Thanks guys!  I really appreciate it!

The rotors can spin though, while the helicopter balances...see

The rotors aren't permanent at all, and who knows, I might try it, but that would require building another rotorhead which I'm not too crazy about right this instant.  I have a few other dio ideas that I want to get done including this one:

Which I'll try the 'fuzzy' rotor idea for sure.  It's going to be based on a scene in black hawk down.  I'm also itching to do a zombie horde dio and I have a stryker dio in progress....

Anyways, Manny, you said you wanted to see some close ups on the figures, so here's some:

Take care,

Austin

Wow, great dio! I think the rotors look great the way they are and you must have very steady hands to do such a great job on 1/72 figures.

Kudos all around sir!

Wow, those figures look good in the close-ups---nicely done...looks like most have been modified?

Modified from copper wire, yes

I sculpted 7 figures...  Here's some more pics.  Two of the guys were a little bit smaller, they seemed more like 1/76 or 1/87, very noticeable to me, so I sculpted them again.

Number from left to right, I sculpted 100% #1, 5, 7, 8.  Figure 2 I used feet from some caeser miniature figure for the boots.  Figure 3 I used a head from CSMC but added the goggles and gloves from a Navy Deck Crew set.  Figure 4 I used one boot from a caeser miniature and hands from the Navy Deck Crew set.  Then figures 6 & 9 were Hasegawa legs, resin copies of body armor that I sculpted and then resin copies for heads, and sculpted the rest.  The M4's are resin copies of an edited M16,  The M240 is PE from OKB Grigorov, and the M249 is from dragons humvees.

The crew was just modified from Hasegawa and Modern Hobbies.

Take care,

Austin

There was a demonstration of this manouver at the Charlotte Motor Speedway and the Coke 600 race.  You might be able to find someone who was there to supply you with some good pictures.  Mine are from pretty far away and don't really show the soldiers part way down the lines.

jimmyg

arkhunter2002

Modified from copper wire, yes

 

I sculpted 7 figures...  Here's some more pics.  Two of the guys were a little bit smaller, they seemed more like 1/76 or 1/87, very noticeable to me, so I sculpted them again.

Number from left to right, I sculpted 100% #1, 5, 7, 8.  Figure 2 I used feet from some caeser miniature figure for the boots.  Figure 3 I used a head from CSMC but added the goggles and gloves from a Navy Deck Crew set.  Figure 4 I used one boot from a caeser miniature and hands from the Navy Deck Crew set.  Then figures 6 & 9 were Hasegawa legs, resin copies of body armor that I sculpted and then resin copies for heads, and sculpted the rest.  The M4's are resin copies of an edited M16,  The M240 is PE from OKB Grigorov, and the M249 is from dragons humvees.

 

The crew was just modified from Hasegawa and Modern Hobbies.

 

Take care,

Austin

Very impressive, especially at 1:72.