Well blow me it’s a Ka-27 Helix ( A flying piano in 1/48 ).

[Nikolay Polyakov]

3 hours ago, Gondor44 said:

Let me introduce Spot

😻

[general melchett]

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I believe the person being challenged has the choice of weapons in which case I bags the Armstrong Whitworth Canonette.

Ha, no sah, you have been cruelly deceived...there was a rule change in 1825 decreeing that it was now the challenger who had the choice of weapons in these matters...much like the incident involving my illustrious ancestor, Arthur Melchett-Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, in his infamous contre tant with that renown dullard, George, Prince Regent, (or in this case his misguided stand-in, Mr E Slackbladder)...and we all know how well that ended!

I'm afraid you'll have to put up with a pair of purple feather dusters...

 

Prepare for wax!

 

 

 

 

 

[Martian]

That's not fair, I'm very ticklish!

 

Martian 👽

[The Spadgent]

On 1/22/2019 at 7:15 PM, general melchett said:

Oh, now you've gorn and done it fella...make sure the drinks cabinet's well stocked, (single malt over here) and the fridge is full.....talk about red rag to a bull!

All at full capacity sirs. 😎

On 1/22/2019 at 7:31 PM, Tomoshenko said:

Very nice Johnny. You've got the pre-shading down to a fine art now. Really showing up the details. And it's got a little motor in it to make the rotor thingies go round. Cor proper whirly bird it is now.

Thanks Tomo. I’m really enjoying this ‘un.

On 1/22/2019 at 8:01 PM, Pete in Lincs said:

Rather nice work on this Russki egg beater.

I have the Airfix version, but the less said about that, the better.

You asked if grease would be needed? 

I'd be tempted to just use a smear of Vaseline (stop sniggering at the back!)

Grease may attack the plastic or the glue.

Right oh. Thanks for the tip,

On 1/22/2019 at 8:14 PM, Uncle Uncool said:

 x3... Oh, Melchie, you crack me up everytime!

Hi, Johnny! How's it going, my mate? Helixes now, huh?

Incidentally; I still recall - not too long ago - that "Martian" was actually "Martin". Or was him nay?

Cheers everyone.

 

Unc²

All good thanks Unc.

On 1/22/2019 at 9:00 PM, Nikolay Polyakov said:

Looks very artistic, Johnny! 👍

Why thank you sir.

On 1/22/2019 at 9:09 PM, SA80A2AR said:

very nice

Cheers.😀

On 1/22/2019 at 9:53 PM, f111guru said:

Johnny,

Zipped thru the other night after getting back from a history run to our neighboring state of Arizona. Doing a outstanding job on this helicopter. I don't have the hobby boss kit but have one in 72nd scale. May do similar things.

 

Ron VanDerwarker

Thanks Ron, you won’t regret it she’s a joy to build.

On 1/23/2019 at 5:34 AM, corsaircorp said:

Seconded, vaseline is neutral, That's why it got some more physical use !

I will not put any mineral grease or oïl Dear Spad !

Keep carry on the great job !

Huh, now you know me, some Lamb's will be great just aside the single malt !!

Sincerely.

CC

Thanks CC. Vas applied. 

On 1/23/2019 at 1:14 PM, Martian Hale said:

Just to clarify, did you mean Macbeth?

 

Martian 👽

Aaaasrrrrgh.

"Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends!" Tweak! Ouch. 🤣

On 1/23/2019 at 5:56 PM, limeypilot said:

Oh dear, here we go again!

And who mentioned plump breasted? (whatever happened to that emoji thing?)

Shame on you Sir!

 

Ian

 

I know right. 😂

On 1/23/2019 at 8:40 PM, Dansk said:

Wow what an inspirational build Johnny it looks ace.

Gonna grab myself a pew and enjoy the rest of the show 

 

Thank you. Glad to have you aboard. 

On 1/23/2019 at 11:15 PM, corsaircorp said:

Is there Something rotten in the Denmark kingdom ??

