Refresh the MI-2

I'm a student and I pass the practice at the airport Bayserke (Almaty region, Kazakhstan). Apart from a number of different aircraft, we also have several Mi-2 helicopter. And now, all of a sudden there was a need to update and refresh - paint, drag bags, podshamanit and hold various small works. And this post about it. 21 photos in addition to the main one.





1. So, we took off from a helicopter two extra blades, drive it into the hangar, stripped him of his doors, all interior panels, and began to wash their skins cleaned and otherwise prepare for painting. SKINS we whole thing for about a week, and I began to hate helicopters



2. Now proceed to the pasting of all, that there should be yellow. It so happened that we just refreshed yellow helicopter and a Black corrected without repainting



3. It looks like Bochin pasted over, but it's only the beginning



4. Do not forget about the tanks, but with them came a little lemon, but I will not say, big-eyed will notice it yourself



5. pasting wheels we stupidly did not have a paper tape. His and so it took about six rolls, given that they are constantly lost over the hangar



6. Now proceed to the primer. We did not fill the entire helicopter, but only primed chips, scrapes and scratches



7. Do not forget to close the exhaust pipe, as well as priming is not particularly prominent place, in spite of laziness



8. And now proceed to paint. Paint ...



9. Paint ... Paint ... Paint ...



10. remembers the door in a hurry fining them, skins, degreasers and paint, too, after a long search for a bottle of paint



11. And now, thanks to our efforts helicopter finally painted. It took more than a week the various preparatory works and a few days of the painting, but that's not the whole volume of the planned works. It looks gorgeous, is not it?



12. Now go to the cabin of the helicopter. That's how everything looked before snooping to our playful hands



13. The scenario is the same, nothing interesting. Oshkurivaem, fining, degreasers and paint



14. After painting much better. Anyone who does not agree does not understand helicopters and Soviet aviation



15. Go ahead, into the cabin. Without Panels it looks not very predraspolagayusche, but we will fix it 100%



16. In the photo, almost all panels have already been delivered, except for the top. Cushioning they do not, we gave them to the workshop



17. That ceiling panels, you have no idea how we are with them zaipalis. There poluoborotny castles called zusy, so, six zusov on one panel, one normally closed, 3 with great difficulty after 1 liter of sweat and mats and the latter has not closed



18. That is all the cosmetic work on the helicopter made



19. Another Vidocq, it's true, he handsome?



20. And now We roll it on the white light from the dark hangar, where he most zatomilsya, but went (we pushed), a brilliant and beautiful, with an updated paint and paneling, fresh as new.



21. Put the blade, it is quite difficult, especially when you consider that you are standing on a stepladder, holding the heavy blade guide her, dance with her, moving up and down. In general, helicopter romance



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