Twig Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 G'day all, Some of you will have seen this ticking over very slowly on the helicopter forum, but seeing as it now has a little of everything in it (not to mention that it's finally finished!) I thought I'd start a new post in the display case to show you all. For those not familiar with this epic tale, this is the culmination of 6 and a half years of work to bring the not so accurate trumpeter 1/35 chook up to a reasonable standard, with the applicable Australian modifications to depict on of our birds on a deployment to Afghanistan. During the course of the build I deployed for a total of a year to work on the 1/1 scale versions which didn't really help the completion time, but did allow me to gather quite a good collection of reference material! The truck is a converted Italeri M977, with modifications to the refuel station at the back. The hilux (or pickup) is the meng version and was a joy to build. If fact its the only item I added which was not modified in some way. All the figures are either converted or scratchbuilt (another of many firsts for me) and the little John Deere "gator" was built to represent our pimped-up version we made for ourselves in our spare time over there. If anyone would like to know more or see more photos please let me know. I hope you like it, Cheers, Craig Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaneBramage Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 WOW!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Litvyak Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Simply spectacular. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HeavyArty Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Very nice. Great job on the whole scene. I like how you have incorporated the Meng pick-up and the Gator. Did you scratch the Gator? Again, great job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Plano Guy Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 That is amazing to me. I can't even imagine ever having the patience, much less the skill, to produce something like this. Stunning! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GEH737 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Seriously impressive... Great attention to detail - a real pleasure to look at - thanks for sharing it :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Craig.. I am speechless. :worship: :worship: :worship: :wub: :wub: :wub: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdt13 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Wow! The scope and the level of detail are really something. I can see why this took so long! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eastern Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Wow! This one looks absolutely great! Very nice build! And very nice dio. Cheers and happy modeling! Alexander Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaiidanTomcat Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Wow!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted October 29, 2012 Author Share Posted October 29, 2012 Thanks for the kind words guys! There's so much talent in these modelling forums here you can sometimes feel like it's not worth posting anything you've done, but I guess that's how we all learn hey? I'm glad you all like it, I really enjoyed building it, but I'm very happy it's over and done so I can finally attack some other projects I've been thinking about for some time. I'm taking it in to work tomorrow, so the accuracy will certainly be put to the test! HeavyArty - yes the gator is scratchbuilt. I'll have to post some more pics of it when I get the chance. I made one wheel and the cast the rest. The body work is made up from various bits and pieces but it seems to look the part... just had to have one! Apologies for the quality of the photos, I'm far from the world's best photographer, but maybe photoshop can redeem me with background experimentation at some point. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dæn Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Come on! How could I miss this thread!? I'm ashamed Fantastic job on the helo and on the dio! This kind of work would have cost me this at least 6 years, without deployment! Thanks, this is an inspiration for me. Daan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackMan Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greg Long Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Sweet,very nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ishthe47guy Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Twig, the pics gave me flashbacks to Kandahar, man! You nailed it. BTW, I do know Will Webb. The less said the better. Ish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shark 64 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Oh yeah me likey mucho el dio. So cool. fantastic job Oliver Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Absolutely amazing! That is one of the best Dios I have seen in a while. Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mossy Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 That is AWESOME! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sentry30 Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Awesome build, I love all the detail!! Brings back good memories too :thumbsup:/> Here's a shot of his brother "Courage" taken in 08; Daniël Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Great to this one finished. Excellent display! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 Awesome build, I love all the detail!! Brings back good memories too /> Here's a shot of his brother "Courage" taken in 08; Resized to 92% (was 1050 x 716) - Click image to enlarge Daniël G'day Daniel, Thanks for posting the pic of good old 201. She's always been a good bird. The pic is great in that it shows pretty much the look and feel I was trying to caputre. I was always intrigued by the green your super D's were painted! Cheers, Craig Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sentry30 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 pretty much the look and feel I was trying to caputre I think you succeeded big time; it felt like being back there the moment I clicked on this topic!!! I got some more and better pics if you like, will shoot you a PM! Daniël Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Devo Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Mate top job, you should be pretty happy with that build ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I don't know what the words are that mean something better than excellent and outstanding, but whatever they are; they apply to your build and dio. You have gone beyond both in all phases of this project . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arkhunter2002 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Brilliant. Just brilliant (and prolly pretty big, too) Take care, Austin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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