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The Mil
Mi-24 "Hind" is a famous Russian attack helicopter called by the
Soviet pilots the "flying tank" developed in the 1960s. This pre-painted
photo
etch detail set from
Eduard is part
of the Zoom series of photo etch sets and is available directly from
Eduard
Model Accessories. This
is an exterior detail set designed for the 1/48 Zvezda Mi-24.
The parts include 1 fret of unpainted parts for the various areas of the
fuselage including grills and reinforcing plates, windshield wiper blades, pitot
tube etc.
There are 4 pages of instruction in the usual line
drawing format that Eduard is famous for and which are so easy to follow. You will be required to cut away detail on the kit parts to fit these photo
etched parts, but this is indicated on the instruction sheets.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
If you attach photo etch parts to clear styrene, then the CA glue fumes will fog the clear styrene. To avoid fogging the clear styrene from CA glue fumes you can coat the clear styrene parts in Future to provide a barrier or use a different adhesive such as white glue or Future itself as a glue. Future and white glue are effective to use to glue photo etch parts to clear styrene, but they do take a long time to dry. This exterior set will give you subtle detailing over most of the fuselage that will look excellent once it is installed. You can buy this pre-painted photo etch detail set and thousands of other items directly from Eduard Model Accessories. Steve Bamford |
Photos and text © by Steve Bamford