 

I know, it's not the same motion picture from Bill Shakespeare but I can't resist !!

Art School What can I say….

Sincerely !

CC

Great pic CC

On 1/24/2019 at 8:03 PM, Massimo said:

I love those interiors!!!!!

Thanks. 

On 1/24/2019 at 9:07 PM, Martian Hale said:

And like Macbeth he murdered sleep.

 

Martian 👽

Aaaaaaaaarrrr.

"Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends!" Tweak! Eek

On 1/24/2019 at 9:30 PM, general melchett said:

Lovely seats Johnny..sorry about the rude interruptions from certain quarters... 

 

 

Thank you sir.  No problems I’m used to it. 

On 1/24/2019 at 10:03 PM, corsaircorp said:

 

Oh a Duel !! Good idea But even Lord Melchett has to be cautious… Burgelcruncheon is coughing on a large area….

That good old webley will shoot at Something else than speckled pigeon ??? 

Interruptions ?? Quarters ?? Hoooops Sorry Dear Spad !!

Sincerely.

CC

See! 😎🤣

[The Spadgent]

Good afternoon gents, hope you had a spiffing week. I’m glad you’re enjoying the build. I have a little more to offer you so without further ado.

 

I began by giving the internals a light spray of light blue. A added a bit more blue this time.

not bad but still a little heavy on the pre shade so I gave it another blast.

better. 😇

while that dried all the other bits and bobs got a coat. Blue on the canopy, gloss on the rotors.

I then hit the rotors with Vallejo extreeeeeeme metallics.

Mmmmm shiny. I’ll need to full that down.

Next up we’re the seats. I’m trying to be a good boy in the wallet department so I couldn’t justify the lovely resin seat set I’ve seen for this kit. I figured I’d paint them and see.

hmmmm a bit bare.😔 Not to worry, Scratch man to the rescue. 🤹‍♂️  

Scratch man throws caution to the wind, along with Accuracy and goes for a decent shot at detail.

belts like this first from doubled up Tamiya tape painted grey.

Top belts draped and thrown to the middle.

Looking good. The next few steps didn’t get any pics so straight To a Flory washed  seat. 

Right! Happy with that. Soooo three more to go. I took pics of the layer steps this time. Lower belts fitted.

I used tin foil to make the little covers.

And added.

Then painted.

Flory wash added and popped into the interior section.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yay!!  happy with that. 

Right gotta go and do some chores. More later.

Thanks for popping in. Tooddle pip.

 

Johnny.

 

 

Edited January 27, 2019 by The Spadgent

[Brandy]

Holy whatsits, those seats are the dog's!

I obviously need to try harder with the tape!

 

Ian

[Pete in Lincs]

1 hour ago, The Spadgent said:

happy with that.

That makes at least two of us then.

I thought Soviet Choppers disparaged capitalist seat belts and just used string?

You've done a great job on the insides, Shame to hide it with a fuselage!    🚁

[Marlin]

Stunning office Johnny.

/Bosse

[giemme]

Magnificent job with the seats and the whole interiors, Johnny!  

 

Ciao

[Hamden]

 

Very nice interior

 

 Roger

[SA80A2AR]

nice shinny rotor hubs

and very nice scratching 

plus and Extremely good interior

 

my full approval whirly bird johnny

[phildagreek]

Very nice!

[bigbadbadge]

Crikey Johnny, I am late, but have a good excuse, that interior looks ace and those seats are amazing, you have been a good boy in the wallet department and the proud feeling will be far greater than if one had used the resin.  I will have to catch up with this one and a lot of others, trouble is there are not enough hours in the day.

 

Keep up the good work

All the best
Chris

[Spookytooth]

Hey Johnny, I have just caught up with this thread, and it`s damn good mate.

Lovely work on the inners, enough to see, not much wasted.

Will tag along , if I may.

 

Simon.

[Martian]

Very nice!

