Rick's Huey uh-1b work in progress ( FINISHED)

. I pick up a package of 5 brushes from walmart .I try a  fine detail brush last night . Not happy

OMG not good . I guess , I will look for a better brush for detail or tape up and air brush .

I did get the dash clear coated last night . Ready for decal work

Thanks.

They are so awesome

Yup, guilty as charged.  They are 2 of the 5 1/35 H-60 versions I have built.

HeavyArty did you build these ?

Yes, always gloss coat before decaling.  Apply and let the decals dry.  Spray on another coat of gloss to level off the decal and blend it in.  Lastly, spray dull coat to flatten it all out.  You can then pick out the individual dial faces with a drop of gloss to replicate the glass.

One quick point is that while the Rucker UH-1B represents a very early configuration otherwise, it has the particle separator (piece with horizontal slats just above the open cabin door) instead of the old style bell mouth intake.  No worries though as the bell mouth style is what is already on your kit.

  Ray

here what I'm trying  to achieve

Glad I could help.  Looks like the build is coming along nicely.

  Ray

Hey Ray thanks  again for the post

Updated the front seats to red .Look better

thank you Ray

Rick G

seat belts can vary a lot in color, but i believe most of those early seatbelts would have looked like the one below, which I would cal a really light gray.  

  Ray

Go HERE for my complete walkaround of a very early UH-1B on display at Ft. Rucker.  Should be very close to the bird you are building.

The seat belts are listed as satin white . Is this correct ?

I also reprinted the front seats this morning ( Red) will post picture tonight

Thank you

Rick G

That's is so cool . Thanks

I like to use pastels to weather the cockpit.  In my case I use browns, grays, a little yellow or orange, and occasionally black.  I shave off a mixture of these into a plastic cup and mix them up till I get a color that looks like dirt.  Then I take an old brush and use it to put the pastel mix in areas that got dirty.  The effect is pretty convincing, but if you plan to seal the cockpit with a clear matte coat, you will want to over do the effect initially as sealing it dulls it down quite a bit.  Sometimes I just seal the paint underneath and leave the pastels on top unsealed.  HTH

Ray

Here you can see the effect on a 1/72 UH-1B I built a long time ago.  In this first shot you can see the effect is pretty subtle, but hopefully you can tell the area directly behind the pilot/copilot seats is much lett weathered than the area where the crew would walk most of the time.

Another shot from above that shows hopefully how I was trying to weather some spots more than others.

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w177/ultrasauros/Gladiator%20build/PICT2941.jpg

in my reality series uh-1n,  i all ways had problems keeping the floor painted.  especially under the anti torque pedals

Thank you . That's what I need is input . I will change color of those front seats this to red. .

Rick G

How do I make the cockpit look old ?

I was going to order Promodeller light wash  over the paint .

I Also  read some where I can get Tamiya smoke paint . highly mix with alcohol and brush this on

Rick G

I would go with both the pilots seats and the rear seat the same color, either read or green, but both the same.  Red adds some color to the old bird, that is what I would go with.

thanks for the pictures

Rick,

  Good to see the old 1/24 B model being built.  Good luck on it.

Mel,

 I think the red would be OK for a early model B like the Monogram kit represents.  I have seen pics of red seats at least into 66.  Something like this bird from the 2\20th ARA in 65.   The seats in the kit, however, aren't quite right for the early unarmored versions.

  Ray

This first bird even has the red seat back like the kit.  The seat back was removed an almost all Vietnam Hueys I have seen.

Her is another showing the red cockpit cushions:

Here's a 118th UH-1B also from 65 and you can see red cusg=hions here as well.  This bird also had the M-16 quad M60 setup like the kit.

coming along there nicely frog.

I need advise . These models have some really small parts . I need a head magnifier visor.

I would be very grateful for any recommendation . i also shop at amazon.Never mind found a thread here with all the answers. I will be ordering one  this week

Thank you

Rick G

The rear seat ,I add the red portion. I think it came out good

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