Chief Snake Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 (edited) This is my recently completed MH-60M in 1/35th scale. It was made by converting the Academy/MRC AH-60L DAP as a base and adding details from the Cobra Company line. Required a bit of advance thinking and on the fly adjustments but it turned out to my satisfaction. Chris M Edited May 16, 2016 by Chief Snake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salvador001 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Wow, that looks awesome. Do you have some detail shots? Great Work Chris! Rod. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chief Snake Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Wow, that looks awesome. Do you have some detail shots? Great Work Chris! Rod. I didn't take any build photos and my cameras are not very sophisticated. Sorry. Chris M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarathi S. Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Looks great! How'd you do the rotors? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chief Snake Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Looks great! How'd you do the rotors? The main rotor blades on the real M are 4" wider in chord. I blended in a 1.5mm spacer to imitate that. It's really hard to tell. The tips were cut off and the resin replacement tips included in the Cobra Company set were glued on. Chris M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chief Snake Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 (edited) I tried taking some closer shots of certain areas. I figured out how to transfer the actual pics. Chris M Edited May 16, 2016 by Chief Snake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarathi S. Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Ah, didn't realize that there were replacement tips included. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chief Snake Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 A few more of the bottom and tail. Chris M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salvador001 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 (edited) Oh man that looks like the real thing, i love it, completely stunning. Did you use the shapeway wheels? They look great. What color did u use to paint the exterior? Congratulations on a perfect build. Rod. Edited May 16, 2016 by salvador001 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chief Snake Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Oh man that looks like the real thing, i love it, completely stunning. Did you use the shapeway wheels? They look great. What color did u use to paint the exterior? Congratulations on a perfect build. Rod. Thanks for the kind word. It's not a contest type build but looks interesting in my model case. Yes, the wheels are from Shapeways, kind of nice really. the paint was 2/3 Model Master helo drab acrylic and 1/3 Model Master interior black acrylic. This blend was suggested by Floyd as it was reported to him that it's the way they are really painted. This matched the photo of the aircraft I tried to copy quite well. Personally, I think this can vary depending on who's mixing the paint that day and how much of each color they use. Some MH-6's I have personally seen looked black to me, in bright daylight. I don't think you can go wrong any way you decide to display your model. Chris M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salvador001 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 I will paint my AH-6 the same as you did when the new Kitty Hawk kit comes out. Again, congrats on perfect build. Rod. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HeavyArty Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 She came out looking awesome Chris. Great job on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anvil6 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 hey lots of pretty cool details in that build - nice work! :D -Ramon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rotorman Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 CHriss. One stunning helo I must say. I love it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chief Snake Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Thanks Gino, Ramon and Oliver. Chris M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floyd S. Werner, Jr. Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Loving it. It looks awesome. Another masterpiece Floyd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Now that's a beauty! Well done on all accounts! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chief Snake Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Thanks Floyd and Don. Chris M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lindsay1963 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Very well done Lindsay Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adrake83 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Outstanding build, Chris. I'll have to get back to working on mine ASAP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
otis252 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Awesome work indeed, really nice Chris. Couple questions though. You put a 1.5MM spacer in the blades to widen them, where did you put that? In the center, leading or trailing edge? Also, everything we see on this build is included in the two MH-60M upgrade sets? Lastly, could you post some pic of the upturned exhaust or elaborate how you did those? Again, really looks nice. Chuck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chief Snake Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Thanks Lindsay. Aaron, could not have been as successful as it was without your and Floyd's references. Very key to realism. Chris M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawkwrench Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Outstanding job Chris. She looks like the real thing. Hopefully it inspires more MH-60M's to be built. Tim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chief Snake Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Awesome work indeed, really nice Chris. Couple questions though. You put a 1.5MM spacer in the blades to widen them, where did you put that? In the center, leading or trailing edge? Also, everything we see on this build is included in the two MH-60M upgrade sets? Lastly, could you post some pic of the upturned exhaust or elaborate how you did those? Again, really looks nice. Chuck The spacer was added to the trailing edge, basically extended it. I used an appropriate thickness of Evergreen strip that was 1.5mm wide and feathered it in.The exhausts are the UES Special edition Cobra Company sells, they are hollowed out to allow the baffles to be inserted. That was completely a trail and error exercise of cutting and shaping each one individually. The placement is in accordance with the photos provided with the Special Edition set. Chris M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kike Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Great bird indeed!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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