eng Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Well I can honestly say this has been one of the most enjoyable builds I've done in many years and I have stuck with this almost constantly without the usual distraction of another new kit arriving or loosing interest. Not quite the Out-of-Box build I'd intended, however the only extra I bought was an Eduard mask set for the windows, the rest of the changes were all scratchbuilt. Work-in-Progress thread here - http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234997923-airfix-seaking-hc4-almost-oob-build-fiddly-bits/ Airfix, well done on a great piece of work, a type sorely needing covered in 1/72 and I for one have another two of these, and two of the HAR.3's still to go! Alterations to the kit as follows:- - tape seat belts on all the seats, - additional cabin details including headset cords, sidewall linings, and emergency kit on the aft wall of the 'broom cupboard' - rotor head rebuilt with swash plate, pushrods and a representation of the folding rotor pipe work on the blades. - detailed the crew entry door with reinforcing angles, stiffeners and handrail assemblies, - underside cargo lifting slings and associated cables, and controls, - drilled out the lightening holes on the main door crew step and the IRCM mounts - added power cables to the IRCM boxes, - grab rail and additional support rods for the winch above the main door, - under nose antenna replaced with fine wire and cockpit side antenna fabricated from wire, - wire antenna along left fuselage made from fine mending thread. Couple of things I'm not too happy with:- - green tint to the upper cockpit windows is not pronounced enough, - the underside sling looks slightly under scale and could have been doing with slightly thicker wire for this, - overall finish is a bit too matt, looking at some of my In-progress pics it would have been better left slightly glossy (I'm NOT remarking that cockpit!!) Right, time for some pics. Just a few notes added to my instructions over the course of this build! All comments, good and bad, gratefully received, hope you like her! Rgds, Eng 57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders154 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 terrific build well done Rodders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Superb mate, good enough to be real. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnthedude Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Outstanding piece of work on that, well done. Finnthedude. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low flyer Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Great looking Junglie there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Cracking job Eng, really lovely Junglie! Have to say that I really like the final sheen you've got on it, looks just right to my uneducated eye! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmouredSprue Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I love it! very well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Looks great! The sheen looks right to me. I like the way the photos pick up the interior detail in unexpected ways, like the wire hanging down inside in photo 2. Nice idea to use the colour scheme page for your notes, too. Regards, Adrian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabo31 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 OK, start with the bad comment. There is nothing, only the two little sink marks on the boarding ladder. All in one, that is a superb looking Commando. I`m impressed with the beautiful fine paint job you did on this Helo. 10 from 10 points. Regards, Udo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Looks good! That's a very neat & flat paint job, good effort! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 AQ beautiful end product with a superb finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Very nice... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Very impressive! That is a very neat finish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattheCat Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Do I really have to say it? Perfect, no less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted July 12, 2016 Author Share Posted July 12, 2016 Wow, genuinely quite taken aback by the amount of great comments from everyone, I won't go back and re-quote everyone personally but thank you all very much, I thought it was just kinda average compared to a lot of the work posted on here. Cracking job Eng, really lovely Junglie! Have to say that I really like the final sheen you've got on it, looks just right to my uneducated eye! Keith Looks great! The sheen looks right to me. I like the way the photos pick up the interior detail in unexpected ways, like the wire hanging down inside in photo 2. Nice idea to use the colour scheme page for your notes, too. Regards, Adrian Looks good! That's a very neat & flat paint job, good effort! Quite surprised no one commented that it should have been slightly glossier, but that's nicely reassuring for me as I thought I may have fallen at the final hurdle on that one, thanks chaps! OK, start with the bad comment. There is nothing, only the two little sink marks on the boarding ladder. All in one, that is a superb looking Commando. I`m impressed with the beautiful fine paint job you did on this Helo. 10 from 10 points. Regards, Udo. Good spot sir! You know, I'm sure I did at some point intend to try and deal with those, probably a sliver of 5 thou plastic over them but they've slipped through the net....and won't be getting touched now, those handrails on the crew steps were a pain in the a**! Thanks very much for the great feedback, after 36ish years modelling I still like to have errors pointed out and suggestions for improvement made. Thanks all Eng 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teeradej Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I like this a lot. Those additional works are worth the effort. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supertom Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I really like this. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnerdad Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Beautiful, and what a great looking kit, shape looks spot on. Mmmm good job. Reckon the wire looks fine. The sheen is perfect in this scale, but possibly more for a well used machine rather than brand new paint job, and they did get dirty! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Very nice indeed! Mike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Really well finished, love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Great work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGKent Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Looks nice! Perfect!ly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Love it, looks awesome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregg136 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Bl**dy brilliant, it looks like a photo of the real thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Really like the little touches - the yellow hazard lines painted on the cabin seat rails visible through the windows, for example. Lovely work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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