Just wanted to say, a heli near and dear to my heart, but long out of production, the Mi-24 Hind, that fierce fighter in the War on Terror, will be released once again in 1/48th scale by Revell. Great Models has announced that it is available for pre-order. O happy day!

Have you got a link to it?

Here's the link: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXVSB2&P=IA

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I was at the local Michaels Craft store the other day, picking up some new brushes and some stuff for the wife. I had a 50% off cupon that I downloaded. I have plenty of projects going on and my stash with keep me busy for the next year or two.

I came across the Revell Mi 24 Hind. With the coupon I walked out the door paying $10.70. I'm not one to buy my kits from Michaels, but I saw some reviews on the kit and what others on line have done to improve the kit.

To my surprise.........its a pretty good. Nice detail, crisp molding, no flash. Along the same quality as the 1/48 Helldiver by Revell / Pro Modeler. I'm very happy with this purchase. I already started putting together the plan on how I would work this project. It wont be till well after the first of the year. I just started the Helldiver.

I'm up for lots of scratch building to improve it. I would like recommendations about any and all after market PE or detail sets. If I could avoid it, I would like to do it all myself with the detail work and not by any aftermarkit parts. One of my goals for the past few years was to improve on my scratch building skills.

Any advice from the master scratchbuilders would be great.

Sam

Cobra Company does some great update sets for the Revellogram kit. Cockpit, exterior, Hind F Conversion (includes the cockpit above), weapons, weapons and more weapons.
They may all be ordered directly from Cobra Company.

Great Info!

I checked out Cobra's web page and added it to my favorites. Since I have some time before I start this project, I will see what items I may be able to scratch myself.

The cockpit they offer looks GREAT!

Sam