 

Martian 👽

 

PS: Sorry, I inadvertently mentioned Macbeth the second time. I will try and limit my use of the name Macbeth in future to unavoidable instances. 

[TheBaron]

Always knew you were a man of restraint - them seat straps are the epitome of, well, strappiness! Excellent work Johnny.

9 hours ago, Martian Hale said:

Sorry, I inadvertently mentioned 

At least nobody mentioned the Martian play: 'Eight Tentacles of Verona'...

Launce: What dolor pales thy brow my Lord?

Martianus (for it is he): Methinks I launcheth craft toward the earth in mighty flares of green, yet packeth not a change of undergarments. 

Launce: These stag-dos proceedeth beyond all modesty...

[general melchett]

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Martianus (for it is he): Methinks I launcheth craft toward the earth in mighty flares of green, yet packeth not a change of undergarments. 

Surely. that was Coriolanus!....or was it The Marschant of Vogon, or Vogon and Adonis, Mars ado about nowt?.....

 

 

[Brandy]

4 hours ago, general melchett said:

Surely. that was Coriolanus!....or was it The Marschant of Vogon, or Vogon and Adonis, Mars ado about nowt?.....

I think you're thinking of "The Martian of Venice", where a dastardly Martian tried to sell Vogon poetry to the locals.

 He was only stopped because it was proved to have made a Venetian blind.

 

Ian

[Martian]

3 hours ago, limeypilot said:

I think you're thinking of "The Martian of Venice", where a dastardly Martian tried to sell Vogon poetry to the locals.

 He was only stopped because it was proved to have made a Venetian blind.

 

Ian

Mind you Macbeth was pretty dastardly on the not so quiet. 

 

Martian 👽

[The Spadgent]

On 1/27/2019 at 2:48 PM, limeypilot said:

Holy whatsits, those seats are the dog's!

I obviously need to try harder with the tape!

 

Ian

Much appreciated. You’re a gent. 😄

On 1/27/2019 at 4:13 PM, Pete in Lincs said:

That makes at least two of us then.

I thought Soviet Choppers disparaged capitalist seat belts and just used string?

You've done a great job on the insides, Shame to hide it with a fuselage!    🚁

Don’t worry there’s a lot of glass and doors open to boot. 

On 1/27/2019 at 4:14 PM, Marlin said:

Stunning office Johnny.

/Bosse

Thanks.

On 1/27/2019 at 5:42 PM, giemme said:

Magnificent job with the seats and the whole interiors, Johnny!  

 

Ciao

Thanks G man. 😄

On 1/27/2019 at 7:02 PM, Hamden said:

 

Very nice interior

 

 Roger

Thanks.

On 1/27/2019 at 7:30 PM, SA80A2AR said:

nice shinny rotor hubs

and very nice scratching 

plus and Extremely good interior

 

my full approval whirly bird johnny

Cheeres. 🙂

On 1/27/2019 at 7:37 PM, phildagreek said:

Very nice!

Too kind.

On 1/27/2019 at 7:56 PM, bigbadbadge said:

Crikey Johnny, I am late, but have a good excuse, that interior looks ace and those seats are amazing, you have been a good boy in the wallet department and the proud feeling will be far greater than if one had used the resin.  I will have to catch up with this one and a lot of others, trouble is there are not enough hours in the day.

 

Keep up the good work

All the best
Chris

Thanks Chris. Your not wrong about the time issue. 🏃‍♂️

On 1/27/2019 at 8:17 PM, Spookytooth said:

Hey Johnny, I have just caught up with this thread, and it`s damn good mate.

Lovely work on the inners, enough to see, not much wasted.

Will tag along , if I may.

 

Simon.

Hya Simon Glad you like her so far. Nice to have you along for the ride. 😃

21 hours ago, Martian Hale said:

Very nice!

 

Martian 👽

 

PS: Sorry, I inadvertently mentioned Macbeth the second time. I will try and limit my use of the name Macbeth in future to unavoidable instances. 

