simmerit Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Dan has persuaded me to stick this up here. Its on another forum, but he's a mate and here goes.Its an absolute monster. It sat on a shelf for three years whilst I located bits for itshould give you an idea of the size of the thingmake a mental note of those seats.......................I picked up the Trumpeter kit for the little lads and cracked on with them. I started this when we were deployed in Afghan, so that's the period I decided to model. Dont know if I'd do that now, but we are where we arestill got a lot to do on these lads including micsI searched high and low for these and even spoke to the lad who did the originals. I finally located bits in Italy, Germany and the Netherlands. I think they are still out of production sadly as they are goodThis is the Cobra panel. Its niceThese are Septics from the Trumpeter kit.A lot to do when I looked at this Two choices. The panel shipped with the kit or the Cobra Edwood etch which looks lovely you can see the dilemma The detail in the loading bay area is pants Big Ed etch improves it a bit but its not the whole answer soundproof lining is not good also It had to go Cobra seats erm real soundproof lining so you can see the problem 90 individual hangers to do and some scratch building straps loose for access to the windows 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted November 25, 2015 Author Share Posted November 25, 2015 First thing was to strip out the molded formers cobra vs edwood some of the gubbins cardboard formers to make farsands of em There is a deliberate mistake in this shot. My knowledge of these is limited to lst being in one 20 odd years ago! Making a start on the loading bay alu rod early attempt at lining This is what I used for the lining. Really light weight cobra seats live resin M60s or edwood Here is where I hit a mental block that lasted over a year. Those seats dunno where they came from!! precision engineering is that. Shot an AK as well which was not bad actually. Just finding random shots in with the wokka wokka, so what the hell! And here is where it sat for a year because of these things Right. That it is up to date as of two week ago when I picked it back up. More if I get a minute tomoz. 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted November 25, 2015 Author Share Posted November 25, 2015 So here is where I picked up the seats. 90 of these to individually bend. Nightmare you get the idea. 15 a night, which is one set of seats. 10 seats, and 2 single seats. Horrible 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 This is just brilliant.... sheer madness mind you, but just brilliant !! I could look at those WIP photos for hours as there's some great modelling tips in almost each one. Gotta love a good Wokka and this ones turning out to be the best I've seen. Cheers.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper-30 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 (edited) Coming along ...one day you will finish something Good modeling mate Terry Edited November 26, 2015 by viper-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 Coming along ...one day you will finish something Good modeling mate Terry I did say I'd crack it Terry. Shift tonight mate? This is just brilliant.... sheer madness mind you, but just brilliant !! I could look at those WIP photos for hours as there's some great modelling tips in almost each one. Gotta love a good Wokka and this ones turning out to be the best I've seen. Cheers.. Dave Thanks Dave. I skipped over the failed experiment with modelling clay.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 She's playing jelly splash so I may as well get it up to date. Brass rod and tube purchased. This gives you an idea of the joyous task of the hangers The singletons are located right at the back of the heli by the loading bay took me a week to crack each side. There is a minor gaf to correct 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 good bit of drilling to do with the trusty dremel These are for the seats which will go in here Its a single seat that goes on the end though 6 of these to do for the seats that are lowered. I decided to raise the seats in the loading bay These are the supports that sit under the seats One side complete. Needs to nail the other side them I can spray, paint and assemble Should give you the idea The straps in front of the windows need bending behind the seats as the windows act as emergency exits 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark 64 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Great start. You put your kit for a year ...wow!.. awesome start.. Will be following this. Oliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 This is hugely impressive! It screams out to be in a diorama setting when it is finished. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 This is hugely impressive! It screams out to be in a diorama setting when it is finished. Martin Thanks Martin but its absolutely mahoosive mate. The handful there are posted on the web on various sites have them mostly on posh wooden mounts. I had the mental debate about having either an L118 light gun with a strap fitted ready for pickup and the heli on the ground, or with it touching down and a some lads in an all round defence preparing to move, but the issue is obviously getting the figures as British squaddies in 1/35th are not plentiful and the body armour is too complex to scratch. I do have a 1 tonner which I'd love to suspend from it but the mrs would go ape if I tried to hand it from the ceiling!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer66 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Great work Simmerit! The seat straps look like on enormous mind numbing task, they'll be worth it once completed though. Really loving the level of detail here, the rear end interior looks really good. Looking forward to seeing more. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 outstanding eye to detail and great modelling..... lovely rgds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 Thanks lads. I hope the exterior paint job does it justice when I get to it - new airbrush that I just cant quite get to grips with.... Mrs out on the raz tonight so hopefully I will break the back the of the other row of seats tonight before she gets in and I get some drunken grief from her about the mess on her table and lovely table cloth getting ruined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 This is one "mental" build, Sah! And I mean that in the best possible way...... Thank you for sharing with us. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Absolutely brilliant work, totally brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Fantastic build and one to follow. Unfortunately your Live Resin door guns are not M60's. They are M240's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 Fantastic build and one to follow. Unfortunately your Live Resin door guns are not M60's. They are M240's. I've not looked for a 18 months. I just slammed the pictures in last night. You are kidding? Damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Stunning work so far, looks fantastic.... i have the a boxing but the sheer size scrares me lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FZ6 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 This looks fantastic. I have this kit to do someday and you're really doing it justice. I will be following with interest for some tips. Regards, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 Fantastic build and one to follow. Unfortunately your Live Resin door guns are not M60's. They are M240's. Just checked them and of course you are right. In my dim and distant memory, I seem to recollect its the mounts that caught my eye as they are for the Chinook. Looks like a minor investment required Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 Thanks for all the compliments lads. She's out on the raz so I'm cracking on with the other seats. I dont now why I didn't think of this before but its such a blinkin easy way of drilling rod.................................................... Bit of masking tape folded over and a pencil dot where the hole is required. The masking tape stops the drill slipping and it also gives you the correct location for the hole. Durgh.... Anyway took two mins as opposed to an hour............................... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 (edited) last seat rail so before I soldered this, I spent ages telling myself 'dont forget these are opposites. One l/h and one r/h,so they are opposites' yup. Solddrered the supports round the wrong way and only spotted it when the whole thing was done.................. My trusty pliable errs soon put that right. Onto the three remaining upright supports and I'm done!! nearly three weeks graft (elapsed time) including those hagers Edited November 26, 2015 by simmerit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy wood Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 This is seriously, seriously impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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