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Blackhawk Main Rotor
Posted by DustOffUH1 on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 2:00 PM

Hi,

I'm building a MRC/Academy 1/35 scale UH-60L Black Hawk. Id like to also add the cables that are located on the main rotor for a more scale like appearence. But I can't find any pictures that have a good close up of the main rotor. I looked on airliners.net and googled. But not much luck. Does anyone know where I might find a good close up of a Blackhawks main rotor? Maybe top view?

PS there's a nice model kit review of this particular model here on FSM. I'm glad I found it! It'll save me some time Smile [:)]

Thanks!

Joe

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Posted by Mogwa on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 6:35 PM

like this?

 

or this?

 or do you actually want the rotor blade and not the head?

 

HTH,

Mog

 

UH-60 Crewchief / Technical Inspector and Modelling Addict
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Posted by rotorwash on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 8:15 PM

I'd try here:

http://focalplaneimagery.smugmug.com/Rotary-wing%20aircraft

There are some really nice shots of Blackhawks from the top. Just zoom to the original size and the rotorhead on some of em will fill your computer screen.  Lots of detail if you look close.

     Ray

 

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Posted by DustOffUH1 on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:56 PM

Mog & Ray,

Both of your replies: Tight!!

Thanks very much!!! Both will help Immensely! Much appreciated, honestly :)

Thanks Again!

Joe

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Posted by rotorwash on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:33 AM

Joe,

  Glad it helped.  Please post some pics of your build. We'd love to see what you're doing.  I was wondering about your handle. It doesn't exactly match your avatar.  Makes me think of an Apache with big red crosses on the side! 

   Ray

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Posted by DustOffUH1 on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:14 PM

Will do. You are correct. They don't match. ah64apache is actually my email address, and I'm just partial to that picture :)

My uncle was a Huey crew chief in Vietnam. So the handle is kind of a tribute to him Cool [8D] He didn't make it back Sigh [sigh] And I've allways loved Hueys, and helicopters in general.

That would be an interesting scheme on an apache ;)

Thanks Again!

Joe

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Posted by rotorwash on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:46 PM

Joe,

  See, now it makes perfect sense!  I think that's a great tribute to you uncle and I am a little partial to Huey myself as my father was a gunner with the 190th AHC.  I think and Apache configured as a medivac next to a armed UH-1H gunship would be quite the "what if" build.  Course I'm sure it would send chills down the spines of many a fling wing fan.

     Ray

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Posted by DustOffUH1 on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:07 PM

Well, that explains your avitar ;)

That would make quite an interesting diorama for sure. And the very hard core scale guys would probably have something to say about it :)

Hueys are definately an icon for sure! Apache's are simply mean looking machines. But if I saw/heard either coming from an enemy I would run & hide as fast as I can!

 

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Posted by rotorwash on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:10 PM

And at the end of the day, isn't that what Army Aviation is all about:  making the bad guys run and hide!Big Smile [:D]

   Ray

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Posted by DustOffUH1 on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 2:23 PM
Ubetcha!!! Wink [;)]
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Posted by grandadjohn on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 6:57 PM
 rotorwash wrote:

And at the end of the day, isn't that what Army Aviation is all about:  making the bad guys run and hide!Big Smile [:D]

   Ray

 

But they still die tired

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Posted by DustOffUH1 on Thursday, April 16, 2009 12:41 PM

I can only imagine granddadjohn :)

Well, here's what I have so far. Main & tail rotor, seats & bulkhead. The seats still need their tiny little legs. But I'm following the instructions from the model review for this particular model I found here on FSM. So those come later. I still haven't added the cables for the main rotor, because I'm still contemplating what to use.

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Posted by rotorwash on Thursday, April 16, 2009 12:50 PM

Joe,

  Any chance you could make that pic a wee bit bigger.  looks like your building in 1/350 from here!

    Ray

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Posted by DustOffUH1 on Thursday, April 16, 2009 2:16 PM

Hi Ray,

If you click on the pic,, it'll make it bigger :) Then there's a box to close it in the upper left hand corner. It took me a few to figure that out myself.

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Posted by rotorwash on Thursday, April 16, 2009 3:18 PM

Joe,

  very familiar with that operation, but when I do it, it just puts a microscopic view in the upper left hand corner, same size.  

   Ray 

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Posted by DustOffUH1 on Thursday, April 16, 2009 4:22 PM

It enlarges when I click on it. Maybe I screwed it up in PhotoBucket. I never used that before. See if this one is any better:

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Posted by vector123 on Thursday, April 16, 2009 8:17 PM

thats awesome do you have any pics i could use??Confused [%-)]

always looking for tips and suggestions!
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Posted by rotorwash on Thursday, April 16, 2009 9:04 PM
 DustOffUH1 wrote:

It enlarges when I click on it. Maybe I screwed it up in PhotoBucket. I never used that before. See if this one is any better:

