Trojan Thunder Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 Had a bit of an issue with the some of the paint so I am respraying parts. Red is done and I have started masking it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Looking great, Ray, Love those Canadian RESCUE aircraft. I have a 1:144 CC-115 Buffalo that I will do someday. Keep up the great work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RKic Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Looks awesome, Ray. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 Slowly but surely, had to respray the rotor blades as I rushed the paint and botched them the first time. Masked and ready for the leading edges to be painted. Hope to have a picture update soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 Righto, some progress to show. Some rotor blades masked and other bits painted masking off! And beginning to fit the blades [ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grandboof Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Looking good Ray Martin H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 On the home stretch now. Main and tail rotor blades fitted. Some more painting of wheel wells and exhaust (and other fiddly bits) to go and then I can decal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 I do like it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) Finally started decalling and removing the masking. While I am not happy with the finish, I am surprised the windows survived all the paint that went on it [ Edited September 7, 2017 by Trojan Thunder Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Hello Ray! Looking pretty spiffy! Gotta love those red/white lightning bolts! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 Thanks Dutch, I started to unmask the windscreens and the masking fluid I used did not perform very well. I am currently attempting to sand it off. I also managed to push one of the windows in. Hopefully, I can rescue some of the clarity of the clear parts and reinstall the window that was pushed in Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grandboof Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Sorry to hear about your masking troubles I.\ am sure you will rescue this Martin H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 Well, Martin, I have saved the clear parts (I think). It will not be a prize winner ( not that any of my builds are!) but it will be good enough for government work. The offending masking fluid, I sanded it off a couple of panels (which had to be polished and re-coated with Future). The last panel (seen here) was hit with water which helped to loosen it a little and then scraped off with a tooth pick. I also managed to push 2 of the cheek windows in during the rectification of the masking issue. So out with the clear glue THe previously damaged windscreen panel looks OK now under the Future Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin_sam_2000 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Nice save!! I have already lost the little windows on my tracker. They are floating around inside my fuselage right now. Sean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 Thanks Sean, I thought I had glued those clear bits in fairly securely. I have added the cabin door now and found I have put the red/white stripe on it in the wrong place. The Italeri instructions have not been the best for placing the lightning bolt decal (it did not help that I modified the window in the door as well). I am undecided whether I will bother removing it and repainting the stripe in the right place of not Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 Done Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Emvar Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Very Nice bro! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Looks real nice, but I notice your using the "Armed Forces X Forces Armmes" instead of the postal mark on the upper front. Minus the roundel of course. Built this in 1/48 , its a hard model to get to look right. Ya done good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 I saw your very nice 1/48 build. I just used the kit decals for this build which were not 100% correct. I also made a few cosmetic changes like the HF antenna mount, moving some of the cable cutters and opening up the window on the cabin door. The kit misses the bubble windows on the forward fuselage which I did not bother to add. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grandboof Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Looking good Ray The Canadian rescue scheme works well Martin H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AX 365 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Turned out very nicely, Ray. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Yes, Ray. Nicely done! Considering mine is still in the box, you have done a marvelous job and helped tremedously with your unwitting tips. I like the way you painted the rotors. I will keep that in mind when the time comes, Cheers! Dutch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vet666 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Great build of a crappy kit, I tried it once and gave up. Bit of a late to the party critique, the blades are green. I know this by the probably hundreds of blades I removed or installed in 13 years as an Aviation Tech working on this machine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 3 hours ago, vet666 said: Great build of a crappy kit, I tried it once and gave up. Bit of a late to the party critique, the blades are green. I know this by the probably hundreds of blades I removed or installed in 13 years as an Aviation Tech working on this machine. Thanks, what shade of green, very dark? I assume all EH101/Merlins have dark green blades? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vet666 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 4 hours ago, Trojan Thunder said: Thanks, what shade of green, very dark? I assume all EH101/Merlins have dark green blades? Wish I knew the exact fs number but they are a flat green and fairly dark, I was at Yeovil where they assemble them and Merlins seem to have the same colour blades, probably why the Cormorant got green ones instead of black. Do a google search " CH 149 Cormorant rotor blade and go to images you will see a bunch that show the green blades. Funny thing is the toy like die cast collector models have black blades. Way back in the early 2000s near the start of Cormorant in active service we had bad troubles with the tail rotors half hub developing cracks and had to take blades off every 25 flying hours got quite familiar with green blades then...lol. The tail rotor now is not a dual teetering design but a modified Lynx main rotor head modified for installation on a Cormorant tail. Shows how big this machine is that a Lynx main head can be a tail rotor on the Cormorant. So if you are building a Cormorant from the last few years the kit tail rotor will be wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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