Els Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 (edited) I picked this kit up at Hobby Town yesterday. The last couple of kits that I have been working on have been old kits that were reissued. I told myself that I would not work on another for a while (The Fairy Rotodyne nearly killed off all my modeling mojo). Well since I was in a Rescue squadron and I liked the old style of art work on the box, the kit came home with me. It is the latest release of the I don't know how many times reissued H-19 kit. Since I do not know anything about this helicopter and I am tired of all the extra work with these old kits I have decided to build this kit OOB. If you want to see a nice build of this kit check out I-16's build, he is going all out. As for me the box says this is a level 4 kit and the back of the box says... Age 12-14, mentally I am right there, Glue and paint, Check, and build time 5+ hours. I am going to see how close to the 5 hours I can get. Should be no pressure and nothing but fun. So I started at 0640 and by around 1000 the rotor and the cockpit were done. These pilots are horrible. They are human shape lumps. One of them seems to be a WWII pilot that has been reused. I was going to stop there but I kept playing around with it until it was at this point It was 1045 so I called it quits for a while. I am enjoying the build so I will probably work on it some more tonight. Els Edited May 26, 2017 by Els Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 I remember those pilots. But don't worry too much. The canopy glass is really thick so they will look less demented once its all together. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Els Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 Phantom, at least there is a little bit of movement to the figures, they are not just the usual sitting at attention lumps that were in a lot of these old kits. I got a little time to work on it today. The nose was installed. I have been very surprised at how well all the parts fit on this kit. I have not used any putty. There are some cracks in the front glass. I am going to put a couple of coats of Future over them and I hope that will make them disappear. Then just when I thought it was ready for some paint I found this little gem molded on the boom. After removing that a coat of black. Then some Tamiya steel. A couple of coats of Future and then decals. Its moving along. I did not look at any photo's of the real helicopters until I got to the decal stage. I did not want to start picking at the kit and trying to accurize/change anything. One thing that I did find that was either wrong with the kit or wrong with my build is that the front gear should be farther apart. I used the kit piece that has the holes very close together but after looking at some pics they should be farther apart. I am not changing it now but just be advised. I should be able to finish it up tomorrow. Els Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Nice work on a Really Old(TM) kit! A tad late, but here are some state-side operations during the Korean War. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Els Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 Le Boz, thank you. dnl42, I like those pictures. Once Kursad comes out with some decals for this kit I think I might build a couple more. This kit has very basic decals but they worked great. It is done and if I can get Photobucket to work for 5 minutes I will post a picture. I will post a couple of more pics in the completed section. This was a fun little kit. I didn't use any putty and it looks good on the shelf. I really like helicopters but I don't build them very often because the rotors take up to much space. If it weren't for this Group build I would not have built this one. I had so much fun with this quick build that I am already pretty far into a pair of old Revell F-15C's. Els Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grandboof Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Well done Martin H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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