Pappy121

G'day Mike, Is the AFV kit a new tool or is it a re-box with some extra bits. If the latter, what are the extra bits? Great choice, cheers, Pappy

Thanks chaps, I find thank choppers are about 80% interior unless you do decide you want to display open engine bays etc. I don't plan on opening any additional hatches so this is ripping along nicely. I spent today painting the interior. The instrument panel has lots of really crisp raised detail so it was really a joy to paint. KH supplies a large decal for the clock faces. I think the idea is to drape it over the raised panel details which sounds a little risky. I think i will add some of the clock faces separately by punching out some of the larger dials from the main decal and

G'day people, I ave started to assemble the doghouse The forward section is common to both the previously released SH-2F* and the SH-2G, the whole assembly is a mult-ipart affair. If care is taken in cleaning up the parts and a test fit carried out before committing to glue, the whole assembly should go together well. I added a smear of filler where the top rear section joins the aft. I need not have bothered as as two PE sections are provided which completely cover this area.Before this can be fitted however, the molded in lump (which is suppo

It looks worse than it is, the camera exaggerates the step, but it will need some sanding, P

G'day people, The intakes are now on. The fit here was not the greatest, especially the left intake. The right intake was not too bad The left intake gaps on the inside as well as a considerable step between the intake and fuselage I see some sanding and filling in my future.............. cheers, Pappy

Thanks gents. G'day people, today's update, I spent today assembling the crew seats The back of the sensor operator's seat is just left open. This will be okay if you plan on leaving the port cabin door shut, but if you pose this open, this will be glaringly obvious There is also a jump seat provided for the load master I assume. This assembly is extremely delicate and the lower leg parts comprise three parts that are very thin and very fragile. I managed to snap two of the three leg assemblies despite being

Yup, EDSG all the way back to the compressor face. I am told that the interiors of the lowermost blow-in doors may have remained white. These are normally closed when the jet engine is not running but if you are depicting a jet in the hover for example, then the insides of the lowest doors should be white. Great choice on XZ457. Sure everyone does it, but if I wasn't doing Sharkey's jet I think I would have opted for '14' too. cheers, Pappy

Great start Whitey, welcome to the fray! cheers, Pappy

Chicken!

I find it hard to believe that after all this time there is still little aftermarket stuff for the cabin. Most of the interior PE stuff is for the forward bulkhead and step area. Nice start , cheers, Pappy

Well, the ejector pin marks are certainly an annoyance, but they appear on plenty of other kits so definitely not a show stopper. If you want an SH-2G, it is the only game in town and converting from the Matchbox/Revell SH-2F would be far worse. The rest of the kit is very nice, cheers, Pappy

G'day people, I re-sprayed the intake area in EDSG Whilst I still had some paint remaining in the colour cup I shot this over the problem seam areas as well as any re-scribed panels Meanwhile I have been playing around with the things under wings Kinetic have provided enough decals to complete four HE AIM-9L's however there are no decals at all for the other ordnance (AIM-120C, Sea Eagle, BL-755) so you will need to sort these y

And we are away! This only arrived a couple of weeks before Chrissy, so I have been itchin' to get cracking on this one. One of the weird things I discovered when I was dry fitting the cockpit/cabin parts is that Kittyhawk (KH) have moulded a very nice textured cabin floor on the underside i.e the side that is not used of the cabin floor part. Apparently the same mistake appears in their SH-2F kit. I twigged when I was attempting to dry fit the sensor operator's equipment to the starboard side of the cabin, when it should all be fitted to the port side. The

G'day Calum, I agree, most of these panels will be hard to see with gun pods installed, and this area seems to attract a lot of filth as well. I noticed that there are no pictures of your build posted! G'day Whitey, I looked at the tabs on the airbrake and just cut them off as leaving that delicate assembly would be a nightmare to mask and it would be a case of when not if it gets broken. I don't know who designs Kinetic's instructions but they need to give themselves an uppercut, seriously. I usually treat their instructions more like a parts

G'day people, I have managed to join the fuselage halves together and have spent today restoring panel lines lost during sanding. I began by installing the completed main gear bay/air brake assembly into the left fuselage half. I tack glued this in place then temporarily clamped the two fuselage halves together to ensure the assembly was correctly positioned then brushed along one side with liquid glue. The following day the cockpit/nose gear bay unit and the engine nozzle linkage mechanism were trapped between the fuselage halves and the whole

I'm in, I will be building this puppy 1/48 Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite I am leaning towards the Polish Navy scheme (The Polish dragon). cheers, Pappy

Great, throw some pics up when you are done. I did not find any good pics of the specific area but when you look at the leading edge of the wing, it tapers smoothly from root to tip. If you do the same on the kit, there is a prominent step just outboard of the outrigger fairing. I suspect that there is some sort of lap joint on teh wing underside resulting in a panel line, but not to the same depth as depicted by Kinetic. G'day people, I have painted up the nose gear bay. The rectangular opening on the forward bulkhead actual

Thanks Whitey, a fellow member also pointed this out to me. It was really obvious once i was looking for it. Which jet are you building? I did notice it after the wing halves were together. I don't think it is right, perhaps an exaggeration of what is actually there which may be some type of overlapping joint. The solution would be tricky given the proximity to the nav lights. I would suggest tying to scrape down or thin the edge and blend in with putty. I am not going to bother personally since it is on the bottom and only someone who is looking for it will notice it. Si

G'day Jim, it is n the queue, but not near the front. I see that you are following this. When I get back to it, I will post in this WIP, so you will know when I am workin' on her again, cheers, Pappy

Oh i see. I am sure Calum can build a model without my help, cheers, Pappy

G'day SM, cheers but I was not happy with the hot bits. I did not know Calum was in Perth (he does get around) as i presumed he was at the other end of the joint, but still far away! G'day people, I was not happy with the rear engine nozzle heat shields, they looked too new and shiny so these received further weathering to make them look duller and dirtier I have also assembled the stores The Aden gun pods look nicely shaped and will fit well, but are a little plain as they lack the prominent underside gun vents.

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G'day people, I managed to get on with the cockpit today I had previously added some of the cockpit rib detail using plastic strip The cockpit was painted first and then the details picked out. The PE set provides painted etch overlays for the side consoles which require the extant detail to be sanded off. I was not convinced with the pre-painted PE, they look like decals and in 1/48 scale appear too flat IMO. I left kit console detail alone. Once the cockpit interior had been painted, the PE was could then

G'day Dave, I have the kit. The larger angled stores pylons (C9, C10) - top picture) as well as the LAU-117s (C19, C20) are on ethe C sprue.. The D sprue has the suspension units (D11-D14) and the E sprue contains the pylon support struts (E35-E37) The torpedoes look a little simplistic, the twin screws are just represented as solid discs. I know these can have protective covers fitted over them, but they look like Kinetic just tried to save money here as they figured the aftermarket boys would include the screws in a PE set. The Mavs look okay, the seekers