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1:32 Eurocopter EC-135, flying ambulance


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Hi all,

This is my other project, the EC-135. I'm using the kit of the 1:32 EC-135 with decals of Air Zermatt included. I will not use them, except for the details and small things.

The heli I will build is the PH-ULP, a flying ambulance used bij the ANWB. ANWB is the Algemene Nederlandse Wielrijders Bond, the Dutch road-traffic company.I will print decals by myself.

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picture is from Airliners.net!

A beauty, isn't it? :(

My progress so far:

The big parts, it was impossible to get all the sprues with parts on the photo, simply because there are too much of them. This is a level 5 kit. The box is thicker than usual, but it is still completely loaded with the parts and instruction sheet. As you can see, I cut the doors out on one side, they will be later placed back in opened position.

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The interior in progress:

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And the interior glued in his position:

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Fuselage closed. Look at all the putty, I needed a lot of it to fill the HUGE gaps between the two fuselage halves! That's the worst part of the kit..

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Jelle :unsure:

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yeahhhh, EC-135 :bandhead2: :wub:

BUT take care, the real main-rotor of the EC-135 turns to the other side, the Revell kit is wrong there

PS: was this the Air Zermatt kit ?

I haven't noticed that.. thanks! How can I change it? I glued the rotorblades on the rotorhead already.. the whole thing will be mounted on the helicopter when all the airbrushwork is done.

My favourite helicopter is the EC-135, because I like the fenestron-tailrotor design. And the EC-135 is multi-purpose: it can be used as:

-VIP-transport

-Military transport

-Flying Ambulance

-Search And Rescue, with a rescue quadrant

-police

Maybe I still forget some options..

With this kit you can build every mentioned option, so 70% of the parts are not been used.

And yes, this is the Air Zermatt-kit.. A beautiful livery as well, but this model is for a contest on a Dutch modelling forum, and the theme is Dutch and Belgian. And Air Zermatt is Swiss..

A month ago I built another EC-135, but in 1:72. This one has opened doors too, but on this model I cut the doors open on both sides. This model has the VIP-configuration.

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ah... yeah.... I had noticed it too, too late.... I glued it too and didn't changed it anymore.....

You could just turn them, and bend the blades down., with a lighter (Zippo, you know), but take care, that you don't damage the blade itself.

Yes, the EC-135 is a great helicopter.... a very good multi-tasker

The french demonstrater, I've made in 1/72 this australian one (silver) with those red leafs on it..... that's nice too.

Hope to see many pics of the progress :) :D

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  • 2 months later...

Finally there's some progress on the PapaHotel-UniformLimaPapa :wave:

A few months ago I painted the helicopter in a yellow color. I hand-painted it and I used Revell Aqua Color. But.. the color wasn't the right one. I used matt paint, I wanted to get it gloss with Revell enamel no.1. But that didn't work, I think I painted four layers of it on the yellow paint, but it stayed as matt as an egg.

Result:

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I wasn't satisfied with the color, and the helicopter dissappeared in a dark, dusty corner.. but yesterday I did a new attempt with Humbrol no.99 and this time the result was much better! The black areas will be repainted.

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Next step is painting the blue/red stripes.

See you next update!

Happy 2007,

Jelle :D

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But those are the arms for the cyclical blade adjustment (), there are extra parts for that.... the hole part is missing on the "newer" EC-135

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Ps: No, sure not for the cyclical adjustment, primary to adjust the angle of attack..... but^^

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But those are the arms for the cyclical blade adjustment (), there are extra parts for that.... the hole part is missing on the "newer" EC-135

sl551100un8.th.jpg

Ps: No, sure not for the cyclical adjustment, primary to adjust the angle of attack..... but^^

Yes, you're right.. sorry! I don't know why Revell gave this strange part, because it doesn't look like the real thing.

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Nice work. The intake filters are scratchbuilt..?

Yes Andre, it was the engine intake of an olf EC-135... in the first pic you see this one....

Yes, you're right.. sorry! I don't know why Revell gave this strange part, because it doesn't look like the real thing.

Well, I think those part was used on real/ but older EC-135, and Revell used this as "paragon".

:cheers: :D

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