The Huey "Hog"

First, welcome back to this fantastic hobby!
Second,whatever you build it must be fun and you must like it, no matter what people say!

Is the bare metal coat on the floor the base for a weathering effect?

The seats show some flash. Try to remove it with a sharp blade, a file or sand paper.

Avus wrote:

First, welcome back to this fantastic hobby! Second,whatever you build it must be fun and you must like it, no matter what people say! Is the bare metal coat on the floor the base for a weathering effect? The seats show some flash. Try to remove it with a sharp blade, a file or sand paper.

Yeah as I stated the cockpit isn't finished, I still want to paint the control console and seats a drab green, as for weathering I have no idea how to pull that one off so I'm going to have to go with a no on that one. 

For weathering you could use the "salt-technique" since you aready have a bare metal base coat.
This technique basically consists in applying a bare metal coat, then water and fine salt in selected areas of the model (the most worn zones), a coat of the base color (grey in your case) and eventually remove the salt grains. This way you get a chipped paint effect.

Looking forward to see your progress!

Mr_Synister wrote:

Avus wrote: First, welcome back to this fantastic hobby! Second,whatever you build it must be fun and you must like it, no matter what people say! Is the bare metal coat on the floor the base for a weathering effect? The seats show some flash. Try to remove it with a sharp blade, a file or sand paper. Yeah as I stated the cockpit isn't finished, I still want to paint the control console and seats a drab green, as for weathering I have no idea how to pull that one off so I'm going to have to go with a no on that one.

ok as for the cockpit area the seat cushions are olive drab while the seat armor themselves are flat black. the whole cockpit module including passenger cabin are I think a light gray floor and aft bulkhead. Definitely weather the floor as the other guys described since the floor gets scraped scuffed and marred in many different ways. Ok the control panel is also gray with black instrument faces and white details and black anti-glare coaming. Another thing to remember the aft bulkhead is metal with some sort of fabric cushioning so when you paint and seal that area use a wash of black to bring out the details.

It's coming along nicely! I did this kit a few months ago. Check out the link in my signature if you'd like to see pictures of the finished project!

Not to hijack the thread, however I am building the same model and have a question. The tail section of the model is bowed enough that glueing is going to be a pain. Any way to straighten it out, or do I need to get some light clips that will hold it together for glueing?

When I glued the two fuselage halves together, I simply used 3 or 4 clothes pins. They applied just the right amout of pressure down the entire length of the fuselage.

 

Woody