loftycomfort Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Academy 1/48 CH-53E Super Stallion, built out of box with MAW decals used. This is a great kit that's exceptionally engineered, but I still managed to goofed up a few times and you can read about them at the build log: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index....howtopic=156149 This model was painted with mostly Gunze acrylics, with some odd places painted with Tamiya acrylics and Alclad. I originally planned on weathering it heavily with pastel chalk, but a couple of things are preventing from doing it: 1) The main rotor blades are getting in the way 2) I kind of like the way it looks now without pastel. I can always come back and dirty it up later. This is a big and imposing model - the length from the refueling probe to the tail rotor measures 2 feet!!! Overall this was a fun kit to build and highly recommended. Comments welcomed. Thanks for looking. Cheers, Terry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 That came out very nice Terry. I think the weathering is just right. The digital camo job came out very good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcin_S Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Excellent job Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Outstanding build! Looks absolutely awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
96Delta Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Very nice indeed! Could you tell me what brand and color paints you used to dress her? The colors look excellent, especially the digital camo. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loftycomfort Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 Very nice indeed! Could you tell me what brand and color paints you used to dress her? The colors look excellent, especially the digital camo. Thanks for sharing! Thank you your comments. Most of the paints were Gunze acrylics. The bottom was #308 (FS36375), main fuselage was #307 (FS36320), the fuselage top was #337 (35237). Note that these colors were highly diluted with clear flat, clear gloss and Windex, then sprayed over a whitened surface. These shades look close enough to the real thing after baking under the sun for a year. The steps for the main painting process was shown in this post: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index....t&p=1447589 The rotor blades were painted using Gunze Tire Black #77, lightened with flat white, then blended in the Tamiya smoke. Seen here: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index....t&p=1450537 The black walkways were decals, then lightened with flat white and blended in with Tamiya smoke again. Overall post-shading was done with Tamiya smoke. The digital camo came completely from MAW Decals (highly recommended). Thanks, Terry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eastern Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Wow! Awesome build! Very nice painwork and weathering! Looks terrific! Cheers! Alexander. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LaNdStOrM Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I just saw this on HS. really really good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leatherneck224 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 looks awsome, e-mail me the photos and i'll and them to the gallery section of my website. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Youngtiger1 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I saw these photos over at hyperscale this morning, so I had to come over here and tell ya something..................... What?......that.... You did an out standing job my man. That is one cool looking CH-53.. ;) Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 It looks great, especially the digital part. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jack-Swiss Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 AWESOME....really a superb build!!!!!!! just perfect! Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Coool!! That turnaed out to be a masterpiece!! Wonderful painjob and finish!!!! I´m in total awe!!! Where are ya gonna fit the beastie? Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gambler Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Terry, that is outstanding!! Absolutetly superb job.Helo's are always pretty complex builds and you have done a beautful job on this one. Excellent! Cheers, Jeff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shockwave Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Daaaaang, that's awesome! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Cheetah Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 When I build mine, ill be looking at these pics for inspiration... well done Terry! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Cheetah Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 When I build mine, ill be looking at these pics for inspiration... well done Terry! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aarzee Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Thats Awesome !! I want to build one now : ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lgl007 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I've said it before... and I'll say it again... that is by far the nicest helicopter model I have ever had the pleasure of seeing pictures of. It looks incredibly realistic. And you did a spectacular job with it... CONGO RATZ on a great model dude! I hope you have a glass or plastic display case to put it into... this sucker is going to collect dust in all the wrong places ;-) -Greg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CW4 Erick Swanberg Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 OOORAHH, great job Erick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimz66 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Terry you have done the USMC and the CH-53 mighty proud. You are sure to win some major awards with this one, as well as turn some heads at your local shows. Congragts on a great looking model. Well done sir. OUTSTANING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
charles Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 EXELENT!! AMAZING!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smutz Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 That's a superb 53 great weathering & the digital camo looks great, each time I've seen one at shows I want one to go with the 46 I've got. Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
53 Marine Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Outstanding work - glad to see this beauty finished! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaiidanTomcat Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 What a great job, just cant say enough good things about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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