Agusta-Bell AH-1 - Italeri 1/72

[bbudde]

[Biggles87]

Double ditto 

[Brandy]

bloody hell Ced, that ip is amazing! Lovely job!

 

Ian

[Hamden]

 

Your IP looks top notch

 

  Roger

[hendie]

5 hours ago, hendie said:

oooh nice detailing on the IP Ced

 

4 hours ago, CedB said:

Thanks hendie  Actually that's just the Meng black - I hadn't started detailing yet!

 

I was being proactive Ced, see...

 

4 hours ago, CedB said:

 

 

 

Very nice job indeed

 

 

[CedB]

Thanks Keith, Benedikt, John, Ian, Roger and Hendie  

 

Wait, wait, it's not finished yet!

 

The MicroSol has done its work nicely:

 

 

… ready for some colour dabs in the morning.

 

As it was mostly dry I decided I could paint the battery:

 

 

There it is… no look, just to the right of the battery image.

Yes it is SMALL!

 

 

Nevertheless some of you (you know who you are) want the label too? 

Right.

Might as well do these labels as well:

 

 

…on the 3mm wide i/p base

No, no, I know what high standards you hold me too and I will do my best.

Here are the designs in Inkscape:

 

 

What do you mean you can't read them?

Honestly.

Here they are before I reduced them to 'actual size':

 

 

I'll fire up the Canon inkjet in the morning but the laser won't print them - too small.

 

At least I tried…

 

(Only kidding guys, let's see what's possible)  

[TheBaron]

6 hours ago, CedB said:

I've painted the i/p:

Sending all mine over for you to do from now on!

That's fantastic work.

 

'Ced the Painter produced a peck of perfect IPs...'

 

[Andwil]

7 hours ago, CedB said:

Now then AW, you're teasing, aren't you?

Not guilty M’Lud, I didn’t do it, I wasn’t there (in this instance), I fear you have me confused for another Andy.

 

Love the IP.

 

AW

[keefr22]

I put some red labels about that size on a couple of 1/48 ejection seats t'other day. I just cut them out of the centre red stripe on an old USAF decal....!! 

 

K

[CedB]

2 hours ago, TheBaron said:

Sending all mine over for you to do from now on!

That's fantastic work.

 

'Ced the Painter produced a peck of perfect IPs...'

 

Thanks Tony, appreciated  

1 hour ago, Andwil said:

Not guilty M’Lud, I didn’t do it, I wasn’t there (in this instance), I fear you have me confused for another Andy.

 

Love the IP.

 

AW

Oh, sorry Andy (he said in a sarcastic voice), I must be confused  

1 hour ago, keefr22 said:

I put some red labels about that size on a couple of 1/48 ejection seats t'other day. I just cut them out of the centre red stripe on an old USAF decal....!! 

 

K

Thanks Keith, good tip  

 

 

I can't go to sleep with this on my mind so I tried the high-resolution Canon Inkjet and still no joy. Not surprising, really.

 

So, this is all you're getting:

 

 

It'll look fine.

 

I just (!!) need to add a few wires and that funny bottle thing (and maybe fans) and we're done on the back.

[Cookenbacher]

Wow Ced, that IP looks like it really works - did you calibrate it for 1/72 or or 1:1 ceiling placement?

[giemme]

Top job, Ced! Impressive detailing!  

 

Ciao

[perdu]

Looking rather fine old man, bet you are beginning to like 1/72 scale rotary by now huh

 

 

#slipperyslope

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

👍

[andyf117]

Very impressive work on the IP, and battery, and labels... Now, didn't someone mention "running fans, obviously"?

 

[CedB]

9 hours ago, Cookenbacher said:

Wow Ced, that IP looks like it really works - did you calibrate it for 1/72 or or 1:1 ceiling placement?

Thanks Cookie  Not calibrated yet; we'll have to wait for the test flight.

4 hours ago, giemme said:

Top job, Ced! Impressive detailing!  

 

Ciao

Thanks Giorgio, appreciated  

2 hours ago, perdu said:

Looking rather fine old man, bet you are beginning to like 1/72 scale rotary by now huh

 

 

#slipperyslope

 

👍

Thanks Bill  

Liking small choppers (fnaar)? Might be… old ones anyway.

1 hour ago, andyf117 said:

Very impressive work on the IP, and battery, and labels... Now, didn't someone mention "running fans, obviously"?

 

Thanks Andy - behave!  

 

 

I/p finished:

 

 

perdu recommended watercolour pencils and Karisma silver.

I very tentatively gave it a sealing coat of satin varnish after that shot - luckily the decals haven't lifted. Phew.

 

Can't really do much until the pens arrive so I've moved elsewhere.

