Headhunter88 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Hello everyone :) After longer absence i am publishing my newest work-1:72 UH-1N Twin Huey, USS Tarawa, Operation Desert Storm. I made it extremaly fast-3,5 week. Propobly i will give it to one of my workmates. Parts match in about 90%, except cargo bay doors. You need to make bigger holes for windows, because they are way to small (both of them-those in smaller and bigger cargo doors). I am giving this clue because US Navy Italeri packing is out of production, but parts are repacked in other colour schemes by Italeri and other producers. Good news is that the Kittyhawk is planning to US Navy's UH-1N in 1:48 scale. I painted it in oil chemicals from Humbrol and ModelMaster. 2 big issue which i had: -problem with installing glass parts with Clearfix and Micro Crystal Clear. Both of them are very thick and when i am using them, they are causing some bad marks on model surface which sometimes is very hard to remove. Anyone had similar problem? - i wanted to make very glossy surface, but after 3-4 layers of Humbrol Acryl i gave it up and failed. Which gloss varnish is giving the most gloss surface close to real one? My base coat was Humbrol 30 (very flat...)-maybe that was the problem? I am waiting for all (bad and good) comments :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
biggu Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 no bad comments here, looks good to me.... Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
midnightprowler Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 I like it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeejeeZ Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Nice build!!! Imho the finish is just fine. I mostly build civil models, and I would be more than happy with your gloss finish; especially on small scale models the finish can be too glossy, giving the model a toy- like appearance. Gertjan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
biggu Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Gertjan, I build mostly civil models as well, where do you get your decals? or do you make them? Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Nice Huey, I love the antenna! I can recommend white glue for the clear parts, it dries clear and without damaging the parts and can be removed very easy if you´re not happy with the first result. HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rotorman Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 well, thats pretty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salvador001 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I love it, doesnt look like 72, looks more like 48 scale. Congrats. Rod. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Headhunter88 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 Thank you for all caomments. I heard about scale effect with gloss varnish, so when you are saying thats enough of it on my Huey, I believe you :-). For my models decals comes straight from the kit https://www.scalemates.com/kits/120487-italeri-088-bell-uh-1n Quote Link to post Share on other sites
biggu Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Yeah, that's the kit I have in my stash, I hope to make it a civil bird, one that flies forest fires locally.....so unfortunately the Military decals won't work too well... the after market guys make some decals, but not a lot of variety out there , it is getting better though.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeejeeZ Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 5 hours ago, biggu said: Yeah, that's the kit I have in my stash, I hope to make it a civil bird, one that flies forest fires locally.....so unfortunately the Military decals won't work too well... the after market guys make some decals, but not a lot of variety out there , it is getting better though.... Same here Biggu! Civil decals are on the rise. Sometimes I manage tot print my own. Gertjan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
biggu Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Gertjan, I have recently made contact with a fellow in England who is doing some for me...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Nice work on this one! Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CharlieUH-1H Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Really nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Headhunter88 Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 Thank you all for your time, nice comments and advices :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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