gengriz Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) This is Italeri's Bell Sioux model (US Army release) modified to represent a Westland Sioux of the Dieppe Flight, Air Troop, 40 Cdo Royal Marines, operating out of Sembawang Air Base, Singapore, 1968. Italeri do issue a British Army variant of this kit, but this was a US one, so I had to do a few small mods. The landing skids aren't quite right, and the radios behind the fuel tanks are a little small, but otherwise I hope I've captured it. I added said radios, paper seatbelts, the small blade antenna and ground plane, plus the whip aerial on the tail. Decals come from my spares box. I've seen an etch replacement tail boom for this kit, but quite honestly the kit parts seem good enough for me. They are a little fiddly, but the only real issue I had was aligning the engine - although it doesn't really show, I think mine is at too much of a slant forward and I'm not sure where or if I went wrong. FLY NAVY FredT Edited August 17, 2019 by gengriz Images moved from Photobucket 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Cornes Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Nice one! Not seen one of these built before - must be tiny!! Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 That is a nice little kit you have there and nicely done. I too have this kit and thought of replacing the tail boom with brass rod but the kit item does not look as bad as I thought it would. Gary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I echo what Gary says. This looks more than ok built up to your standard here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 You've done an excellent job with this. I like that a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gengriz Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 10 minutes ago, Simon Cornes said: Nice one! Not seen one of these built before - must be tiny!! I always mean to put some sort of scale to these smaller builds and always forget; so here's a penny for comparison! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glatisant Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 That's excellent.Not a helicopter I ever thought interesting,but I have to get one now.Great inspiration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Does indeed look excellent. Good job for a tiny model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidy Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Nice one! I've built one before and the engine looks as slanted as yours is, so either we both did the same things wrong or it's just how Italeri meant it to be. Anyway, I've been meaning to build another in the markings of a British example from Malaya/Borneo and yours build gives much needed inspiration. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 What a little stunner,Superb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberraman Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 A sweet Sioux. A lovely and inspirational build of the tiny chopper. mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 A terrific rendition of the Clockwork Mouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Great stuff! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adey m Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 (edited) I really like that Sioux, Fred. And so refreshing to see a model built using the bits that come in the box too instead of resorting to aftermarket bendy metal bits............. Adrian Edited February 11, 2017 by adey m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I agree with all of the above. Lovely model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin38 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Great little build, nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Very slick build! I have a special heart for the Bell 47 type, since it was the first helicopter I was airborne in, as a budding film cameraman in 1969… https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-j8m_fsmqPRbVZRTFRRX2phYjA Say what you want – in reality, that tubular tail structure is so delicate looking that it is impossible to injection mould it, even to 1:48th scale. The only solution is to scratch the tail from brass or alu tube. I'm still hesitating if I should really start a project like that, in 1:48th… Elegantly finished '47! Kind regards, Joachim PS In spite of inserting a picture should be so simple (!), the automatic system doesn't seem to like a google drive image. So, if you want to see the tail structure, you'll have to click the link. Sorry! I just read through the whole 'How to post images' thread and apparently the URL has to end in ".jpg". But Google Drive apparently doesn't work like that and that's where I keep my images, so… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Gruntfuttock Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Very nice little model - I have a couple of these kits and this is the first time I have seen one done , and done sweetly too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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