CTA Entry Duke Maddog Mil Mi-26 Halo

[Duke Maddog]

Just a real quick update since I managed to get a few hours on the bench today. I spent it getting all the fiddly bits on the Mi-26 Halo, painted the details on the rotors, and added the landing gear and rear clamshell doors.

Here it is:

Here's a shot of this 1/72 scale helicopter next to a 1/72 scale Russian staff car to show the relative size of this monster helicopter:

Now all I have to do is do some paint touch up; re-coat it with dullcoat and remove the clear parts masking and this beastie will be done!

Stay tuned!

 

[randy_ditton]

Hey Duke, That is just AWESOME You do very impressive work in a small scale!


Randy

 

[Duke Maddog]

Watch your step as you disembark....

Now that we've arrived, Pasha will happily show you around my Zvezda 1/72 scale Russian Mi-26 Halo. He'll let you know that this is the largest helicopter in service today. She's built OOB and painted with Testor's Model Master paints. A wash was done on select locations with Windsor & Newton Oils Burnt Umber thinned with Mona Lisa thinner:

Pasha is still standing by in case anyone has any other questions about this Big Bird:

There it is; another of the large projects that slowed me down last year is finally done. I hope you enjoyed the ride. I sure did enjoy the trip I took to complete this thing!


Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.

 

[moon puppy]

Way to go Mark, nice completion and good finish

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks MP! I'm so glad to finally have this done! Now to figure out where to keep it until I'm ready to take it to shows and such.

 

[Phil]

Hugely great work there Duke! ( keep it in a very safe place!!)

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Phil! Yeah, she's gonna be hung from my ceiling! It's about the safest place I can put her.

 

[maus]

Duke
Very nice, did you have any fit problems?

James

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Maus! Glad you stopped in.

Amazingly enough, no. Even the complex join around the engine intakes was very smooth; very little sanding was needed to smooth that out. The open clamshell doors did fight me a little, but I eventually got them to stay. It was a little tricky getting all four pieces of the main fuselage together, but once everything lined up there was almost nothing in the way of gaps or seams to fill and sand.

I'm actually very surprised at how fun this model was to build.

Thanks again for the great reply.

 

[maus]

Hi Duke

Thanks, I have been watching your build with great intrest as I have one in my basement that I'm looking forward to building. It sure is a beautiful job that you did, I have seen Mi-26's flying out of KAF, they sure are beasts of beauty.

James

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks James! Man that must have been awesome seeing these in flight! Way to go.

I'll be looking forward to seeing your Halo as well.