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

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

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

Rick G

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

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

That's is so cool . Thanks

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

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.

thank you Ray

Rick G

Updated the front seats to red .Look better

Hey Ray thanks  again for the post

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

  Ray

here what I'm trying  to achieve

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

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.

HeavyArty did you build these ?

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

They are so awesome

Thanks.

. 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

Those small seat belts . I may look into a sharpie . I also have magnifying visor coming today from amazon .

Rick G

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Those small seat belts . I may look into a sharpie . I also have magnifying visor coming today from amazon .

Small in 1/24 scale??  Wait until you go down to 1/35 or 1/48 scale, or (heaven forbid) 1/72 scale. 

Shows . Where my s skill level is . 0

I love challenges lol

Rick G

I really think  Walmart brushes are the problem for me right now . There is a dickblick store . I may stop in pick up a small brush tonight

Rick G

If you are primarily brush painting, I have had excellent results with Vallejo acrylics. They go on great and don't leave brush marks.

 Ray

Smaller detail work is going be brush . Then bigger airbrush

Right now no luck with brush . I really think it was Walmart cheap brush. I stop in at dickblick , pick up a Winsor and newton brush what difference it looks   Not used it yet . The tip is like night and day difference

Rick G

the new brush is very nice . I'm still not great but looks good for a first timer .

Tell you all,, I'm hooked

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