Dressed-up 1/48 Italeri Chinook Box-Art

oldhooker wrote:

I was fooling around with the flyer of the upcoming 1/48 Italeri ACH-47... doctored it as if a pair was setting up a run on the distant battlefield.       I used it as my avatar... no offense to the original artist, just compliments. Take care, Frank

I think it looks better than the original

Looks sharp.  If you can do that well just with the box art, I'm looking forward to seeing you build the kit! 

I'm looking to get one of these for myself as well, to go next to my -53E and -46 on the flightline/shelf when they're all completed.

LemonJello wrote:

Looks sharp.  If you can do that well just with the box art, I'm looking forward to seeing you build the kit!  I'm looking to get one of these for myself as well, to go next to my -53E and -46 on the flightline/shelf when they're all completed.

He has already done one.

Frank is recognized as a genius for what he accomplished with the Aurora kit. I don't have the link handy, but if someone comes up with it, you should check it out. Amazing work.

Jonathan Primm

Looks great!  You even changed the blade positions on the second ship! 

Clear Left!

Mel

AWESOME! .....all we need is a killer wave.....cuz CHARLIE DON'T SURF!

I hope that Italeri sees that.....makes more sense as well.

J.H. Primm wrote:

LemonJello wrote: Looks sharp.  If you can do that well just with the box art, I'm looking forward to seeing you build the kit!  I'm looking to get one of these for myself as well, to go next to my -53E and -46 on the flightline/shelf when they're all completed. He has already done one. Frank is recognized as a genius for what he accomplished with the Aurora kit. I don't have the link handy, but if someone comes up with it, you should check it out. Amazing work. Jonathan Primm

That's right, I remember following his updates on that old Aurora kit.  I know that if Frank says it's a certain way, you can take that to the bank, which is why I'd be interested in seeing what he could do with a new tooling, hopefully better kit.  As a matter of fact, I'm looking forward to seeing a lot of the people on this forum churn out Chinooks...it'll be great motivation for when I tackle one...Of course, if I can get all the parts to stick in the right spots, I'll be happy.

I guess that at some point we will have one or two 1/35 HOOK 'on the bench builders section' at the top of the Helo board?

With up to the minute: NEW detail set reports, I did it this way and the on going how to improve threads.

LemonJello wrote:

Looks sharp.  If you can do that well just with the box art, I'm looking forward to seeing you build the kit!  I'm looking to get one of these for myself as well, to go next to my -53E and -46 on the flightline/shelf when they're all completed.

Thanks everyone...

That Aurora project sure done a number on my eyes... <B-o

Take care,

Frank

Hello Frank,

That looks like Easy Money and was it taken from one of the other Go Go Hooks?.....cuz I know that Hueys had that EMERGENCY EXIT on the foward window piller....did Hooks have em as well?

Papa-Echo-64 wrote:

That looks like Easy Money and was it taken from one of the other Go Go Hooks?.....cuz I know that Hueys had that EMERGENCY EXIT on the foward window piller....did Hooks have em as well?

Hi Troy,

 Yes, that's "Easy Money", taken from the Right Seater on "Co$t of Living", the late Lt. Paul Hicks, as they were getting ready to roll in on a target.

And yes, Chinooks had the emergency exit signs there too.

Take care,

Frank

Thanks Frank!

When that time comes we will need to get that kind of info to Two Bobs.....in 1/35 I do not believe that size would be too small and having some 'basic' interior decals would cool.

papa-echo out.