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                        Realistic shattered rotors

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                        LemonJello
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
                        Posted by LemonJello on Friday, March 4, 2005 6:54 PM
                        No problem, I can wait, and I feel your computer pain. I work with the things all the time, and the more that I do, the less I like them. There are days that I wonder why I ever left the infantry.

                        Thanks again, though, for the cool technique. I think I'll have to give it a try soon.
                        A day in the Corps is like a day on the farm; every meal is a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every formation a parade... The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy? Yeah...The Men's Department.
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                        hawkwrench
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                          March 2005
                        • From: usa
                        Posted by hawkwrench on Friday, March 4, 2005 6:37 PM
                        LemonJello, I can tear a blackhawk apart and put it back together again,but when it comes to computers .I'm just starting out so bear with me as I learn how to post pictures on the internet.As soon as I can I'll be happy to post some for you. It really does look cool! 2/82nd Aviation Brigade-"You call -We'll Haul"!!!
                        2/82nd Aviation Battalion"When you absolutely need to be there RIGHT NOW!!!
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                        LemonJello
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                          February 2004
                        • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
                        Posted by LemonJello on Friday, March 4, 2005 11:36 AM
                        Do you have any photos that you could post of this method? It sounds like it'll turn out some realistic damage effects. Pretty nice idea you've got there. Thanks.
                        A day in the Corps is like a day on the farm; every meal is a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every formation a parade... The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy? Yeah...The Men's Department.
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                        Cobrahistorian
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                        • From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!
                        Posted by Cobrahistorian on Friday, March 4, 2005 10:37 AM
                        Hawkwrench,

                        Firstly, welcome to the forum! I'd been wondering how to simulate shattered rotors. That sounds fantastic! Gotta give it a try.

                        "1-6 is in hot"
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                        hawkwrench
                        • Member since
                          March 2005
                        • From: usa
                        Realistic shattered rotors
                        Posted by hawkwrench on Friday, March 4, 2005 2:54 AM
                        Whenever a helicopter crashes,things get destroyed in a bad way.One of the things almost always shattered by the crash are the main rotor blades.While working on my blackhawk down dio,I found a way to simulate broken rotors.This is for 1/35th scale,but with a little sanding ,other scales wil work too.First, you cut the rotor blade wherever you want with a razor blade.Then you take a tongue depressor(like what the doctor uses) and break in in half.Now glue the depressor to the rotor blade with super glue,hit it with accelerator,and sand the seam smooth.For H-60's, paint the splintered end a radome tan or a touch darker to simulate the kevlar/fiberglass inside of the blade.Voila!Broken rotors for your next crash scene.
                        2/82nd Aviation Battalion"When you absolutely need to be there RIGHT NOW!!!
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