Thanks aaaand you rotter.

 

12 hours ago, TheBaron said:

Always knew you were a man of restraint - them seat straps are the epitome of, well, strappiness! Excellent work Johnny.

Thankee sir. 

2 hours ago, Martian Hale said:

Mind you Macbeth was pretty dastardly on the not so quiet. 

 

Martian 👽

Oi!!! 

[The Spadgent]

Thanks for all your kind words. I have a little more done on the old wobble box we have hit sanding so nowt too interesting but I think the next few steps will be quite straight forward. Right? 🤔

Any hoo while I was waiting for top coats to dry etc I did a little Flory action on the inside walls.

Nice even coverage with just a hint of streaking. Just what I was after. I then rubbed away with a bit of sponge from a brassin kit.

hetes the roof with the decal dacco treated. The side walls got a bigger rub down.

quite extreme but I wanted some good contrast. I started sticking the parts together, roof first.

As you can see the rotor unit got some vas and was then added to the top. It seemed a bit fragile until I added this bit to hold it all together.

that top section pushes the whole thing down and pins all the little cogs in place. 😃 The main office then got glued in on the other side.

Dont worry about those pin marks they won’t get seen, they’re behind the console, however the middle bit is seen from one of the windows hence the wash.  I needed clamps to hold it all in place regardless of the great fit. After drying both sides got brought together.

pretty darn good. I added some ppp but after primer there is still a seam that needs fixing.  So out with Mr Surfacer.

And then sanding and priming yields this.

not bad but it’ll need another sand before I’m happy. Before I finished up for the night I thought I’d dry fit the main tail parts.

coool!!!! 😎  gotta Skedaddle. Thanks for dropping by. Take care chaps and as always. Happy Modelling.

 

Johnny boy.

[corsaircorp]

Hello Spad !

She look smart !!

Never saw such a nice flying piano !

Tovaritch Kamov can feel some pride in looking at your build !

Sincerely.

CC

[giemme]

Looking Ace, Johnny!  Can't see no seam anymore

 

Ciao

[perdu]

Blimey Jonny that looks amazing

 

If I could spell it/understand it I'd call it sumptuous seating and tremendously finished internals

 

But as it's old plain me how about

 

MAHVELLOUS M'DARLING

 

 

[The Spadgent]

On 1/29/2019 at 7:23 AM, corsaircorp said:

Hello Spad !

She look smart !!

Never saw such a nice flying piano !

Tovaritch Kamov can feel some pride in looking at your build !

Sincerely.

CC

Ha thanks CC. I’ve changed the name of the tread now in honour of the Flying Piano. 🤣

On 1/29/2019 at 8:11 AM, giemme said:

Looking Ace, Johnny!  Can't see no seam anymore

 

Ciao

Thanks Giorgio. 

On 1/29/2019 at 3:10 PM, perdu said:

Blimey Jonny that looks amazing

 

If I could spell it/understand it I'd call it sumptuous seating and tremendously finished internals

 

But as it's old plain me how about

 

MAHVELLOUS M'DARLING

 

 

That’s far too kind Bill. Thanks. 

 

a few little dribs and drabs tonight.

I got the engines on and the canopy got stuck down with gators grip as I wasn’t happy with taping it in place to do the sanding as I might need to fill around the clear part. 

Also lost an entire tail section to the carpet monster for a full ten minutes.

how on earth. 🤷‍♂️🤣 

Remenber I said I was on a budget this month? Well I kinda spoilt it at the LMS in Brum today. I saw this and simply had to pick it up. 

it seemed to be a really great price. I couldn’t find it cheaper anywhere so I snapped it up. I’ve always wanted to make this since I was little. Upon opening the box I found.

wowza. Bargain at £24.99 for that lot. I see silver in my future.

 

Any hoo im off to bed.

sweet dreams you lot and thanks for all the interest in the Flying Piano.

Johnny.