Begemot 1/72 Mil Mi-24V, VP, K, R Hind Family Decal
By Matt Bittner
To me, one of the best looking attack helicopters has also been the Hind family, especially after the Mi-24A. It just has a menacing look to it, like it's ready to do its job, and do it well.
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Recently Begemot has released a set of decals for the later series of Hinds, the Mi-24V, VP, K and R, as well as the Mi-35. There are decals for 36 different helicopters:
- Mi-24V, 337 OVP, Kalininskaya AB, Chechen Republic, Russian Army, mid-2000s
- Mi-35, 1335 Heli Sqn, Syrt AB, Libyan AF, 2011
- Mi-35, Misrata AB, Free Libyan AF, 2011
- Mi-24V, 'White Eagles', Gazni AB, Afghanistan, Polish Army, 2010
- Mi-24V, 201 ATHS, Macedonian AF, 2001
- Mi-24V, 201 ATHS, Macedonian AF, 2009
- Mi-24V, 201 ATHS, Macedonian AF, 2012
- Mi-24V, El Geneina AB, Sudanese AF, 2010
- Mi-35, 104 HS, Indian AF, late 1990s
- Mi-24V, OBVP, Stendal AB, EGER, Soviet Army, late 1980s
- Mi-24V, Mongolian AF, 2015
- Mi-24V, 1 CHS, Croatian AF, late 1990s
- Mi-24V, 685 OSAP, Rostov-Central AB, Russian National Guard, 2010s
- Mi-24V, 23 OAP/Soviet KGB Border Guard Aviation, Dushanbe AB, 1988
- Mi-24V, Yamoussoukro Airport, Ivory Coast AF, 2002
- Mi-24V, 607 AB, Kazakhstan SDF, 2010
- Mi-24V, 626 UVP, Pugachev AB, Russian AF, 2009
- Mi-24V, 9 Sqn, Minneria AB, Sri Lankan AF 1996
- Mi-24V, Alexeevka AB, Georgian AF, 2008
- Mi-24V, Helicopter Wing, Presov AB, Slovak AF, 2005
- Mi-24V, Helicopter Sqn, Azerbaijan AF, 2008
- Mi-24V, 221 Helicopter Sqn, Czech AF, 2008
- Mi-24V, Afghan AF, 2011
- Mi-24VP, OAG, Groznij AB, Federal Russian Forces, 2002
- Mi-24VP, 7 OP, Ukrainian Army Aviation, 2008
- Mi-24VP, 7 OP, Ukrainian Army Aviation, 2014
- Mi-24VP, 125 OVEh, Chkalovsk AB, Russian Naval Aviation, 2013
- Mi-24VP, 125 OVEh, Chkalovsk AB, Russian Naval Aviation, 2010
- Mi-24VP, 125 OVEh, Chkalovsk AB, Russian Naval Aviation, 2015
- Mi-24VP, 16 Bde, Brody AB, Ukrainian Army Aviation, 2014
- Mi-24R, 440 ABVP, Stendal AB, EGER, Soviet AF, late 1980s
- Mi-24R, 113 OSAEh, Sperenberg AB, EGER, Soviet AF, 1994
- Mi-24R, Erevan AB, Armenian AF, 2012
- Mi-24R, 484 UVP, Syzran' AB, Russian AF, 2006
- Mi-24K, 439 OVP, Parkhim AB, EGER, Soviet AF, 1992
- Mi-24K, 178 OVP, Borstel AB, EGER, Soviet AF, late 1980s
If you have either the Hasegawa or Zvezda kit (personally I think the Zvezda is the better option) and you want a scheme that's not included in the kit, then you'll definitely want to track down this set of decals. Heck, if you're really ambitious, you could build all 36! That would be quite the collection of Hinds.
Huge, huge thanks to Begemot for allowing me to review this set of decals.