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Re: New MOC: Mi-24 Hind-D SOV (Special Operations Variant)
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Mon, 8 Apr 2002 18:04:04 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Chris Klint writes:
As you can probably tell from the relatively austere photos, I'm not quite
finished with this model; the tail profile and engine block still need some
work, along with the mundane rifles and fanciful 30mm gunpod, but I've made
enough progress that I'd be interested in hearing some feedback about what I
have so far.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=14842

A brief design history:
(snipped amazing backstory)

   An incredible MOC, an incredible backstory.  I like them both!
   A handful of questions:

   -How did you get the fifth blade on the rotor?
   -Is that a customized tile on the front of the rocket pod?
   -The canopies:  Have you thought about placing trans-black
    7180 canopies, just as a test?

   Finally, a thought:

   -For swarthy-Russian faces, nothing works better than the
    villains from the "Wild West" sets, one of whom also did
    service as a "Time Twisters" bad guy.  I can't see the figs'
    faces very well, but I didn't see any of those there--and
    they add a lot of Soviet-esque character, IMHO.  :)

   best

   LFB



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  Re: New MOC: Mi-24 Hind-D SOV (Special Operations Variant)
 
Lindsay, The rotor blades were simple enough to build, actually: as I mentioned before, they're based on ten black plate-hinges from my old 8839 Technic Supply Ship. Essentially I folded five hinges into a near-closed shape like a V, arranged them (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.build.military)

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  New MOC: Mi-24 Hind-D SOV (Special Operations Variant)
 
As you can probably tell from the relatively austere photos, I'm not quite finished with this model; the tail profile and engine block still need some work, along with the mundane rifles and fanciful 30mm gunpod, but I've made enough progress that (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.build.military)

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