Hajo L. Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 (edited) Juanjo D.s Pave Low motivated me to start my own MH-53J. As you might see from my progress pics of the interior I didn´t put so much effort into detailing as Juanjo did. I usually focus more on completing the model in a short time and also on giving it some "live" by adding crewmembers. The interior now has been made by simply glueing a small sheet toilet-paper (YES, toilet-paper! Not used, of course ; ) on the plastic. If someone is asking: I would say that´s a kind of new kevlar "liner" to secure the crew from small arms fire and shrapnells. The crew so far consist of 2 pilots, 2 minigun-gunners and 2 PJ´s I haven´t glued on their seats so far. HAJO Edited July 21, 2006 by Hajo L. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 All right, another Pavelow. This is looking good, keep it up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Moore Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Hajo, Looks like a great start! I look forward to more updates. Cheers, Alby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
norbert Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 nice nice nice, an other pave low. :( and where is the crew comming from ? was in the box ? and if you put crew, there will be some kind of basement ? I will follow this also (my own model will not go forward :P ) Norbert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted July 21, 2006 Author Share Posted July 21, 2006 The crew is mostly scratchbuilt. The pilots upper bodys as well as the gunners are of the ex-ESCI, now Italeri ground-crew set. The legs of the pilots are from some Airfix-pilots IIRC. I have a lot of experience in "plastic surgery" so far since there are only a few kits left that come with pilots in the box (and those often look just bad, like the "standard" Airfix pilots. The PJ´s are made out of Preiser´s excellent "Modern US-Infantry-Set", the ramp-door-gunner will be made also out of some Preiser figures. Here are some impressions of the preiser figures I used on my MH-6Js: And no, I won´t do any basement or diorama for the Pave. HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted July 25, 2006 Author Share Posted July 25, 2006 Ok, some new pics. The helo is glued together, did I mention that the colour of the plastic sucks? :blink: I also added some scratched detail: On the right side of the dog-house I drilled the intake open and coverd it with some photo-etched parts. I also need to drill out the small openings again after painting. On the other side: Also drilled open the little opening. On various pictures of the original aircraft I saw something that I scratchbuilt and can be seen here, it looks like some kind of IR-cover for an APU-exhaust. The Co-Pilot is holding a map to navigate to the infil-point... :blink: HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 That's looking great Hajo! I like the use of other figures to make the crew and the wiring behind the instrument panel. What colour scheme will you be doing it in? Keep the updates coming Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted July 26, 2006 Author Share Posted July 26, 2006 I will make it a grey one. HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted July 28, 2006 Author Share Posted July 28, 2006 OK, now the six o´clock position is also covered... HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 Looking great Hajo. Keep it up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Juanjo D. Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 Hey! Happy to see that I'm motivating people to build more MH-53! there are so few out there.... Keep us posted mate! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackMan Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 (YES, toilet-paper! Not used, of course ; ) ;) :lol: :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 The Pave is painted, now I´m turning to the main rotor. Can anyone tell me what color the blades are on a grey Pave Low? BTW, I will post pictures later this day. HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 Here come the pictures: I just thought to give my Pave a name and therefor called it "Night Rider" as you can see here: The decals are one of the best I´ve ever used, they came off from the paper after only 10 sec., fitted smoothly and without silvering. Obviously I mixed the grey right, since the stencils are really hard to see in contrast to the overall color: This is one of the views I like most of the Pave Low, a sight that will even improve when the aux. tanks are mounted: HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Medevac71 Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 that looks nice , really nice ;) *thumbs up* Quote Link to post Share on other sites
norbert Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 looks great Hajo I enjoy to see all these 53s Norbert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LITTLE BIRD 117 Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 (edited) Juano, You have put out the most detailed bird I have ever seen. I am wrking on the cc conversion for mh-53m 69-5796 could you tell me how you built your seats and you ammo box for your .50cal?If you have any other tips for me any please tell them.Thanks again. Hajo, You also have a nice bird Hajo.I a'nt crazy enough to build the 1/72 i havethe revell,and fujimi mh-53j just not completed. LB Edited August 29, 2006 by LITTLE BIRD 117 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LITTLE BIRD 117 Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Also what colr did you use to paint your mh-53m. LB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted August 30, 2006 Author Share Posted August 30, 2006 I used Revells 43, mixing it with a little bit of black, so it´s not that bright. HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LITTLE BIRD 117 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Thanx again mate.Nice model. LB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted September 10, 2006 Author Share Posted September 10, 2006 Sorry for the delay, here now are the latest pictures of the finished Pavelow: HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
norbert Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Nice to make the rotor turning while shooting, I like the picture. what's your next build ? Norbert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted September 11, 2006 Author Share Posted September 11, 2006 On the desk: Converting a MH-47E into the CSAR-X. Will keep you updated, but over the week I won´t be able to do any progress, I´m busy... HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Juanjo D. Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Juano,You have put out the most detailed bird I have ever seen. I am wrking on the cc conversion for mh-53m 69-5796 could you tell me how you built your seats and you ammo box for your .50cal?If you have any other tips for me any please tell them.Thanks again. LB Hi mate! Thanks. Everything (almost) I did with the model is here, just do a search with my nick name at in-progress pics... In addition, there will be a complete article in Modeler Airplane International (number 18-19 issue). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Juanjo D. Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Hajo! Looking very nice! I specially like the turning rotor pic, very efective. Congrats. mate! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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