This is the Italeri
KA-50, built OOB, except for added detail made out of wire and plastic card.
This model will eventually be a part of a diorama involving a T90 and a city
corner, but that will be done at some point in the future. The model depicts a
Hokum in flight. Wire was added to the gun, aerials are made from copper wire,
antennas are plasticard.
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The Hokum was
offered to the Russian Army as the next generation attack helicopter, but it
lost to the Mil-28. However, a number of Hokums were produced and they saw
action successfully in Chechnya as per pictures I've seen in the Internet. It is
a single crew (a pilot) aircraft, and this was it's downfall. Otherwise it is a
machine that can hold it's own in actual combat.
The model was finished with
Tamiya Acrylics, received a wash and was weathered using a very fine dust from
Whether-All. It gave the effect of a front line airship. In my opinion, it really
has the shape of a shark, which am partial to :). I might built another one, and
will use a shark mouth on it then. Decals are half from the kit and half from
ProDecals from Russia, secured in place with Future (instead of Solvaset).
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The pilot's door was
intentionally left off the kit, because I wanted to show the work done in the
cockpit. The HUD is scratch built and there is a pilot. This is also the first
time I incorporate a figure into a kit, so I wanted that to be visible. The
pilot was kit-bashed from figures that came from the Monogram Hind and Harrier.
The face was also painted, but the pictures did not show details of the work
done on it.
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