Ok, so, got several hours in last nite and tonite on the Hind. I got to Step 10, which was just the cockpit and the start of the passenger compartment. Now, those who've seen my aircraft know that I NEVER do pilots. Mostly because they are usually single piece and not very detailed. Well, these ones were so well done that I just had to do them. They each had a torso, legs and arms as all individual components AND the hands actually hold the controls.
Anyway, started out with the basic cockpit tub with rear compartment attached:
Here is the cockpit tub with the sides of the compartment painted, drybrushed and decal instruments affixed:
This is the rotor hub. This little baby has, belive it or not, 9 individual pieces. It's painted light blue and silvered slightly and washed with oil:
Here's the completed cockpit tub with sides mounted and my two Czech buddies affixed:
So, the pilots, like I said, were excellently molded. I sprayed each with a mix of grey and blue, hand painted the boots, helmet, gloves and face. The faces were each pained with flat flesh, washed with enamel brown, then drybrushed with a lighter flesh to highlight high features then finished of with a muddy oil wash. Yup, that's 1/72 scale folks...these guys are approx 1" tall.
That's it for now. I've poured close to 7 hrs into this build in the past two days. I think, this one'll be a bit of a lengthy endeavour. That's it till tomorrow. Cheers!