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This looks promising. And I really like the camo scheme of the helicopter you have chosen.

Build, paint, weathering - all 10/10!

Until now it looks like I'm in with the smallest helicopter: Dragon 1/44 SH-60B Seahawk with the Brengun pe-parts. I'll do the "Battle Cats"-scheme and my Seahawk will be folded.

I use very hot water in a cup. Just dip the blades in long enough and when they softened up, you bend them with the fingers or a template. Good thing here: You can heat up only the tip.

I Think I'm in.

Will there be a folding-set in the future?

Nice one. The whole cockpit is nice but those seat cushions are the cherry on the cake.

I just love that camo scheme. they looked so much better back then.

That's a real beauty - I like that camo scheme. Perhaps you could let the rotor blades droop just a little bit. That would give your outdoor pictures a little bit more realism.

Nice bunny.

Thank you!

I hope they wait until they are in service for some time. I don't want to see prototype-models in the boxes that don't look like the real thing again.

I just love your painting technique. Even a simple box with only one colour on it looks so much alive. It's a little bit exaggerated but that's what makes it so great to look on. One day you'll just have to make a step by step tutorial to show us how you let the magic happen. Please!

I have the SH-60B-kit in my stash allready and I think I'll spice it up with the Brengun pe-set.

Very clean work - let us see this beauty with some paint on it.

Thank you all for the kind comments. It was much fun to build this little Blackhawk but it's even better, if you get so much support. Hi Mario! I used the stabilizer from the SH-60B-kit from Dragon.

Thank you both so much! The final result can be found here: LINK

Back in black? Yes - this little black Blackhawk is the first build after a break of nearly 6 years. I found the kit on a exhibition here in germany and had to build it. The kit from Dragon is nice but I added some details like antennas, flare dispensers or wires. I painted it with different shades of Tamiya NATO-Black. Some steps of the build can be found here: LINK Enjoy.

Great help - thank you! The little Blackhawk is done. Nose is painted and ALQ 144 was done by wrapping this funny silver pin on the back in some aluminum which was given a pattern with a sharp blade. Now I have to wait for better weather to take the pictures for the gallery. Thank you all for the helpfull and kind comments. :cheers:/>

Thank you mates. :thumbsup:/> I have a question for all the Blackhawk-Specialists out there. Can it be, that they fly the MH-60L with three flare dispensers? I only found pictures with 2 on the left and 1 on the right side of the tail - never 2 on the right side... Until now I mount three with one left in the box.

Still not done... Since Dragon generously offers one flare dispenser per helicopter I had to build some more. On the reference pictures I use, the MH-60L is equipped with 4 of them: 2 angled and 2 parallel to the fuselage. On the picture below you can see the difference between my scratchbuilt dispenser (angled) and the one from Dragon (part 26). I used some pe-parts from the leftovers-box, styrene and wire to build it. For the first time I had to use a headband magnifier to assemble the brackets for the dispenser.

For me 1/72 is the best compromise between size and detail. But 1/144 is much fun, too! :D

Thank you guys - it's the first model for some years and it's great I didn't unlearn too much. ...but it's not finished yet. Some literally little details are still missing. - antenna on the tail fin - flare dispensers - the black nose - disco ball needs some paint (or cover) - anti collision lights need some paint ....and I didn't decide if I add some covers and tie down the rotor blades.

Great details and very good paintwork.

Thank you! How about a cotton stick? :D Actually they are more light yellowish. Thank you! How about some paint? :D Thank you! Yes, they are more yellow but it's hard to get the colours right in the photos. BTW: I have a "glue-shot" for you. :D