙂

Ben M
It looks really remarkable. You have constant density for all the patches. Skills!

Simon
Thanks Ben! 🙂

Alberto
Cool camo, nice paint job 👍

Simon
Thank you Alberto 🙂 Now i have to repaint the engines/intakes/nozzles.

Jan Peters
Beautiful camouflage pattern you have painted here!

Simon
Thank you very much!! 🙂 That pushes me to go on with the repainting of the intake / nozzle part! 🙂

Vincent
Great scheme. This looks great!!!

Simon
Thank you Vincent! 🙂

Skyhiker
I love this kit, it was one of my favorite to build. You have done a masterful job on that camo. Looks great.

HSC1932
This is the best Arado 555 I've seen, and I've seen many. What paint did you use to achieve that excellent finish?

Simon
Many thanks to you both! I'm really pleased that you like the paintwork! The project has already taken a lot of time so far. At first I thought it would be a quick job, but in the end the sanding, re-engraving and the countless thin layers of paint have taken a lot of time. Probably also because I watch series on the side 🙂

@HSC1932: I now only use Vallejo colours, mostly the Model Air colours if available. I also thin them a lot now: 4:2:3 (Flow Improver : Thinner : Paint). For the two main colours I used Vallejo MA 71.257 Light Blue RLM76 and MA 71.259 Grey Violet RLM75.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
👍👍Sieht heiß aus das Teil, besonders die Camouflage, hast du da ein Netz drüber gelegt und drüber gesprüht?

Simon
Moin Hans-Jürgen! Vielen Dank!! Ne, das habe ich mit ganz wenig Druck, geringem Abstand und der Politik der ruhigen Hand gemacht! 😉

Michael Kohl
Top paint job.

Simon
Vielen Dank Michael!!

CaptGPF
One word - AMAZING!

Simon
Thank you very much CaptGPF!!! 🙂

Secretary at ESSMC
Love the paint job - looks "submarine"
Great kit - see mine from a few years ago..SCM Search: roger trewenack arado*
I'll keep watching your work!

Simon
Thanks Mr. Secretary! 😅 Now that you mention it, it does look a bit like a ray. A ray with giraffe skin. 😁 Your Arado looks great too! What an idea with the camouflage. 👍🏼

Ben M
A girayffe if you will.

Simon
They are incredibly good at snorkelling! 🤣

Gerald
👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, like the different camo. 👍