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Nice work Tony, also that relief funnel on the floor was removed as well. The proof of it is absence of the release pipe at the rear lower part of the fuselage.

Beautiful result Darren, very realistic finish on this monster. Bravo ! Cheers Martin

Phil is totally winning this week's bench prize, just need to figure out what it is.

sunscreen and vodka...epic

Harvey, your symptoms are exact copy of what my mom is going through . Also she has zero self-discipline , glasswork of vine every day, lousy diet and she's surprise when it hurts. Take care of you self my friend, after all those centuries of full speed is time to slow down. I am sending a medical specialist Dolores to help you out

Thank You Jeff, It is about your searching techniques. For instance , you are not searching for" Mi-17". Ninety percent of social media reporters have no idea what that is. You need to look for situation, something that describes places where Mi-17 was operated, maintained etc. Then there is a gallery on U.S.ARMY web that contains beautiful pictures of Afghani helos . Marketing departments are probably trying to justify the spendings to the taxpayers Tony , thank you for the compliment. If I can do it anybody can. Especially, when your middle name is "Precision " Cheers Thank You sir No casualties, Unfortunately, 9 soldiers were injured after this chopper hit the tree during the landing in the compound of national directorate of security. 11 May 2011. Yes sir, that pretty much sums it up. This build id very special for me, with Ernie we have been planning this for several years now and I was hoping that somebody would come up with conversion set. I guess Mi-17 does not have a cool-factor such as Blackhawk or Apache. Well , long story short, I am not getting any younger and I do like to lots of fun creating something slightly deferent that the mainstream offering . Thank You for the support

Hey girls, Last night I was working on the windows. It was quite late to post pictures, so here is the update. Initially I wanted to use clear plastic from a random CD cover. Using my template to scribe the outline, only to realized that this material is waaaay too brittle There has to be something in my garage , we know there is. Eye protection or the shield on my table grinder. The shield has nice concave to it, so it won. The next part can be scary, containing words like grinder and orbital sander. Anyway, it all worked out at the end and was able to drown it all it the epoxy sauce :). And this morning with the help of my new sanding pad, we have some results. Rough cut ( 180 grit) of course I am not going to worry about the inside look of these windows, they will be almost completely hidden behind the armour plating . Cheers M.

Weird looking Corsair indeed. Popcorn time !

Putout with one of those

Super clean work Tony

Most definitely yes, you need to strap him in Mike. Cheers M.

If you run out of ballistic mats, carpets will do

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

Nice!

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.

entertainment time

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

drugs were cheap in seventies

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

1989

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