1/72 Hobby Boss Mil Mi-17 |
Gallery Article by Ratish Nair
on Aug 15 2014
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India Independence Day
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Mil Mi-17 Indian Air Force in Congo
This is a model of an Indian Air Force Mil Mi-17 that was part of the Indian Aviation contingent in Congo as a UN-MONUC component. The kit used is the superlative 1/72 Hobby Boss Mi-8MT/Mi-17. The build is mostly OOB and minor changes had to be made to make it look like an IAF aircraft. The only major part I remember changing is the winch which is a slight mashup of the part supplied in the kit.
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The kit went together without any major hassles but needed putty at places. Overall, I have nothing but nice things to say about the kit and it is noteworthy how Hobby Boss got the distinctive Mi-8/17 nose right unlike any other in this scale. What posed a bigger challenge was to get reference pics of the actual aircraft with the correct serials. The decals are completely home-made. I also went ahead and built an ICM ZiL-131 to go with it.