Hi Dave, well there's the proof you have built helicopters. They are good. I presume the Rotodyne is the Airfix one and the skycrane is the Revell one?

Obviously Martin the brain is quicker than the fingers. Normally I can spell sonar having worked in the field for a year or two. I'm  ot quite so slick on thr tablet keyboard.

Yes the kit is Amodel, Kevin.
I believe, Martin, that it carries dunking snoar on the port side. A lot of USSR military aircraft had Aeroflot titles.
I've never seen this in anything other than 1/72nd Dave.

The diorama is coming on at great speed - should be good.

Looking good Tony

Well Tony it is the mat I use for photos. You should see the one I actually work on.
As for the decals Martin they went on ok. I was very careful with them and used microsol to keep them down.

This is now the finished article.  I made one or two mistakes with the painting but managed to correct them.  In the end it had three coats of the grey overall.  The decals went on very easily.  With Ian Dewar's advice (thanks Ian) I changed the varnish I used over all the fuselage and airbrushed on the Ammo mig matt which went on beautifully (a couple of coats).  This was the first time I'd used the airbrush for varnish.

Hope this is useful Martin.

This photo shows the fuselage more or less complete.  It is now just waiting for the wings to be mounted.
As you can see there has been a little filling around the joints - all fairly small.