Dermo245 Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 (edited) Hi all, Have been really looking forward to this GB for a while now and have pulled this one from the stash. Kit contents/sprue shots.. Clear parts, decals and colour paint guide. This is going to be OOB but instead of the kit decals, I'm hoping to go with an aftermarket set for HSL-51 Warlords - really like that tail scheme! Thanks for looking and good luck with your builds! Dermot Edited September 4, 2013 by Dermo245 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 That would be a cool scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gajman Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Welcome Dermot. It's a nice looking helicopter (personal opinion of course) and in that scheme it should look really good. I hope the GB lives up to expectations Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prenton Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Dermot - glad to see you are in this one..this should be interesting. Love those colours and that tail art - very eyecatching. Philip (I will be entering myself towards the end of the week with something from an earlier time....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintsPhil Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Nice one Dermot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted June 17, 2013 Author Share Posted June 17, 2013 Hi all, So right out of the box, this is a nice kit with some decent interior detail but sadly missing in others - for example, the centre pilot's console is completely bare and no decals come with the kit (but the main instrument binnacle has got good detail!) Oh well, break out the stretched sprue so.. Good to see the sonarbuoy dispenser for the cabin but it's a little plain on the what will be the open door side, so I added some slivers of round sprue. Should look ok when painted and washed. Also added some stretched sprue detail to the roof panel above the cockpit and some of the bulkheads themselves (probably won't be seen!) Nothing done to the seats or the operators' control panel which has really nice detail on it. Thanks for looking! Dermot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1fuN0 Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Hey some nice scratching there Dermot. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 (edited) So here's some interior pics before it gets buttoned up and disappears (mostly). Front office. Was happy how the homemade centre console detail turned out! The kit didn't come with any collectives so scratched those too (not in this pic). Also moved the cockpit bump (right side) to accomodate that. And in the back. The bulkhead nearest the camera will be hidden inside the fuselage so no need to fix. Now that I look at it, maybe a teeny map for the sonar ops table?! Thanks for looking and enjoy your builds. Dermot Edited July 2, 2013 by Dermo245 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Dykas Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Nice work so far. I might have to source one of these myself. Personally I think the HobbyBoss Seahawks are underrated despite some annoying issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prenton Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Dermot That's a lot of very nice detail work - congrats! (I do hope it will be seen from outside, but, even if not, you (and the rest of us here on Brit) will know that it's there.) Philip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted July 15, 2013 Author Share Posted July 15, 2013 Thanks all. Here's where I currently am. All buttoned up and ready for a coat of primer! Decals arrived in the post recently too - yipee! Best wishes, Dermot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnobiz Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Nice-looking sheet, I ordered it last week the schemes are so colourful. I also like the fact that you can build every scheme, not just one or two. I look forward to seeing how the decals perform on your model Arnaud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 Finally got some paint on this one. The grey is hard to see under the light (and mobile phone camera) but trust me it's there! Also got the first coat of red on her tail. Thanks for looking. Dermot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Looking forward to see her with decals on. Good job so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 So finally some more progress on this one. As she was late last night, ready for decals (apologies in advance for the crappy phone camera pics) And a while later with the distinctive markings of the Warlords... This was my first time using decals by Print Scale. I'm no decal expert but would say; What was good... they snuggled (?!) down very well over any raised details Really nicely printed, especially the warrior Musashi and rising sun Stuck to the plastic very well, especially across the curved part of the tailboom. Very good price considering all the other options on the sheet What wasn't so good.. They were incredibly thin - the 'eyes' decals on the tailplane curled like a be-jeepers and it took me no end of coaxing, watering (and the odd swearing) to get them straight and true Almost impossible to move once I had placed them on the surface. No stencils on the sheet other than rescue arrows. And I had to borrow the engine housing stars'n'bars from the Hobbyboss set. Instructions were non-existent - just a side profile (small) of the a/c In the second photo above, you can probably make out that the red of the rising sun decal didn't quite match the red on the tail that I had painted (decal was a different shade) So I spent the rest of last night trying to touch in the decal with very thinned red paint. It's mostly worked I think (in the last photo) and will see how it looks again later on this evening. Thanks for reading and enjoy your builds. Dermot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 (edited) And I'm done! Many thanks to Gary and Metallicus for co-hosting and thanks for all the comments! More pictures in the Gallery. All the best, Dermot Edited August 13, 2015 by Dermo245 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 That's really pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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