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Desert Marlin
Paint scheme looks great!

Dave
This is looking great. Like the colours

Alex K
Good work so far, keep it up 👍

Ben M
👀

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Spanjaard
very nice result on that old kit, it looks really good. looking forward the figures

Alex K
Such a beautiful end result, with the lovely dio and everything! Chapeau! 👍 👍

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful dio!

Ludvík Kružík
I still miss this small helicopter in my collection of flying machines used in Czechoslovakia. The time has come for me to rectify that. 😉

Villiers de Vos
I will follow along.

Ludvík Kružík
Welcome Villiers! 🙂

Greg Baker
Oh. I built a 1/72 version of the Mi-1M... This should be interesting.

Ludvík Kružík
Hello, Greg. I know there's a Mi-1M kit in 1/72nd scale. Unfortunately, only this and a rather old kit from Special Hobby exists in 1/48 scale. In addition, this kit is an older version of the Mi-1A, which is different from the upgraded version of the Mi-1M. It has a different nose shape, different cockpit glazing and other minor changes. And since I decided to build the upgraded version of the Mi-1M, I will not avoid modifications to the kit.
To give you a better idea of the extent of the modifications to the kit, I've included a picture with the differences between the Mi-1A and Mi-1M versions color coded.

Greg Baker
Oh, neat! I didn't realize there were so many changes between the versions. This is going to look great!

Ludvík Kružík
Greg, thank you for your support.
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I started building the model by making new transparent parts.

Alec K
Taking a seat, this brings back memories of ABC magazine 😜👍

gorby
Nice work moulding the new transparent parts.

Greg Baker
Yeah. Nice work on the heat-n-smash moulding for the clear parts. That can be tricky to do.

Ludvík Kružík
@Alec K
I used to buy ABC magazine regularly as a kid and eagerly awaited each new issue 🙂. I assume your mention of ABC magazine refers to the occasional modeling tutorial section.

@gorby, @Greg Baker
It's not too difficult to make new transparent parts by stretching warmed transparent foil over a pre-made template. Preparing the template is the most work. Stretching the warmed foil onto the template is just a routine that anyone can do after a few attempts.

Alec K
Correct 🙂👍👍

Robert Podkoński
How have I missed this? Taking a seat for sure! 🙂

Guy Rump
Very nice! 👍

Zoltan Grotz
Thanks 👍

Gary Victory
Really nice builds Zoltan. Top work Sir.

Vincent
very impressive decal work!!!

Gary Byrne
I think I would have had a nervous breakdown with those decals. Flawless! Well done.

Maciej Bellos
Both of them excellent. Well done!

Simon
Saubere Arbeit Zoltan!!! Beide Modelle sind Dir sehr gut gelungen!! Der Bronze Tiger wartet in meinem Stash auch schon auf mich 😄 Hast Du die Farbe für den Tiger nach Revell Mischvorgabe mit Aquas gemacht oder haste andere Farben dafür verwendet?

Paul Moore
Stunning! Those are beautiful. I have this Baron Spirit and the Big Ed that goes with it. It would be nice to have it displayed gear down, canopy open, boarding ladder installed, etc; but then again I'm thinking inflight in a turn so you can see both sides of this great decal sheet. Any thoughts since you built yours? Again, that's a stunning model! Congratulations.

Paul Moore
Could you tell me what colors you used for the main and main trim color? The Revell colors aren't coming up with many equivalents.

Thanks,