1:72 Paint Masks For Mil Mi-24 Soviet/Russian Camo 1980s With Canopy And Wheels Included

The Hind in its 1980s finish and in a small scale

The Mi-24 came about as a flying infantry fighting vehicle, able to suppress resistance with its fire and set down a group of soldiers right afterward. Soviet machines of the 1980s carried a camouflage of muted green and brown with a large number on the nose, the form in which they are known mainly from photographs of the Afghan deployment. The characteristic pair of stepped cockpits with a separate compartment for the gunner makes this type a machine that cannot be mistaken for any other.

Three things in one package

Besides the camouflage pattern, the set also deals with the cabin glazing and discs for the tires. In 1:72 scale the frames are so small that cutting tape by hand tends to be torment rather than work, and ready-made cutouts save the most time here.

Advice for the small scale

• Work with sharp tweezers and good light, as small cutouts fly away easily.
• Apply the paint thinner and in thinner coats than on larger models.
• Check the camouflage fields against the instructions even after moving to the other side of the fuselage.
• Hold the discs for the wheels perpendicular to the axis, otherwise the edge comes out oval.

Whole scenes are also easy to build in this scale, because the helicopter takes up considerably less room on a shelf than a larger rendering. Adding figures and vehicles of the same scale to it is therefore more attainable and more manageable than with large models. At the same time it is the scale in which the widest choice of ground vehicle accessories from the corresponding period exists.

The package consists of the films alone; arrange for the helicopter and the paint shades separately.