SpiritZeroThree Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Finally decided to start tackling this beast of a kit. I was ecstatic that trumpeter brought a large scale kit of my Eurotrash helo to the market, but truth be told the razor saw will be getting a workout on this one. In the future i think I'll avoid subjects that I'm this familiar with, lots of little stuff that is driving me crazy. Expect slow progress on this build as I'm transferring this summer, but the planned end game will be depicting 6573 out of AIRSTA Borinquen with blades folded as she would deployed to the back of a cutter. Yeah, theres going to be a bit of scratch building going on. Anyway, progress so far, starting inside... Pretty much the entire aft cabin area, from the 9 degree frame back is going to need some work. The baggage compartment deck needs to be relocated (top of the main wheels wells is the baggage compartment deck), and the aft cabin deck is inclined up a few degrees between stations 3205 and 4630. The avionics rack circuit breaker panel is absent in the kit, and the upper av-rack panel needs to stick out quite a bit more Center console? Yeah easier just to slice and dice it up to correct all the proportions, and add in the pilots aft circuit breaker panel. Oh, and fill and rescribe all of the floor board panel lines Baggage compartment roughed in all the way back to station 6630, wire bundle cover just forward of sta 4630 added. And after a quick shot of medium gray, its starting to look a lot more like an H65 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawkwrench Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 (edited) Nice start on the helo. Sometimes we helo crew get crazy on our models because of all the details that are missing. (I'm a former UH-60 crew dog) It's a severe case of AMS when we build models of what we crewed on! Tim Edited March 7, 2018 by hawkwrench Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swashplate Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Looking forward to seeing this one complete. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SpiritZeroThree Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 Progressing slowly on the interior still Panel starting to come to life with the addition of some Airscale cockpit instruments. Pilots NR gauge was a bit undersized, so that got drilled out and still has to be back filled a bit before a decal is applied Center console surgery is complete. Added in the nose wheel lock, parking brake, and cargo hook emergency release handles. A little bit of work to the crew seats And finally, decided to start on the cowlings while glue, paint, decals, and putty were drying on other sub-assemblies Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jefropas Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I'm watching closely, I want to do this same project in 48th...a new kit in either scale would be nice... Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
otis252 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Great start, but the pictures in your Monday 12:41PM post won't download. Thanks. Chuck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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