thorfinn Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 A quick and dirty Summer 'away-from-the-Internet' build, straight out of the box, with no frills and using the kit makings. It's Revell-Germany's aged but nifty 1/144 CH-53G Sea Stallion, in the livery of the German Army's contingent to the NATO peacekeeping force in Kosovo in the early 2000's. This one had been sitting in the stash for years waiting to be turned into a USN RH-53 Minehunter...or maybe one of those wildly-colored Iranian Navy birds...but the seductive lure of the RAL colors finally won the day. The build was pretty painless save for the unruly seams on engine pods and the aft fuselage. Camouflage scheme was taken directly from the drawings on the kit instruction sheet---which, kudos to Revell, was rendered in conveniently-precise 1/144 scale...the same as the kit. {I believe that's actually the first time I've ever experienced that). Colors are my own mixes of Tamiya acrylics, slightly lightened for scale effect. Revell's decal sheet was obsessively complete---with what seemed dozens of tiny stencils---but printed, as some of their older kit decals were, on a sort of 'leathery' decal stock that responded indifferently to setting solution and were highly prone to silvering. But, hey, what would life be without challenges, right? Haven't given up on the conversion idea...someday...but it's good to see this small-scale lovely built. Hope you enjoy the shots. 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisTheBear Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Oh, nice! If'n ya hadn'ta said it was 1/144 I would have said it was at least 1/72. Great work! DennisTheBear 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Excellent build! Your finishing and details certainly belie the small scale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfinn Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 10 hours ago, DennisTheBear said: Oh, nice! If'n ya hadn'ta said it was 1/144 I would have said it was at least 1/72. Great work! DennisTheBear Thanks. I had the same sense while cropping the photos. Except for the too-thick rotor blades, it's not a bad resemblance. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny akes Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Congratulations Thorfinn, that is superb even without taking the tiny scale into consideration! That could easily pass for a much bigger scale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfinished project Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Cracking job and as said before if you didn’t say it was 1/144 it could easily pass for 1/72. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Thats a superbly finished CH-54, made even more so by the fact thats its 1/144. What a beautiful little model. I may seek one of these out. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Great result, which (as others have said) belies the small scale. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfinn Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 Thank you, Gentlemen! I've been quite taken with 1/144 'eggbeaters' in the past year or so...with a brace of the lovely Sweet Sea Kings and this one currently in my (tiny) hangar. I've got some Dragon Blackhawks I'll take on (as soon as I can remember which crate they're in...). And just last week I was looking at reviews of a Dragon entry I hadn't seen before...a slick little Chinese WZ-10 attack helicopter. It's becoming a minor obsession.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 That's just lovely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Super cool! I'm going to see about getting a couple of these now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goon Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 This is a lovely model in any scale - In 1/144 it's very special. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdo Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Very nicely and neatly done. Beautiful work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Wow, that is superb. AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Great work! And not that small overall, no? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfinn Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 3 hours ago, exdraken said: Great work! And not that small overall, no? Thanks! It's about 5.5 inches long, nose-to tail...just over 7 inches long over rotor-tips. (Excuse the poor cell-phone photo) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 2 hours ago, thorfinn said: Thanks! It's about 5.5 inches long, nose-to tail...just over 7 inches long over rotor-tips. (Excuse the poor cell-phone photo) thanks! so about 13-17 cm I have no clear idea about inches 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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