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Appliqué armour is easily replaceable, crew not so much. As long as it takes them back home, everyone's happy. In case of 50 caliber, there are plenty of Cobras , Apaches and Kamovs to deal with it Another big info came out of US ARMY web. A top shot of the heater, that is worth of gold this is why .......go Martin,,, go Martin, go go go Martin And some more details of reinforcement and hinge on top of the heater

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Cargo space has ballistic protection in form of mats as such. And the vital part of the helicopter are protected mostly by ceramic based armour plating.

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Naturally the windows are barely visible under the armour plating, because like everyone has to take a shot at the pilot not fair totally

In the beginning Martin created the resin Blob. And the Blob was without form, and void; and dust was upon the face of the yellowishness . And Martin moved upon the face of the blob with a sand paper. and then Martin said, Let there be windows and there were windows. And Martin saw the window, that it was good....... and Martin called it a Dolphin nose........ OK now. I am good , but not that good At the begging I spent stupidly long hours by staring at the pictures of the real window from variety of angles. Realizing that the concave shape will be a bit of a challenge, so I build up a bit of resin on the sidewalls, in order to blend in the set of windows made most likely from a CD cover. First some preliminary sketch Second, transferring the shape on the tape and taping it on piece of plastic sheet. Cutting out the window in order to create template. Next, using my flexible template to scribe the windows . Drilling , filing scratching I hope you guys are having fun , the same way as I do. Thanks for checking in. Cheers M. gonna find that CD cover

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What about the Bandai's new Death Star did kit?

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You guys have to take me skydiving one day. I like your style

I hear you Ernie, unfortunately I don't know how to cast and this is basically a test-mule for later conversions. Canadian version represent Mi-17-A5 that is produced by Kazan company. The direct competitor is Ulan Ade produced Mi-8AMT (Mi-171) used by Czech Air Force for example. And that is going to be one of my future projects. Also an early Mi-8. Sound easy, almost, however every one is different in many ways. Also, conversions as such , take lots of resin and I am not sure who would want to tackle it. I can make a hard molds of the nose , possibly the ramp for you, but that's pretty much it. Thank You for stoping by guys and commenting.

First of all , big thanks to US ARMY photographers for providing me with this awesome shot I've been on it for past few hours and I would say that the basic shape of the heated is more-less in. Also I realized that I can not scribe into it. It is basically a blob of 16 gauge led shot and super glue. I had to choose different approach of gluing on panels and latches made out of plastic and sanding it down smooth. basic shape filled and covered in some crocket plastic bits, that will later create a decent base for some detailing.

There is always a compromise in place when dealing with internal detail. Seats look bang on from where I sit Cheers M.

Now , that looks all business Harvey. Good show my friend.

What, when did this happen? I completely missed out your overnight build John :). Very cool. Tamiya can't be beat. Well done sir. Cheers M.

Tony, projects like this are full of backtracking, but at the end you gonna have one, sick racer. Keep on pushing. Cheers M.

Slowly working on cabin heater unit KO-50.

there is 1/72 scale resin kit .

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I am just catching up with your build Danny. What can I say, impressive piece of plastic with an equally impressive amount of detail. Will be watching from now on. Good luck. Cheers Martin

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No pun intended, but I basically lost fate in main stream production. All I wish for is sufficient (if ever possible) documentation and affordable hi-res 3D printer in my mitts

Thank you for stopping by Mark, it is late and I just finished basic shapes . Dolphin is pretty much there, and the loading ramp has also new shape. The transition between the windshield and the weather radar dome needs some TLC, but not today. Cheers M.