Pete Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Hi, My first will be the 1/72 Italeri HH-53C, in markings of the 67th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, based at RAF Woodbridge in the late 1970's. The kit will be built just out of the box, with decals from a Wolfpak sheet. In the end, it should look something like this: Cockpit is fairly basic, and I won't add any detail to it, since it will be pretty hidden once closed up: Since the cabin is empty and void of detail, I decided to keep the ramp closed. I first painted the fuselage around the windows area, before placing in the windows from the inside. This makes it much easier to mask, and I don't have to worry about windows popping back during the masking proces: The fit around of the two fuselage halves wasn't that great at some places. Mostly on top of the fuselage and around the ramp. I first tried it with putty, but decided to glue a strip of styrene from the rotormount towards the rear instead, and smooth this out with superglue: Working on the seams on the underside now: Next up; shaping the ramp doors a bit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 Started working on the engines. The exhausts are a joke. Basically a hole with a turbine section in it that's smaller than the inner diameter. Luckily I found some styrene tube that fits in nicely. So I cut that to shape: Much better, me thinks. Only have to glue it in, and add a little filler around the edges to blend it in: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 have to agree with you, looks much better this way Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deacon Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Nice save. Deacon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdt13 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 This may be the first model of an H-53 I've ever seen built in this c/s. Nice choice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cpoud117 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 So far so good, I can't wait to see it done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 ... I first painted the fuselage around the windows area, before placing in the windows from the inside. This makes it much easier to mask, and I don't have to worry about windows popping back during the masking proces Hey, now that's interesting! Looking forward to seeing this... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 Started painting now: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SoarinSukhoi Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Looking good! You might be the first one to complete something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cpoud117 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Moar grey! :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott R Wilson Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Hi, My first will be the 1/72 Italeri HH-53C, in markings of the 67th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, based at RAF Woodbridge in the late 1970's. The kit will be built just out of the box, with decals from a Wolfpak sheet. In the end, it should look something like this: Do you have the F-105 centerline tanks this one used? Scott W. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Looks awesome nice finish! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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