"Battle for Mogadishu" ***COMPLETE*** 24oct09

$%*& NO!!!!!!............

I've already closed up the fuse and attached the windscreen ... 

lol no, no- you guys misunderstood. I meant to say that with everything in the way of the molded belts, even if someone did see a part of them like a clip or a strap, there's no way they'd think they were seat belts under seat belts. Just meant that from my point of view they look like just another vest/webbing etc.

I think you did a good job of matching up the belts to the "vest belts" as far as the way you laid them down. Sorry for the misunderstanding I don't know if it was sarcasm or too little sleep, I'll work on it haha

the side pics you can see them (or what looks like them...i can assure you scott anyone who just views it for the first time wont see them or pay attention). dont let chris' comments bother ya either, maybe his eyes are better than ours, i dont know...and again as far as ol' hairlip...its just funny, so i like to make fun of it...no harm.

chris, stop bagging on scott's build man!!!

Those seat belts look great MC- and hey- even if they can see the molded belts through the "glass" and around the dash and behind the masking tape- just tell them the vests were a little loose fitting and the pilot/co-pilot just really cinched their vest straps down.

Ol' hair-lip looks like he has a grimace in one of those pictures, either he's got a tight landing coming up or he's been listening to Tom making fun of him

modelchasm wrote:

so the next step will be to close her up....

OR the next step will be to put the center consol back in place!! I was looking at it like... hmm this is great, what's missing- then it hit me. What happened to that?! Get in the way of the belt addition? Maybe now you can fill it for Avus haha

***UPDATE***

Well, not too much. Just got the belts done, so the next step will be to close her up....

As always, any C&C welcome.

Maybe I'll make that close-up shot of "dave" my new avatar. HAHA!!!

Don't worry. Its all taken lightly.

modelchasm wrote:

camo junkie wrote: maybe he's talking about ol' hairlip dave! .... Hey, maybe I could decal "Hair-lip Dave" on the outside of the cockpit .... nahhh.

awe c'mon...it just gives me something to joke about!!

Avus wrote:

modelchasm wrote: Avus - Let me know what gaps you're talking about ... and thanks for continuing to follow...  ...oh and there's that pilot with a weird lip ...

Dammit!!!! (HAHAHAHA!!!)

That's not too bad I guess. I'll just chalk this up for a learning curve. This is my first helo build ... well in a long time at least. I think that the gap on the console will be mostly covered by the wind screen and the holes in the floor ... well, I'll just argue those as seat attachment points. (hehe)

Thanks for pointing those out ... and you're right ... it would have bugged the crap out of me! HAHA!!!

modelchasm wrote:

Avus - Let me know what gaps you're talking about ... and thanks for continuing to follow...

I knew this would happen; I shouldn't have said anything!

BUT Since I know that if I don't tell you you'll be eaten by curiosity heres the pic:

As I said it's just nit-picking; should you decide to leave it as it is, it'll still be a great model.

Oh and there's that pilot with a weird lip ...

camo junkie wrote:

maybe he's talking about ol' hairlip dave!

....

Hey, maybe I could decal "Hair-lip Dave" on the outside of the cockpit .... nahhh.

GAPS!?!?! .... WHERE????

Chris - Sorry, I haven't seen it there, but I'll hop over right now.

Avus - Let me know what gaps you're talking about ... and thanks for continuing to follow...

Amazing!

There are a few gaps I would have puttied, but then again I'm just nit-picking.

17 - Damn! .... called out! HAHAHHA!!!! I've got more builds than I know what to do with.....

Chris - Actually, I'm taking a breather from everything tonight. I was going to work on "Calm" but then I remembered that I bought Legend's new interior set with the new radios and the BFT system. Coming from WAY overseas, so I'm having to wait for it before I can paint the interiors and close them up. Still got a little work I could do, but I decided on a break instead.

And Camo - No worries, buddy. If I can get one of the US suppliers to reorder it, I might get one. We'll see.

Those figures look great MC, right down to the color on the boots. looking forward to seeing that bird all put together.

And then maybe the B-17....?

I know LBs had a different support kind of mission than the Blackhawks actually did, not too sure the accuracy on either one sporting the clipboard- so it makes sense that youd wait on some history info. That being said, it would make total sense in a built up, urban maze like Mog. Maybe make some grease pencil markings on the windscreen! haha that’s more Vietnam though I guess...

Seriously though- wouldn't want you to close it all in prematurely and then have to pry it back apart again...

Yeah, ya like that!?! I saw Maki's write-up on it .... seems like its a pretty nice kit from what he tells me. However, I went to Evolution's website and had to look through about 4-5 different distros IOT find it. I did find it through a company either in the UK or in Germany, I can't remember. But, I'm not going to do that. I might contact their US distros to see if they plan to reorder, but I'm not paying shipping that's either just as expensive (or more) as the figure. Thats retarded.

Besides this hobby not having much in the way of modern stuff, the prices of this crap are killing me. (Although ... Evolution has decent pricing for a foreign company...)

hey scott...lookie what i found...wonder if ya can use it????

Just b/c Camo said I wouldn't ....

*** UPDATE ***

I've gotten the pilots in. No real problems here except I had to remove the co-pilot's stick IOT put him in. Just clipped it and then reglued it. I don't think you can even tell. Will be giving things a 2nd dry-fit of sorts later today to see how much effort will have to be put into getting the fuse halves back together along w/ the wind screen. Hopefully it won't be too bad. Only thing to do before that is to get the pilots strapped in ... Anyway, w/o further delay ...

I was thinking about adding one of those mission "leg-boards" (hell, I don't know what they're called) to the co-pilot's leg ... something w/ notes and maybe a map on it. But I don't know how accurate that is. Any suggestions?

Since this one is at a going pausing point, I might switch over to my "Calm" build for a day or so. We'll see.

As always, any C&C welcome.