W.I.P.: 1/35 Pave Hawk

Looking good Avus , The level of detail and scratchbuilding is awesome . I've haven't tried a 1/35 scale helo , my skills are not yet up to the challenge . 1/72 scale with cockpit decals are enough work for me . It constantly amaze's and inspire's me to see the level of detail you guy's accomplish with these larger scale helo's .

The cockpit detail is truely awesome .

                                                    Kind regards John

Hmmm... your pilot should be a doctor, can't read a word of his handwritting :p just kidding

I used to be all about helicopter models, they're what got me into the hobby until armor sucked me in. I'm going to have to get back to some birds after this awesome kit your making! I really love the spine board!- is it sheet styrene? looks pretty accurate from what I can see. I'm unfamiliar with modern helos- is this a medic bird or do they all carry spineboards? It would make sense.. The backpacks look great too, I really love all the little details you got in there. :)

Thanks for sharring

Thanks Helo 53, HeavyArty, Retired Gunpilot and psstoff995!
I started to work on this helo 3 years ago but only this summer I decided to work seriously on it.
It's my entry for a group build so I HAVE TO get it done for Jan 1st!
I'll be posting updates as I make progress ... but don't hold your breath on those!

It's exciting to be of inspration to someone, Helo 53 ... please continue to flatter me!

To your questions psstoff995

psstoff995 wrote:

...I'm going to have to get back to some birds after this awesome kit your making! I really love the spine board!- is it sheet styrene? looks pretty accurate from what I can see.

Yes, sir, it's sheet styrene. I printed out a picture I found on the internet, glued it on a piece of styrene, cut it to shape and drilled out the "holes".

psstoff995 wrote:

I'm unfamiliar with modern helos- is this a medic bird or do they all carry spineboards? It would make sense..

The Pave Hawk is used for SAR/CSAR (in this case it's designated HH-60G) or special operations (they'll call it MH-60G in that case). "My" helo will be in a little diorama showing the aftermath of a rescue, so it's carrying a board.

Today's update sets a milestone in my build: the fuselage halves are toghether!

Added microphone to the pilot's helmet:


An overview of the interior; the wires are for the minigun and the ammo chutes were a pain in the ... to install:


Eventually the two halves are together!


Installed winshield and dry fitting:


After taking this picture I realized that I forgot to install the rear wheel!!!
Now I have to come up with a smart idea on how to install it without separating the fuselage halves!

haha aww

thats no fun, doesn't sound like the worst mistake ever. I'm sure you could always file off the guide pins and get the wheel housing smooth enough to simply glue directly onto the lower part of the tail, fill the empty hole in the tail to give it something smooth to fit to and then just putty it all together. Kinda like working with PE that doesn't come with any guide marks though... a little hit or miss. I'm sure you'll think of something.

Other than that your WIP looks awesome! The wireing and  ammo shoots look great!! I really like the mic detail on the pilot too.

One question, I'm sure it's attatched the way it should, but from the pictures the M4 hanging up in the back looks like it was floating and someone glued it to the wall, how do they mount that? It doesn't look tied down, I'm assuming there's a little shelf thingy. And with no side door as of yet I'm assuming you're going to prop it open? Should look awesome and open up a view of all the cockpit details!!

Thanks psstoff995!

psstoff995 wrote:

... but from the pictures the M4 hanging up in the back looks like it was floating and someone glued it to the wall ...

Dang! You got me there: in real life they are strapped on as you suppose; in my model it's super glue!

Both cargo doors will remain open and the "office" door on the pilot side, too. This way all the work I did on the interior won't be lost.

Well ... actually this aftermath is less messed up than you described.
My dio is inspired by a picture I saw of an actual event: in 2003 an A-10 crashed over Baghdad and a team of PJs on a MH-60G rescued the downed pilot. Apparently the A-10-Pilot took no harm in the accident so no blood or bandages ...

Here are two pictures of the event:

As you see there will be two PJs, A pilot and the helow crew included in the dio.

Thanks guys.

Currently I'm puttying and sanding so not much to show.
Oh and I figured a way to get the rear gear installed without opening the halves again ...

Avus,

 Looking good!  I still "dream" of when I'll get time to scratch on plastic again!  Heh, heh!  I've got 6 of the 1/35 Black Hawks in my stash, 2 of each type they issued. 

Thanks Melgyver!

I'm sure you'll find time as soon as you finish your "home improvement"!

  Looks great Klaus!

 Those Nimrod pilots turned out pritty sweet!

Like the miniguns too!

so we'll see the finished Hawk by Christmas?

 Cheers!

Andy

HeavyArty wrote:

Its coming along great. Its not really a bad kit, just lots of small stuff to fix if you want to get it looking great. Keep up the good work.

 Thanks Gino! Yeah in the end it's not as bad; maybe I just had to vent.

intruder_bass wrote:

Looks great Klaus!  Those Nimrod pilots turned out pritty sweet! Like the miniguns too! so we'll see the finished Hawk by Christmas?    Cheers! Andy

 Thanks to you too Andy!

I don't think it'll be done for Christmas but I hope to manage completing it for new year.

I think I never used that much putty on just one model! 

Here's what I'm talking about:


This is the result of the "surgery" of the tail wheel:


And eventually and overall view of the Pave Hawk:


Next I will be adding the photoetch and tiny plastic parts, but I'm afraid this will be one of the last updates for this year.
So this will be my first model for next year!

Wow... that IS a lot of putty, was it just getting the two halves to smoth up next to each other?

 Looks nice though! Good luck with all the tough stuff now and enjoy the new year

psstoff995 wrote:

Wow... that IS a lot of putty, was it just getting the two halves to smoth up next to each other?  Looks nice though! Good luck with all the tough stuff now and enjoy the new year

Thanks psstoff995 and a happy new year to you too!
Indeed it was tough! Yes I glued the halves together as they fit (if that is the approrpiate term to use!).

After more than a month here's an update on my "work".

I scratch-built the IR-emitter on the nose, added a bar on the starboard side, completed adding photoetch bits and prepared the bird for painting.
(I've been told that the bar is placed there to prevent the rope on the winch to fray on the sharp edge of the cabin door and break.)

Now to the pictures:

Looking good. I had a love hate relationship with this kit, more hate than love. I ike the scratch built FRIES you had in an earlier post, the best that I have seen.

I have the DAP kit to build and Ihave been perpetually putting it off.

Nice job! Maked for painting?! Woo!

Can't wait to see this one all done up on the base with the PJs

Very cool scratched details and good info on the bar for the cabel.

Klaus,

Looking good!  It's finally coming together!  I know you will be glad to finish this one.  Can't wait to see the final result! 

It is turning into a beautiful model. Can't wait to see more.

Charlie