The
Mi-24 variants started their service in the Hungarian Air Force in 1978. at the
Szentkirályszabadja Air Force Base, at first with the D variants, wich was
followed by the V, and later with some of the P variants (from the ex-DDR
arzenal). On 12th April 2001. two helicopters (bort number 579 Mi-24D and bort
number 715 Mi-24V) from the 87. BAKONY Tactical Helicopter Wing collided and
crashed during a training sortie. Two personel where killed by the accident. My
diorama shows these two helicopters.
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Both
kits are from Italeri, but unfortunately there are a lot of mistakes regarding
the variant. The D variants guided air to surface missile was the Falanga with
special trails, and it carried UB-32 unguided rocket pods. By the later V
variant the Falanga was changed to the 9M114 Sturm (AT-6 Spiral) missile with a
new missile control system, and it carried the B8V20 rocket pods. This details
has to be changed by the original kit, depending on it, which model you want to
build. Apart from this the Italeri kit is a very nice one, and it was easy to
build.
The
Hinds wear the standard Hungarian camouflage. The decals are from the HAD
accessories, pilots and the soldiers from ESCI.
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In the last years
the Hungarian Air Force had a lot of changes. The earlier mentioned wing doesn't
exist anymore and the base was also closed. The helicopters where relocated to
Szolnok.
Tamás
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