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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 🙂👍👍

Alec K
Very cool, thanks for sharing 👍

Harald Besold
Great models - very well done!

Giannis Kaltapanidis
Great work. Did you use smoke on the canopy?

CaptGPF
Thank you everyone for your likes. 😀

Harald. I put the two side by side to show the differences in the paint. It was an eye opener to see how there was so much variation on such a color!

Giannis, I used X-19 + X-24 using a 5:1 ratio. Perhaps a 4:1 would have worked better. I'll note this in the pictures for reference.

RichardL from this forum deserves the credit for the Have Glass mixture I based the new build off of - arcforums.com/forums..70-who-got-it-right/

gorby
Very nice work!

CaptGPF
Thanks Gorby!

Mr James
A great pair. Lovely finish on these great looking fly birds😄

Neuling
I agree with Mr James!

CaptGPF
Thank you, Mr James / Neuling - it means a lot coming from the two guys I am always drawing inspiration from!

Markus Helmers
Great build! Love image 26! Such an insane vehicle.

CaptGPF
thanks Markus!

Edouard Carr
Nice! My son has just bought the Tamiya version with Beast mode option he is looking forward to starting it.

CaptGPF
thanks Edouard! Hope he enjoys it! I had to special order this Hasegawa beast-mode kit, as they don't carry it in the US.

Chan Li
you have unleashed the beast 😎

CaptGPF
LOL!

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here.

Alex K
Joining Robert.

Mr D
Nice interesting kit, like it. Not heard of the brand.
I've just started a Beriev be-6

Łukasz Gliński
Cool topic, lovely finish 👍

Ben M
👀

Doubtingmango
Beautiful work!

gorby
Lovely work, beautifully photographed!

Michael Kohl
Love them inflight photos.

Alex K
Utterly enjoyable! 👍 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Spanjaard
excellent job and photography

Alec K
Wow, excellent build and story. I have seen a few documentaries about PanAm recently, very interesting. Can you go a bit more into detail as to how you made the windows and what product you used?