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Wow!
This looks great - I'm glad you were able to squeeze some time into the build :)
I look forward how this baby progresses.
Cheers
 
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Thanks guys. There's not too much too the crew compartment so I'm hoping I'll get more progress tonight.
 
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Man there is some great competition going on this year, I hope I can keep up. For your inspection is my most recent progress. Tonight I managed to get the crew compartment painted and very and I mean very lightly weathered. Dry brushing and a few select washes. I know the special theme is dirty but I've got an issue with going overboard on weathering so I'm keeping myself so very restrained.

Here's an overall shot to give you an idea of how this is going together.

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And here are a few dry fit shots.

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Tomorrow night I'll get the windows in on the left had side and then start on the engines. I'm contemplating whether to do a little scratch building and adding some extra piping but that'll be decided later.

Thanks again for following along.
 
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Thanks John. This really has become a very fun project for me. Hope you don't fall to far behind. LOL
 
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Looks good Adam. I like that you're building the troop compartment, that's a big part of what makes a Hind different from other gunships.
 
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Thanks Mac! It's a fun ride for sure. I had a chance to speak with a guy who used to ride in these things a lot. Special Forces missions. One of the things he pointed out was most of the time these interior of the hind was kept pretty neat and clean, it was the outside that got beat up. I'm sure that wasn't the case 100% of the time but that's how I'm trying to build her.
 
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Looking really good Adam! it looks you're taking care at each stage...slow and steady wins the race!
 
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Hey guys, thanks again for following along. More progress tonight! I was able to get the windows in the left hand side and make a start on the engines.

After I got the engines started I wanted to do a mock up to see what areas need more work.

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Engine doors come molded clear, why I don't know. They will fit pretty snug when I paint the whole thing.

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Please forgive the masking tape. The plan is to have at least one side open.

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The challenge I will face is closing up that gap and filling sanding and blending this all together.

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I will get the engines finished and bays started and then I can close these two halves up!
 
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Thanks guys! I stayed up way too late last night looking at reference pics of those engines. I'm going to add some more wiring for sure. Stay tuned later tonight for more. :D
 
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Adam, you're flying through this. I got to pick up the speed, my modelling bicycle still has the training wheels on compared to everybody else around this place...

The progress on the Hind looks good;
Hammering out a handsome horribly huge hind... ;D

Jason
 
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Alrighty dooder mcdudes, I gotz another update fer yalls.

After messing with the engines last night and realizing that with the bay doors open those notches and gaps would just look like crap. So I did some test fitting tonight and realized engines can go in later. This was most excellent news.

I started with getting the left hand side using mr dissolved putty.

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When that wasn't drying fast enough I just switched to super glue and baking soda and started on the cargo bay doors. Since I'm going to have the doors open I really didn't want this ugly step/gap there.

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After a bit of sanding and blending of the paint I got this...

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Once I had the left hand done engine bay and cargo I attached the two halves and started on the right hand side.

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Looks much better this way I think.

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I did start to glue the two halve together in just a few spots. My plan is to clamp and band a small section each day over the next few days. Truly the fit is pretty amazing but I want to go slow just to try and minimize any filler later.

While the pant was drying I decided to check the fit of the doors just to see what kind of issues to expect when I go to paint this thing.

Welp, none really.

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I did take off a little too much on the right side when I was standing... Nothing some blue take won't keep plugged up when I paint it.

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I'm not worried about that because the doors will be open and you'll never know. Besides it looks better smoothed out.

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That's about all she wrote for now. Picture updates probably won't be as massive over the next few days as I'll be slowly working on the center seam. At the same time I'll also be working on the engines and starting the wings and things.

Thanks for following along.
 
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Thanks John! In all honesty, I think this is one of the most fun model builds I've done in a long time.
 
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Are you guys getting sick of my updates yet? LOL

Here's some more progress for you.

I started the night by carefully placing a few rubber bands on the back section and gluing it up using Tamiya extra thin. You may be wondering what the toothpicks are for... Keeps the rubber band tight but off the plastic.

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I also cleaned up the front seam behind the engine and sprayed some black on it. I checked my references and yes there's a panel line there. :-). This build just got a lot easier!

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I then turned to engine work. While I started adding some more wiring with lead wire I also worked on the exhaust. Here you will see locating tabs...

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Here you will not.
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Here why I went through the effort...
very visual area...

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And a quick little profile shot.
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The great news is I can install the final piece of the exhaust at the end of the build which is going to make painting a lot easier.

Thanks again for stopping in.
 

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