NEW USCG pics!.. Almost done!

Lookin' Good Papa-Echo-64.

Thanks!

BRAVISIMO, TROY!!!!!!!!!
Somehow I just KNEW it was gonna look good!!!!

Randie

Bello, bellissimo!
Ottimo lavoro!

Translation: Good, Great! Excellent work!
I was too enthusiast to post in enlish!

Very nice!
Lets see more!

Don

domo arigato!
graci!
Danke!
mucho gracias
GEE THANKS!

I should be done by the end of the week!

Very nice Troy.
mark956

Alright Troy!! Nice paint job!!!! That thing's going to be nice!!!

Thanks,
Frank

Thanks Dudes!

Here she is!! ... Decals and some final touch ups still to go!
....and I can't believe its only been a 7 week project so far!!

Very good, Troy!!!
That bird is looking GREAT!!!
By the way. I got your package. They do look pretty good! Be watching your snail mail.

Randie

Good job on a tough paint scheme!

Come on ... I'm itching ... put those dammned decals on ... I want to see the helo finished!

Great job!
Makes me want to make one too ... but I still have to finish the Littlebird (almost there), a Pavehawk, a Blackhawk, a UH1N and finally I ordered Trumpeter's Hind.
I keep buying kits and I don't have time to make them!

Thanks guys!

Hey Randie!......The last thing you sent us ate our Cat!....if the box has breather holes ....I'm sending it back!

Wow! Love the colors on that helo. Its coming along very nicely, Troy. Keep it up!

Can almost hear the thing running up! Looking good Troy!!

Frank

I promise, Troy.
NO BREATHER HOLES!

Randie

LOL!

Nice job, what kit, what scale and who makes the real thing and what is the name and designation of that chopper, i have never seen it before.

Avus I know what you mean about buying kits and not finishing them.

Bravo, Bravo. Now finish it, already.

You have done well grasshopper! Did you mask all the "glass" or install after painting?

What a Striking colour scheme!! I cant seem sto stop looking at it!

Top Work!

Thanks for the kind words guys!

FOR LARGER COCKPIT GLASS PARTS:

About one year ago I started to use the almost clear shelving paper that my Wife was using for glass etching....so I thought I can use that stuff for cockpit masking...I first take off the back side and place a larger piece over the individual window and rub it in real good, then use the back side of my panel line scriber in the corners and along the edges....then I use a new number 11 blade and cut it out!...so that only the canopy frame work is exposed.


I installed the cabin windows after painting the sides..that way no need to mask...which would have been tricky cuz they are recessed a bit. I like to do that to all my projects when I can.....I don't like to mask clear parts.

This is Hellers 1/35 scale Super Frelon...close to 400 parts..22 inches in length...... Its a French naval/marine cargo/troop chopper. I did not care much for my country of origin options so I decided on a USCG scheme...cool colors and I always wanted to do a USCG helo and its very close to a helo the Coast guard use to use.

Here is a good INFO linc on this BIG BIRD!

http://avia.russian.ee/vertigo/snias_super_frelon-r.html

There are two on ebay right now one is built and one is in the bags no box?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3174362915&category=50301

The word is that Heller will be re-releasing this bad boy this year!...will be pricey I bet?

I am glad to see the old bird done Troy. Great job.
mark956

Thanks Mark....I am still waiting for my Buddy to make decals for me....the after market USCG decal sheet I had must have been too old and the decals were falling apart on the paper before I could even try to work with them....otherwise I would have posted the completed pics a week ago!

( He has a ALPS printer with a HUGE DPI that can print white and metalics!! )

It's looking real good though....and now I'm even thinking it may even hold its own at a IPMS contest?......hmmmmmm

PE,
You gotta watch those IPMS folks who might not take to kindly to your excellent work.
The USCG does not have any Super Frelons, yet your kit makes sense. The USCG has the Dolphin from Aerospatiale, now Eurocopter, so another French built helo seems to blend into the plan.
It is just my (bad) experience that sometimes the IPMS doesn't look at what you did and how you did it, but why.

Don

Oooo, dat's niiiice!

Don,

Thanks! I expect to get alot of that.....

Yup!......I have been to an IPMS contest before.....not exactly warm and fuzzy......they can take thier pen lights and dental mirrors and shuv dem were the ............

It's off topic, but it's true. I hate it when those "experts" show up and turn everything down. I'd like how many models those judges have made and how they look like.
Man, it's a hobby, something you do on your spare time.
Who cares if the USCG doesn't have Frelons ... to me it looks wonderful!

Thank you avus!

I could not agree with you more!

Its close enough to this helo anyways!