MRCs 1/35 OH-58d....Calling it done

 Thanks Scott. The "disco" ball is just testors gold(I'm clueless bout that thing, but I know now for next time) This one does get chalked up as a learning experience, you win some, you lose some. It really looks green,green in the pics, it is actually a bit darker, still coulda used a drop or two of black in the mix. I would like to get up a better pic or 2, no macro setting, I'll try some other settings.

 There's a couple silver rotorheads, I'm not completely off base.

 I do appreciat your tips and advice, some ding dongs just have to learn the hard way!!!

     FERMIS

The pic you have posted is one of the early OH-58D test models (actually modified C models).  You can tell by the full doors with windows and the test set in front of the skids as opposed to the weapons pylons.  Cool pic though, just not of opeartional OH-58Ds.

I wait for each color to dry on the disco ball before applying the next.  This allows light to pass through them and reflect back different colors from differnt angles, just like the real thing.

Fermis - Very nice!

Inaccuracies? I don't see 'em... don't know the first thing about 'em! Besides, it looks sweet and that's all that matters.

I'm actually building my first helicopter now. Check it out in the Helicopter Group Build... if ya got more to build, join up while you're at it. I know that mine isn't accurate. Unless I'm building something very specific, details go out the window and I do it the way that I like it!

So don't lose heart... you did a great job and I think she looks fantastic! Can't wait to see the next one!

I was wondering just exactly what the earliest OH-58D's looked like during Desert Shield/Desert Storm. So I did a little hunting through the Army Aviation Museum archives.  While many looked like the standard OH-58D with the faired over back window, I found quite a few that still had them.  These images are from the DOD and were taken during Desert Shield/Desert Storm.  I have quite a few of stateside OH-58D's with the gray/sliver rotorhead, but it appears that they were all painted black before they went overseas.

    Ray