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Yes, also dreaming from a 1/48 Puma and brothers. I will follow this closely, nice to see your courage (and skills ;) ) Norbert

Nice to see it finished. Your model was not the easy way <_< So let us know, what is your next huey ? Norbert

Looks great phoinix <_< keep us updated, merlin is a nice bird Norbert

Two shots ? you give us only two shots of that masterpiece ? c'est pas assez :D Could imagine such thing only in a dream, it looks so realistic. If there were not the unpainted man on the second shot, I would not have seen the difference with a picture from real hangar. Realy great job, chapeau bas. :lol: Norbert

Very nice paints, like the attention to small paint details Who is this great modeler ? Great pictures Juanjo, you mastered out the paintwork and excellent built. Norbert

Yes, it's a model to dream of :D Dobry top build , top paint Your top dmatusek but yet I slowly wonder, how do you get these details, small and sharp ? Norbert

Great great great, I said great ? I always wonder how some of you manage to make such tinny details... Wonderfull job James ! Norbert

Always Soooooo great Pierre You are son and grand son from generation of clock and watches makers, are you ? :lol: (just kidding) Hope to see this in Hyeres this year Norbert

Continuing with the rear fuselage hinges I started to remove all in that area. The top hole must be longer. When there's nothing left, there is no other way to find out how to do here's a fit test and here one view of the panels I tried to make some rivets : The brown or white were punched with the smallest tube I found and sealed with future they are tooooo big :blink: on the right side, the rivets are small white glue dots placed with a 0.3 mm wire the big rivets are made with white glue as from the bottle and are tooooo big the smallest are made made with white glue thinne

Fine work, seems there are a lot of small things to do keep us updated Norbert

Impressive build hope to see the progresses Norbert

You have a pic from real helo with open door ? What's inside ? Yes, why not open it ? Norbert

Realy nice biginning Mike, it looks promising. keep us updated The guy with the MH-53J is Juanjo You make me dream with all your 53's Norbert

:lol: realy great ! mine is waiting, hope I get it so good norbert

Thank you Juanjo for your posting on a spanish forum It helped me to found the nutter in a german shop about Euro 100 is a big amount... :lol: :o When is the next fathers day ? Thank you Jay for the historex link it remains me that I still have no punch and die... I'm currently working on the rear fuselage hinges, I will try something on the inside panels Norbert

Hello Juanjo, bruno and to you all. I find out there was a tool called "the nutter" but do not know where to find it :blink: :D Norbert

Thank you for your answer Juanjo driling hundreds of holes filling them with hundreds pieces of stretched sprue with a round tip :D Well, no other idea ? what about paint ? Is it possible to punch pieces with a thin border ? (and very small :blink: ) I will try to find out what the panzer guys are making Norbert

Hello I have a good question for you all The model has no rivets on the top fuselage, as on the bottom (only on the sides) anyone has idea how to make (plainty) of raised rivets half a milimeter thick (.0200) :D :blink: Thank you for your answers Norbert

great built steven, love to see how you progress please continue on the same topic (add reply) It is enjoyable to see the beginning again some time Norbert

Hello to all, hope you spend a nice week end. Here some new progress pics, so it is yet the current built status The air outlets are not so good detailed as the nice rivet lines... So I drilled them carrefully out (say I tried) And I modified the outlet to get them more accurate Aluminium, platic rod and a lot of sanding for those who want to detail the turbines, I think there are a usable base, but my panels will remain closed Here are the finished parts, unpainted. It's somewhat different ;) Hope you like it Norbert

wow, love these russian jets a big chance for us with these non grey sheme realy great built Norbert

Well I mist a picture <_< <_< Norbert

Door has a seal, so it is better to paint is before, because paint will go badly inside paper...like in a sponge. I use white glue for wood-floor http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/njak...er-frelon34.jpg So just put some glue on the back side of the paper pannel. Glue must be thick, but not too thick... try not to put glue on the printed paper side (as I doo) print does'nt like water. and place the pannel (here on the door, it's much easier for a roof pannel) Here it is very important : you have too wait that the thick glue between the paper and the door dries. But not too

So let's start, I will try not to show something too long The last pannel I have to cover is the emmergency exit door on the left side This door is behind the orange bags you see here through a window so you can imagine there will not be a lot to see at the end Here is the door with the pinmarks... :blink: I first check how it should look like There is a marking on this door : "Issus de secours" (emergency exit) This time, I printed the pannel with the marking Printer is a normal HP inkjet and paper is the normal 80 g white paper. Nothing special. I used Photoshop to add the

Juanjo !!! :blink: Great build job, great paint job When I think I take a good time from my hobby dreaming from other's job. :D Well, I look forward to see your progress Norbert