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Hey all
I have an Italeri Sikorsky H-34 kit sitting in my stash waiting to be built, and I'll be removing the moulded grilles and replacing them with PE, however you'll the be able to see through to the inside, and whilst it is fairly open in that part of the nose you can still see some parts.
So...
Does anyone know of any parts I could kitbash to make a cooling fan/drive shaft to be visible behind the nose grilles?
I've considered buying a CMK 1/72 Wright R-1820 because that has the drive shaft on it (along with a cone piece that looks about right) but that leaves me without the cooling fan and I don't need the whole engine as I won't be opening the nose doors up.
Another option I've thought of is using the cooling fan and drive shaft cone part from a 1/35 Tamiya M-113. However that'll leave me with an APC kit lying around doing nothing, albeit minus a couple of parts...
Any other suggestions on this?
Also would anyone be able to provide me with some 1/72 templates for the bulkheads that go in the nose?
TIA
I would use styrene stock for the hub and make the fan blades out of a soda can, you should be able to cut them pretty easy, flatten, buff, and you won't have to paint. If you are worried about the shroud, you could use really thin styrene strip and just bend it around and glue it.
Groot
"Firing flares while dumping fuel may ruin your day" SH-60B NATOPS
The most prominent thing you see in that space is the big doughnut shaped clutch (looks more like a torque converter to me). You could probably make that out of an old spare tire and wheel.
You can't see much on the fan through those grills - just the face (or is it back) and then only if looking at the right angle. The fan is set back into the firewall aft of the engine so there really is no visible shroud per say. Since fan the blades are relatively large and thick and you can only the back face, I would just look for an appropriate sized gear out of a cheap wind up toy and set it back into a round hole cut into the firewall. I have numerous such gears in my spares tacklebox as I never throw out an old happy meal toy without first smashing it to bits and seeing if there is anything useful inside.
I realise you have already completed this build but I thought I might add some reference pic's of a first attempt of scratch building an engine for a 1/72 H-34 helicopter
FSM did a issue some time ago with bulk head templates for 1/72 scale
This is as far as I got with my build ... John
This is as far as I got with my build ...
John
Helo H-34I realise you have already completed this build but I thought I might add some reference pic's of a first attempt of scratch building an engine for a 1/72 H-34 helicopter
That's really nice small-scale work John, did you get any further with this project? Which issue of FSM had the templates in?
Mike G
Western Canada
Thanks John. I came across your work on your H-34 a while after posting this thread. In fact many of your builds that I've seen here, and at ARC have inspired me. I also think I wouldn't have been able to do it as well as you have. In hindsight I should have bought the 1/48 Gallery/MPC kit instead, but then I'd have trouble doing the photo etch work...
Thanks guys ;
The issue of FSM was April 2005
The H-34 build didn't progress much further , however it's on top of the incomplete build stash ready to start up again soon .
John .
Helo H-34 Thanks guys ; The issue of FSM was April 2005 The H-34 build didn't progress much further , however it's on top of the incomplete build stash ready to start up again soon . John .
Thanks for answering my questions, John.
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