Filipe Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 (edited) Hi Guys And witt the concluision of the Kiowa, I still nedd to take some pictures of the finished model, here´s the next one on the bench, Hobby Boss 1/72 UH-1F Huey, USAF Bicentenial 1979 The kit is very interesting, some errors for the "F" version, lots of parts for the "P" version - armed - but nothing that with a bit of work cant be improved. For now I have the fuselage closed and I´m going to start with putty were needed. On the cockpit/cabin I decided to adapt/redo a few parts and scratch some others. The pics explain it better them me! To be continued! Hope you enjoy Feel free to coment! Best regards Filipe Edited January 27, 2012 by Filipe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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whiteed Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Hello I see I sell the heli to the right modeler. Very nice job so far Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arnobiz Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Nice work so far, and a nice choice of scheme! Can't wait to see it painted :) What did you use for the textured walls/floor? Arnaud Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawg53 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Felipe, the reason this particular helicopter has alot of "P" model parts is that 64-14493 is a UH-1P. I only flew this helicopter once when I first got stationed at this unit. She was then flown down to Hurlburt Field in Florida and put on static display. That was in 1980. She remains there today as a tribute to the 20 SOS unit that flew gunship helicopters in Vietnam. This unit had a total of three Hueys assigned, one UH-1F and two UH-1P's. The unit was used for range support of the Gila (now Goldwater) Bombing Range. Hope this helps.. Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Filipe Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 Hi Guys Thanks for the support Edgar, Arnaud and Bob. Thanks again Edgar! Arnaud, both textures were made from aluminium foil. The floor from the top cover of a pack Philadelphia cheese and the wall from aluminium tape used in air conditioners tubing rolled with the x-acto handle to gain the squary texture. If you like I can take some pics of it. Bob thanks again for the email,nothing like flying it :) Best regards Filipe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Filipe Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hi Guys First of all thank you very much Bob for your kind emails, they ere a big help, like we talked, unfortunately no badge on the doors, the provided decals were gigantic and I had no suitable replacement on the spares! Here is an update on the Huey, major painting done. I used vallejos, the white/dark green as is and the light green/brown are homemade. I also finished the hook on the hellhole and added an extra "box" in the cabin filled with lead weights to secure a more stable position. Impressive the amount of weights this build includes, I also marked the avionics bay in on the nose, the kit didn't include it. Heads up for anyone who wants to build this chopper, I added weights to the front, top and bottom of the cockpit and still the position was a bit shaky. It wasn't a tail sitter but it didn't sit comfortably on the skids. Now I´m going to finish it up, a bit of weathering, light, doors, etc. To be continued! Hope you enjoy Feel free to coment! Best regards Filipe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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rotorwash Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Wow! Nice work so far. I like the F model and you are doing her justice. Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salvador001 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) The model is not so good, but sure indeed you have transformed it into something decent, outstanding, wow, beautiful Huey. Rod. Edited January 18, 2012 by salvador001 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Filipe Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Hi Guys Thanks for the support Ray and Rod. Here is the final update on the Huey, project finisshed. Since the last one only a few details needed to be done, I ended up doing them this past week. So here it is! Hope you enjoy Feel free to coment! Best regards Filipe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Tank Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I really like what you were able to do with the kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I really like what you were able to do with the kit. Filipe, Great job! One thing you may want to change at some point is the rotor. Both Italeri and Hobby Boss stuck the same rotor in their three short bodied Huey kits (B,C, and F). The F uses the 48 ft. 205 rotor just like a UH-1D/H and not the short 44ft. rotor found on the UH-1B. You could fix that easy by robbing a D/H model kit of it's rotor. In any event it looks great. keep up the good work and post more soon! Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arkhunter2002 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Looks great! Makes me wanna build a huey... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawg53 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Lad; Very nice looking Huey. Brings back lots of good memories for me. Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Filipe Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) Hi Guys Thank you for the support Tank, Rotorwash, Arkhunter and Bob. Bob special thanks for all those emails with precious info. Beeing you a former "Huey Driver" I´m very glad you like it! Here´s a extra photo of the left skid repaired. I completely missed it during the build. Unforgiven! Best regards Filipe Edited February 17, 2012 by Filipe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Good Job... Very nice.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shark 64 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 (edited) Great looking bird. Not enough "F" models build. I love the paint work. Very nice model. I like it. Oliver Edited February 18, 2012 by shark 64 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
camophilip Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Good job, looks very nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PhantomPhreakII Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 WOW!!!!!!!!! Very nice work, very nice... Makes me wanna build one too.... But I'll have to buy it first.. Very nice... Harald Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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