Much better! Looking great. I can't wait to see more. Ray
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Posted by DustOffUH1 on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:35 AM
Thanks! I probably screwed up the first picture in PhotoBucket. I haven't done any work on it the past 3-4 days. My brother came up to visit. But I should be working on it again tonight or tomorrow night. I don't have high speed internet at home (I live in the middle of nowhere). So I mostly will do my posting durring the day when I'm at work.
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Posted by DustOffUH1 on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:52 AM

vector123,

Do you mean that you're looking for pictures of Blackhawks? If so, there's one link towards the top of this thread, and you can also go to airliners.net, and use their picture search engine. I use that site a lot looking for paint schemes for planes and helicopters. Plus they just have some really nice pictures of planes. I change my PC desktop wallpaper often ;)

Joe

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Posted by vector123 on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:56 PM
Thanks
always looking for tips and suggestions!
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Posted by DustOffUH1 on Monday, May 4, 2009 4:19 PM

I'll be posting more pics of the build soon. I got a bit sidetracked because of the NHL playoffs. I'm working on the cabin seats now. Kida tedious. But I'm following the directions from a posted review for this model, which helped Greatly! This is what I'm working on now. Yesterday I did the 4 rear/back row, cabin seats:

"The most difficult aspect of the kit was installing the cabin seats. If you do this according to the instructions, you'll end up tearing your hair out. The problem is that the seats are sandwiched between the ceiling and floor, and each seat has a pair of separately molded angled legs. I suggest doing it this way: Assemble the seats per instructions in step 4, but don't cement the legs to the seats or attach the seats to the ceiling at this point. Now, go to step 5 and cement the rear cabin bulkhead (B47) to the floor, making sure it's square to the surface. Add the cabin sides (B28 and B29), too. Now dry-fit the ceiling and make sure the outer edges off the sides line up with the outer edges of the ceiling. Tape the assembly and let the glue dry overnight.


Still with me? Now remove the ceiling and paint the interior parts, but not the bottoms of the seats yet. Next cement the back row of seats (type C) to the ceiling, and once they are set, use slow-setting plastic cement to attach the legs to the seats. While the legs are still pliable, dry-tape the ceiling (with seats attached) to the rest of the cabin and use tweezers to align the bottom of the legs with the dimples in the floor. Allow the legs to dry. Repeat the process for all the rest of the seats. Once everything is set, spray the bottom of the seats and legs and you can finally cement the entire assembly. I used tiny dabs of super glue on the bottoms of the legs - all 24 of them!"

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Posted by DustOffUH1 on Monday, October 5, 2009 12:19 PM

Well, I finally got back at it. She's not done yet, but getting close. I still have to paint the bottom, add all the decals, and then clear coat. The main rotor isn't glued in yet. I'm waiting to do that once the painting, decals, dull coat is done. I also have to glue on the windshield wipers. Hopefully when I post the pics they're not too big, small etc. I haven't used photobucket in a while and also haven't posted any pics here in a while :)

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Posted by DustOffUH1 on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 10:07 AM

Whoops! There I fixed it :) I didn't even realize I put the exhaust covers on backwards. I fixed that last night, and got the bottom painted with the cammo pattern. Luckily it wasn't too difficult to fix. I just used a new blade and patience. Then I had to sand of course and repaint. Tonight, I get started with the decals. Once those are on and its clear/dull coated and finished, I'll post some more pics. Then onward to the next project. PS I'm not a Packer or Viking fan. Just figured it would be an interesting game to watch ;)

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Posted by psstoff995 on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 12:59 PM

Looks nice- interesting camo, is that painted up after a real unit? Just haven't seen anything like that before (sorry if I missed a previous post that talked about it, I just skipped ahead to the pictures Blush [:I]) looks cool. Thumbs Up [tup]

Glad you sorted out that exhaust issue, surprised you haven't been getting more of a following with this one.

-Chris

US Army Infantryman

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Posted by DustOffUH1 on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 1:46 PM

Thanks! Nope its not really modeled after anything in use. Its just a pattern I freehanded, that I "thought" was my own idea. But I have since seen Japanese heli's done up in a similar pattern. So I must have subconsciously gotten the idea :) So my US decals I'm going to put on it may upset some of the true scale modelers. But what the heck :) Its painted now. One of the decal sets in the kit is from an "unknown" unit,, so I'll probably use those.

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Posted by psstoff995 on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 1:52 PM
That's cool- nice freehand work. It kind of reminds me a little of Marine camo on their carrier birds, I've never seen the Japanese one's you're talking about. Hey- unknown is unknown, you're building this one for you, if you like it, that's all that matters. Nothing wrong with a "one off" or a "what if".

-Chris

US Army Infantryman

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Posted by DustOffUH1 on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 2:25 PM

Thanks very much! I appreciate the nice comments Wink [;)] I actually came across a thread yesterday in this forum with an Apache that has a "similar" pattern.

Yep,, Its my build, and I'm gonna be the one looking at it,, so what the heck.

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Posted by psstoff995 on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 2:33 PM
Thumbs Up [tup] can't wait for the decals

-Chris

US Army Infantryman

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Posted by rotorwash on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 9:17 PM

Your Hawk's looking great, Joe!  I really like the cammo.  Really nice build.

     Ray

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