Rick's Bell H-13H Gunship Build ( FINISHED )

Better . Good

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Looks pretty good to me.

HeavyArty

Not really.  I would redo it in gray, but it is up to you.

Ok I hope this does it . I may need to take off little flory weathering .

Not really.  I would redo it in gray, but it is up to you.

Well  isn't that crappy on my part .

Do you think dry brush lite gray will help . I don't want to redo .

Rick  

Looks pretty good.  One issue, military ones had fabric seats, not leather.  They were just green canvas.  The rest of the cockpit interior should be light gray too.

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Finishing up the cockpit .Not sure ,If I  did the seat right correctly for a leather look .

I painted the rear section and installed the engine with the drive shaft .

I installed antenna today and  primed the rail system . Today , then temp installed engine  

I  painted and weather the engine .Then temp. installed engine in the body .

cygnusx1

Rick,

Squadron Signal book #1606 H-13 Sioux By my friend Wayne Mutza Mini in Action #6 has some great pics for your build.

Keith Lovern

Thank you

Rick,

Squadron Signal book #1606 H-13 Sioux By my friend Wayne Mutza Mini in Action #6 has some great pics for your build.

Keith Lovern

this was right down my street

Taken by vectren power company

Thank you Ray

Rick,

 Glad to hear no one was killed in the recent tornado there.  Here in Bama we have had some bad ones in the last few years.  Once you hear the freight train coming, you'll never forget the sound.  Take care and I hope you get back to normal soon.  The model is looking great, by the way.

   Ray

Here is photo from the power company . It rigjht down the street from me

Here is a little up date . No power .I got little work down , also the engine is not glue in yet.

There is alot of repair and fixes .

The manual sucks for this model .

Rick

Thank you for the reply . We just got the power back on .

Here is one picture down the street. I really did not want to travel around .

Glad you are ok and undamaged.

Well Rick, sorry to hear about that - I'm glad it didn't hit you too badly. Hold on and I hope you and your family will be well enough, that you can resume modelling soon. Good luck!

Paweł

We had a tornado come thru my town Friday about 5 pm . My town is heavily damage . Luckily my home is not not hurt . We have no power since Friday evening . I been using a portable generater to power basic things . I just got an att cell phone connection . I am using my I phone to send this . When we get power back on . Hope fully tomorrow I will post pictures . My town is in a state of emergency by state of Indiana. . No people dead god was looking after my towns people

Also my youngest daughter high school is heavily damage . Her high school 2nd year maybe over .'due to summer break in three weeks . They have cancel school for

Monday . That's all we now right now

I hope

Everyone good night .

Rjck

little update

I fixed some faulty areason the battery case and oil tank . Then applied little  primed , then sanded smooth .

Raven Morpheus

Don't know if these have been posted already but I came across these walkarounds whilst looking for reference pics for my Academy 1/35 USCG Bell 47, 2nd one is probably more relevant as it's a H-13, not Bell 47, although you'll have to copy/paste the link in your browser as it doesn't seem to work as a link in this post -

www.jasu.org/.../index.htm

http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php/cat/14759/page/2

Thank you

That is really good photos

Again thank you

Rick

Don't know if these have been posted already but I came across these walkarounds whilst looking for reference pics for my Academy 1/35 USCG Bell 47, 2nd one is probably more relevant as it's a H-13, not Bell 47, although you'll have to copy/paste the link in your browser as it doesn't seem to work as a link in this post -

www.jasu.org/.../index.htm

http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php/cat/14759/page/2

i found another walk around  

http://www.grubbyfingersshop.com/walkaround_galleries/bell_47g_a1-407_walkaround/content/index.html

Little update . Glued the skid ,beacon, Horizontal Stabilizer and landing wheels .

This Model  has some challenges  to overcome . 

I put my Iphone there , to show about how big this model is .

This photo show injection marks, omg this model has them everywhere .

What do you all you to fill ? I been using gel superglue . Is this correct ?

viking73

Hi Rick,

I too am working on the same kit at the moment.  My fuselage wasn't warped like yours at least, hope you got it all fixed.  The instructions are rather vague as to the location of the some of the parts for sure.  Plus there are a ton of sink holes, ejector pin marks, and mold seams to clean up.  Good times...

I found these walk around pictures on another forum.

Here: s608.photobucket.com/.../Bell%2047%20Walk%20around

and here:

s20.photobucket.com/.../OH-13%20Sioux

I hope they are of some use to you.  I have the Squadron "mini" In Action book which is okay but not too many detail shots.

Good luck on your build and be sure to keep posting photos!

-Derek

Thank you

Those photo will help

  Lawrence D. Bell Aircraft Museum They may have one on display . Im going call them an see .If so I will take a road trip .

Hi Rick,

I too am working on the same kit at the moment.  My fuselage wasn't warped like yours at least, hope you got it all fixed.  The instructions are rather vague as to the location of the some of the parts for sure.  Plus there are a ton of sink holes, ejector pin marks, and mold seams to clean up.  Good times...

I found these walk around pictures on another forum.

Here: s608.photobucket.com/.../Bell%2047%20Walk%20around

and here:

s20.photobucket.com/.../OH-13%20Sioux

I hope they are of some use to you.  I have the Squadron "mini" In Action book which is okay but not too many detail shots.

Good luck on your build and be sure to keep posting photos!

-Derek

HeavyArty

In Vietnam it was Olive Drab Green.  Testors Model Master OD is a good match for the Vietnam OD color.

Thank you

In Vietnam it was Olive Drab Green.  Testors Model Master OD is a good match for the Vietnam OD color.