BK-117

Hello guys !!! First i have to finish my EC-135 austrian police project !!! Then i have a UH-72a Lakota in 1:32 in my mind. As basic kit i will use the Revell REGA kit. The build will be out of the box, except the interior styling and some antennas outside of the helicopter. I have allready decals from Renaissance Models. As my second build i have a BK-117 in mind, used for EMS missions here in Carinthia, callsign is RK-1 ("red cross one"). This build also straight from the box, in this case the Medicopter 117 kit from Revell, also in 1:32. And if there is any time left, hopefully :-),

@ Anthony in NZ Yes the skids are included in the kit, but they have to be modified ! But now some more pictures of today: I added the SX-16 and the fast rapeling device. Greetings from Austria Michael

Hello !! Today i can show you the progress from the last few days, but there is also a lot to do. For example: - the correct fenestron - the correct main rotor - correct Flir and SX-16 - correct fast rapeling device But now the photos of today: Greetings from Austria Michael

Now some of the promised photos of the EC-135 of the Austrian police: The cockpit: FLIR-workstation: Spectrolab SX-16 searchlight: Wescam MX-15 FLIR: If you wish more photos, you only have to tell me, i have a lot more !! Greetings from Austria Michael

Hello guys !! Inspired by my friend and also some pictures of the newest police helicopter in Austria, i decided to build it from the Revell "Luftrettung" kit. In this kit there are most of the details missing in the cockpit, so i made copies of the panels,fire extinguisher,crashsender and the seats. Some other parts have to be scratched, like the biggest thing in the rear compartement, the FLIR-operator workstation. Here are some pictures: Some pictures of the real helicopter will follow in the next days, had forgotten my harddrive at home ! Greetings from Austria Michael

Hello guys !! Today i could finish my Austrian Police Jet Ranger project in 1/32 ! Hope you like what you see: Greetings from Austria Mike _________________________________ Future project: EC-135 France Gendarmerie 1/32

Hello !! During building my Long Ranger, I also worked on another project ! Here you can see some pictures of my Austrian Police Jet Ranger from Revell Germany inm 1/32. The Jet Ranger is not ready yet, there have to be added some antennas and the wire strike protection system. Now the pictures: More pics will follow !! Greetings Mike

Hello guys !! Today i could finish my Long Ranger project ! I added some scratched antennas, also the mirror system and at last the loading hook system. Hope you like it : Greetings from Austria Mike

Thank you for all your comments so far !!! @BrittMac You a right, for the skids i used a hanger ! The skids and the crosstubes were linked with CA-glue that i shaped in form a little bit ! To get the right angle, etc. i took the download of the product data book from the Bell Helicopters homepage. Then i sized some drawings of the Bell 206 Long Ranger, from this data book, into 1/32 size, so i could bend the skid and crosstube parts according to this resized drawings. The same i have already done with some EC-135s to fit the rear tailfin and it works fantastic !!! Greetings Mike

OKAY !! I promise i will show you the photos of my Austrian Police Jet Ranger, but first i will finish my Long Ranger project ! But there is nothing special on my Jet Ranger, you will see !! Greetins Mike

Hello !! Today i could add the decals on my Long Ranger project. Next i have to scratch the antennas and the loading hook !!! In the background you can see my other Jet Ranger project (Austrian police OE-BXC). Hope you like my Long Ranger so far ? Greetings Mike

Thanks for your comments so far !!! @airmedical No, the candle-light searchlight is from the Trumpeter Dauphin kit, this is the 1/48 kit, but the searchlight fits excellent !!! Today i fixed some decals, more photos will follow in the next days !! Greetings Mike

So one more update !!! The livery is done, so some more decals have to be added. I also have to scratch some antennas ond the loading hook. Hope you like my Long Ranger !! Greetings Mike

Hello guys !!! Now my next update for today. A few parts of the painting have to be corrected and also a small blue stripe has to be added, but most of the livery (painting) is done. Hope you like what you see: Greetings from Austria Mike

Photo update today !!! The white colour of my Long Ranger is drying and i am lucky to say, that the model only needs a little more putty, because of a little gap on the nose. But the i can work with the putty and sand it, because the nose has to be coloured red :-) Greetings Mike

Thanks for your comments so far !! @ AnthonyNZ I have choosen the old Austrian Ministry of the Interior livery (not the blue one). In this livery the Long Ranger flew emergency rescue missions. Most of the helicopter will be white with blue and red stripes. sorry that I can`t show you any photos here in this thread, because the photos are not mine, and so i have the fear, that it will get problems because of the copyright. So you have to wait until i post new photos of the model :-) Greetings Mike

@ hooknladderno1 If you look on the first page of this thread you can see, where i made the cuts. But if you want i can send you pictures via e-mail, where you can see, how somebody made this cuts on a Jet Ranger in 1:48. About the skids, i must say, that i scratched them with wire that i took from a hanger, according to the Long Ranger Product Data Book from Bell Helicopters. More pictures will follow in the next few days Greetings Mike

Hello guys !!! Today i send you the promised photos of my Long Ranger project !! The air intakes are a little bit to big, but for me its okay :-) The next step will be the white colour !! Hope you like it so far, greetings Mike

Hello guys !!! After months without building models, because i moved in another town, i did some things on my Long Ranger. First there was a lot of sanding to do and i also scratched the skids. Pictures will follow tomorrow !!! Greetings from austria Mike

Hello !! Thanks a lot for the prize !!! I also hope for another helicopter GB in the future. I have a lot of helicopter kits in my stash (ecspecially civil helicopters). Greetings from Austria Michael

Hello !! The work on this project is resting at the moment. I had to build a BK-117 for the ECO 7 from Ikarus (radio controled) in 1:11,5 (~ 1,20 meters long) in the design of the Air Rescue Austria (ARA). This was an order of a doctor, who flies on the BK-117 (callsign: Red Cross One). But when i will work on the Long Ranger again, there will be pics in this thread. Greetings from Austria Michael

@ Gino Since the beginning of your Jayhawk build i am following this thread and i am fascinated about your work. There was also a report abaout the USCG in german television, with a lot of scenes with the HH-60J during hurrican Katrina. So i ordered the Academy kit too , to try this conversion according to your pictures. Hope to see some updates soon. Greetings Michael

Also my second helicopter for this group build: Basic kit was the Dragon UH-1N kit in 1:35 , which i converted into a Bell 412 of Helitalia. More details can be found in the GB-section. Hope you like what you see Greetings from Austria Michael

Hello !! Today i could finish my Helitalia Bell 412. I scratched the winch with plastic sheet and putty. Only the hook was taken from an EC-135 kit. Hope you like it. Thanks for all your positive comments and more pictures can be seen in the finished section here in this forum. Greetings from Austria Michael

Hello guys !! I already posted some pics of my EC-135 in the In-progress section in this forum, but nobody was interested. So i try it here in the helicopters section. During building my Bell 412 (in the GB section) I saw a first photo of the EC-135 in the very interesting new Schider Helicopter Service livery. So i decided to build it. Basic kit for this helicopter is the Revell Air Zermatt kit in 1:32. I improved following things: - corrected the tail fin (0,8 mm shorter) - corrected the landing skid - installed the wire strike protection system - added the window in the left rear cl