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1/35 Mi-6 project
norbertJ
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Posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 08:40 AM UTC

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Is this gonna be RC?


Hi Evgenij
No, it's just for a small dio...

Norbert
norbertJ
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Posted: Friday, July 27, 2012 - 08:08 AM UTC
Hi

So I primed it with surfacer 1200 with a airbrush

First time I do this, I'm afraid I did'nt thin enough and got a grainy surface



On the bottom side, as awaited, you can see the layers



On the top, the walkways made with 0.08 mm half round are 0K. You can see the tiny roof door hinge.



side details : plates are 0.2 mm thick



and the ultimate detail, the holding bar...



now I let it dry one night, then I grain it with micromesh

Norbert
Spiderfrommars
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Posted: Friday, July 27, 2012 - 09:03 AM UTC

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Hi Sebastian
I do not use CAD professionaly.



You should do it absolutely!

GREAT JOB! I hope you'll be able to sell this model to a company or at least that you'll produce some of them. If I were you I would do it!
ropeynz
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Posted: Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 03:33 AM UTC
I'm looking forward to seeing how it cleans up Norbert. As I've said before, this is truly superb, and your use of 'print-a-part' is a sign of things to come I think.
norbertJ
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Posted: Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 11:51 PM UTC

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Hi Sebastian
I do not use CAD professionaly.



You should do it absolutely!

GREAT JOB! I hope you'll be able to sell this model to a company or at least that you'll produce some of them. If I were you I would do it!



Who will be crazy enough to buy a 1/35 Mi-6 ?

Norbert
norbertJ
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Posted: Sunday, July 29, 2012 - 06:54 AM UTC
After polishing, I compared the fuselage with trumpeter CH-47 at the same scale



and I think I will do the panel lines slighly thinner



details survived to the polishing



and I made the bottom side steps flush



Norbert
drabslab
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Posted: Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 12:16 AM UTC

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Hi
The walls are 1mm thick. If I reduce the scale, I reduce the wall...So it can't be done without some preliminary work.



The wall would still be 0.7mm thick, would that not be enough?


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So to say, the outside fuselage will probably cost around 500 euros. The inside probably the same, plus the rotors...



Is it not possible to make outside and inside fuselage in one part?

The technology you are using is perfect for prototyping, but not (yet) for mass production, maybe a mold making company could be interested in you prototype?

norbertJ
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Posted: Sunday, November 11, 2012 - 06:28 AM UTC
Hi

I forgot to answer to the questions above

It is possible to do outside and inside in one piece. I do so to have better reach for the inside painting.

A friend wants me to do a 1/48 version, so I look how to make it, but I feel the pannel lines will disapear.

last updates in the real live :





Norbert
HeavyArty
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Florida, United States
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Posted: Sunday, November 11, 2012 - 07:24 AM UTC
It is looking great. Wow, that thing is BIG!! Very nice.
norbertJ
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Loire, France
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Posted: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 08:48 AM UTC
Thank you Gino
I'm dreaming now to order next sections...but I have to do my reinforcements better.

Norbert
drabslab
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Posted: Thursday, December 06, 2012 - 11:04 PM UTC

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Hi

A friend wants me to do a 1/48 version, so I look how to make it, but I feel the pannel lines will disapear.


Norbert



Hai,

I think that you have a great potetnial for a real market here.

I would for instance also be interested in a 1/48 scale.

Aslo, when you have the 3D model, how difficult would it be to "invert" it, make a resin mould and ....

well, you get the picture

norbertJ
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Posted: Sunday, December 09, 2012 - 05:43 AM UTC
Hi drabslag

The model is not perfect so far, so I learn the hard way, doing mistakes. And each section has is own.
Will see if I can do something marketable. Will know it only when this model is done.

here some new pictures






not too bad with the tail fabric

and could also have thin fences


Norbert

HeavyArty
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Posted: Sunday, December 09, 2012 - 08:33 AM UTC
Wow!! It is looking really nice. Man this thing is big. Very nice.
drabslab
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Posted: Sunday, December 09, 2012 - 09:01 AM UTC

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Wow!! It is looking really nice. Man this thing is big. Very nice.



Not only in scale, I have seen this thing a few times in an airshow. A chinook looks tiny compared to it
drabslab
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Posted: Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 10:42 PM UTC
I bumped this one because I really wonder what happened to this project

norbertJ
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Loire, France
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Posted: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 - 06:48 AM UTC
Hi Drabslab

Many thanks for your interest

I loose my job, so it's going slow

here pictures from the last status :






as you can see, I'm more working on the trucks but there are progress

Norbert
wampablo
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United Kingdom
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Posted: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 - 11:54 PM UTC
excellent work.
i hope the employment situation changes for you and for this model. it would be a shame to see it canned.
drabslab
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Posted: Friday, April 04, 2014 - 01:18 AM UTC
Hai Norbert,

I regret reading that you lost your job, I hope that you find something else soon.

As one alternative, those trucks and the MI-6 could perhaps find a solid market , when finished
Lupusprimus
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Sachsen, Germany
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Posted: Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 06:06 AM UTC
Great performance. I build such models to fly. Even just the small, from 1:72 to 1:24.
Do you can make the project further? This is so great.
drabslab
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Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2016 - 01:19 PM UTC
I wonder where this project ended up?
drabslab
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Posted: Wednesday, July 04, 2018 - 08:57 PM UTC
umping again trying to find out where this magnificent project ended up
norbertJ
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Loire, France
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Posted: Friday, July 13, 2018 - 02:57 AM UTC

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umping again trying to find out where this magnificent project ended up


Hi, project is on side since many years now. I look sometimes to the parts hopping I'll find some free time. In the meanwhile, I started the Reedoak figures business and the technics I learned with this model were very helpfull : www.reedoak.com
pnance26
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Posted: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 04:00 AM UTC
How did you do the fabric?
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