scooter Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Well, …just in time for the end of the year! Attached are a few pictures of my just completed Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Argentina - FAA) CH-47 Model 308 (similar to the CH-47C or BV-114). This was a somewhat lengthy conversion of the old 1/72 scale Matchbox Ch-47D, then a modification to rebuild the nose to the longer CH-47C. The rest of the kit is out of the box, except for the decals, which are from the Aerocalcas Argentina set. FAA H-93 (CG-073 B-802) was supplied to Argentina in 1980 for transport and Antarctic support. The machine was originally painted in the Antarctic scheme, then painted overall camouflage for its wartime use in 1982, then later repainted to the model. Markings changed slightly during this time, and also some external parts are clearly different. As you can imagine, getting good coverage and research photos are a little hard to find, so I did my best with what I could procure. It was a lot of fun to build, but the quality of the kit means lots of hard work too. The nose is built from the base of the old Matchbox Strikemaster, and then made up with modeling compound. The blades were revised to the later “square†version, and there was several other minor additions. I’m still on this kick of using what I have at the workbench, rather than buying more.. I managed to keep that concept true again. The model depicts as H-93 may have looked in the mid-1980s as a machine attached to VII Air Brigade, III Squadron, on Antarctic duties at Marambio base. It’s the end of the southern summer, and she has flown many hours on, and around the volcano’s of the Antarctic Peninsula. ….Weathered, dirty and about to be sent back to the mainland. Enjoy! Adam Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salvador001 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Beautiful Chinook, Adam, Congratulations. Rod. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Adam, I love the hook! Congratulations on a fine build. Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shark 64 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Lovely work. Not nough Chinook on this site. Glad you are showing yours. Clean build indeed. Oliver Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaronw Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Very nice, I don't see a CH-47 in high vis markings very often. Did you make up the decals yourself or are those out there somewhere? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scooter Posted November 27, 2011 Author Share Posted November 27, 2011 (edited) Did you make up the decals yourself or are those out there somewhere? Thank you everyone! As per the comments, for the standard frisks and walkways etc, they are from the Matchbox kit. The FAA decals are from Aerocalcas Argentina, set # 72011. Cheers Adam Edited November 27, 2011 by scooter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TonyT Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Lovely job, one thing, see the 3 wedge shaped lumps on the top in a triangular formation, they are formation lights so the upper oblong face should be in the yellowy greeny white colour you see on fighter jets , superb work :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El pibe vitina Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Nice to see another of your builds. Good job in the surgery on the radar nose. Congratulations Adam! Bye for now... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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