Welcome aboard Helo53!

Looking forward to see your washed away paint Jeremy.

Thanks for the pictures lewbud.

It was about time you got started Bill!

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Klaus


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That looks good J. I do a version of your technique, I have a 2" wide roll of 3m blue tape and put down two strips side by side slightly overlapping, on my cutting matte. I make two copies of the cammie at the right scale, like you did. I keep one for later reference and tape the other one down over the blue tape. Then cut out the shapes.

It I were to do that scheme, and you can do this still, I would paint on the flower shaped pattern color first and then make flower shaped masks, put them on and paint the sandy color second.

Also, any time you need to mask off a whole section, like that weapons pylon, you can just wrap it in tinfoil and tape down the edge where it meets the other color/ fuselage.

That is an awesome beast BTW.

Here is where I stand with the UH-1C gunship that I am building.  So far I have added the bracing in the chin bubbles for the 40mm grenade launcher mount and some of the visible wireing in there as well.  I have also began scratching in some of the details left out of the transmission and engine areas.  In doing this I have also realized that I might want to open more of the cowlings than Academy has opened which is going to add even more stuff to do.  At any rate here is th current state of the build.  Anything that is white or copper or metal color is the stuff that I have added in so far,  as always comments questions and critiques are always welcome.

Thanks for looking,

Matt

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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur!!! - Anything said in Latin sounds profound!

I am gonna call my build done!...I took aclose look at the side guns and the ammo belts, and, to avoid getting pissed off,I am stopping! Maybe one day I will decide to fix the ammo belts, but until then...

Pics coming soon!

Justin 

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Matt - that engine looks great... nice work.

Klaus - I love watching someone else slaughter their kit!! Have at it!

Don't tease us Justin... we wanna see some pictures!

I'm not an old like you John and I wish I could build like these talented fellas!

Here's the fresh camo on the Hind. I really love the patterns on this scheme.

In all my haste, I completely forgot to paint the elevators(?) and gear doors. Oh well!

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Jeremy

That camo scheme on the Hind totally reminds me of those anti-slip flower shapes you stick to the bottom of the shower!  

Groovy.

Yay... pictures!

She looks great Justin! I like the custom camo.

After seeing first hand what comes in that box, you get an extra thumbs up from me just for attempting to build that thing!  

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Jeremy

 I've made some more progress on my Super Frelon .

I must confess , joining this Helicopter Group Build , I really do feel like I've suddenly found myself in the "Big League" with the pro's . All the scratch-building , detailing , paint masking etc is just awesome . I'm not sure if what I've done so far is up to the high standard everyone else is doing .

Anyway here is some more progress pic's , I glued the main rotor blades to the hub and then placed the rotor assembly upside down on a dinner plate , I then added a small amount of weight to the center [rotor hub] and placed the plate and rotors outside in the sun for a few days , I wanted to get a slight droop in the blades .

The only seats I had were a little short in height so I cut the backs from the seat section and extended them with masking tape .

Next I airbrushed the insides of the fuselage halves , filed the cabin windows to fit , found some pilots and painted them , added some stretches because I didn't have enough spare seats and everything is about ready to close up .

There is a small roof consol which fits nicely into the top of the canopy , so I painted out the instrument panels and added some wire handles and mic cable to give it a busy look .

I've painted the main rotors and tail rotor , I'm pretty happy with the droop on the rotor blades , I dont think it's too over-done .

So everything is going along okay ;

I just can't believe the amazing builds you guys are doing , I hope mine turns out at least half as good .

Thank's for looking ...                     

                                      John .

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bondoman wrote:

When are you gonna unmask the windows so we can see the tie-dyed curtains??

Don't forget the orange shag... floor to ceiling.

Helo - Your work looks pretty good to me! I like your method for getting the rotor droop... I'm definitely going to try that.

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Jeremy

Jeremy - good job , I am looking forward to see more pictures of your build.

Justin - nice one:)

Klaus - I realy can't wait to see more of your progress and as I said before I wish my Cobra was as good looking as yours.

Ok guys here's a little update from me, after gluing, filling, sanding them filling , sanding and some more sanding it is slowly getting shape. Next step is to put all the parts together and start working on the canopy which is going to be probably the most diffcult part of this build as from the test fit I noticed that it doesn't fit perfectly. Even some changes with the cockpit are required as some parts are to wide and they are blocking the canopy. I will post some pictures later on but you guys probably know what I am talkin gabout.

Thanks for watching guys.

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