Hajo L. Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 I'm relatively happy with the final coat of matt: I used Revells Acrylic matt, which tends to produce tiny little white spots. I was able to paint until I reached the front part of the model, where those white spots started appearing (although I had changed the brush a couple of minutes earlier to a fresh one). Therefor I let out the doghouse and the underside, but the main idea to blend in the decals went as planned. Then I continued with the rotorblades. Usually I never f*** with those, as I feel that they are quite sensitive to bending and stuff, so the following operation was quite a thing for me: What you see here are the blades of an Italeri CH-53E where I cut off the hinges to fit the blades to the hinges of the Airfix-blades. A little bit to my surprise, but of course to my full satisfaction the glueing went quite good and now I have "modern" blades for my MH-53J. Above you see the original Airfix-blades (sans the hinges), then one of the new blades for the model and the left-over original blade of the CH-53E 7-blade main-rotor. HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 Please excuse my "radio silence", but I was on vacation. Also, there was only little left on the model, namely the main-rotor and the auilliary tanks. But this means: Finished! 🙂 Even though the kit is roughly 40 years old, I still dig it! I have to admit that many interiour details can´t be seen anymore... But at least the gunner is visible! Surface detail of the old Airfix-kit is still great, I think. And with a different coloured background to show how the camo "changes": I will continue this thread with a HH-53C, but not yet. I have a different project I´m working right now. HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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