The tanks are fairly well represented (they're sort of bladders in a solid bucket) but the edges needed sanding down a bit (before and after):

 

 

 

Bit more?

 

Things are being prepared for painting DG:

 

 

Back to the back of the panel. 

The battery needs 'a green thing on the side':

 

 

Painted more than I needed in the event that it pinged when cut. It did.

Then I remembered the patent anti-ping device:

 

 

… and, once I'd dug the tiny bit out of the Tak, it got glued on and touched up:

 

 

Two of the three white things are due today so I've painted a spoon to practice on:

 

 

Later.

[Spookytooth]

That looks all very nice Ced.

Great IP sir, 1/72 scale too.

 

Simon.

 

[Heather Kay]

To prevent pinging I’ve developed the habit of placing the tip of a forefinger over the part being cut off as I press on the blade. Hopefully, the blade cuts the part and not the digit.

 

I got the idea while observing Best Beloved's tootsies being dealt with by a podiatrist. 

[hendie]

mega impressed with that IP Ced - time well spent.

 

As Bill commented - are you getting into the love of rotors now knowing that all that hard work you put into the IP will be on display forever even after you put the canopy on?

[andyf117]

1 hour ago, CedB said:

Thanks Andy - behave!  

 

I/p finished:

 

 

perdu recommended watercolour pencils and Karisma silver.

I very tentatively gave it a sealing coat of satin varnish after that shot - luckily the decals haven't lifted. Phew.

'Twas not me, but a certain other gentleman of this online parish who raised motorised rotors and running fans!

 

Those tiny dabs of colour lift the IP up another level - I'm with TheBaron, I'm sending you all my Sea King ones!

Edited January 20, 2020 by andyf117

[Spookytooth]

37 minutes ago, Heather Kay said:

To prevent pinging I’ve developed the habit of placing the tip of a forefinger over the part being cut off as I press on the blade. Hopefully, the blade cuts the part and not the digit.

 

I got the idea while observing Best Beloved's tootsies being dealt with by a podiatrist. 

Another trick Heather is to cut those small bits off Fnar in a large plastic bag that you get the runners in.

 

Simon.

[perdu]

[Mr Burns "Exc...]

Oh well you know the quote

 

Looks absolutely A1@ Lloyd's Ced, things of beauty come to mind

[Biggles87]

Can I send you some my IPs too, they’re 1/48 so would be a doddle for you. I’m waiting to have a couple of cataracts to be removed next September ( I hope ) so it’s not worth changing my glasses prescription at the moment. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.

 

John

[giemme]

2 hours ago, CedB said:

Then I remembered the patent anti-ping device:

 

 

2 hours ago, CedB said:

 

 

 

Ciao

 

[Brandy]

Ced, that ip is astonishing, a real thing of beauty!

Fans next then!

 

Ian

[CedB]

4 hours ago, Spookytooth said:

That looks all very nice Ced.

Great IP sir, 1/72 scale too.

 

Simon.

 

Thanks Simon - tiny it is. My poor eyes  

4 hours ago, Heather Kay said:

To prevent pinging I’ve developed the habit of placing the tip of a forefinger over the part being cut off as I press on the blade. Hopefully, the blade cuts the part and not the digit.

 

I got the idea while observing Best Beloved's tootsies being dealt with by a podiatrist. 

Ewwwww  Good tip Heather, except this stuff is too small for that method! 

4 hours ago, hendie said:

mega impressed with that IP Ced - time well spent.

 

As Bill commented - are you getting into the love of rotors now knowing that all that hard work you put into the IP will be on display forever even after you put the canopy on?

Thanks Hendie  

I am starting to like them but I think I'll stick to the early ones. I've got a Dragonfly already and have a Sycamore, Belvedere and an autogyro thingy on the wishlist.

Any other suggestions? Scout of course but they're rare as rocking hor hens teeth.

3 hours ago, andyf117 said:

'Twas not me, but a certain other gentleman of this online parish who raised motorised rotors and running fans!

 

Those tiny dabs of colour lift the IP up another level - I'm with TheBaron, I'm sending you all my Sea King ones!

You're forgiven Andy and apologies  

3 hours ago, Spookytooth said:

Another trick Heather is to cut those small bits off Fnar in a large plastic bag that you get the runners in.

 

Simon.

Good one Simon  

3 hours ago, perdu said:

[Mr Burns "Exc...]

Oh well you know the quote

 

Looks absolutely A1@ Lloyd's Ced, things of beauty come to mind

Thanks Bill, means a lot that you, as one of my Gurus, likes the work  

3 hours ago, Biggles87 said:

Can I send you some my IPs too, they’re 1/48 so would be a doddle for you. I’m waiting to have a couple of cataracts to be removed next September ( I hope ) so it’s not worth changing my glasses prescription at the moment. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.

 

John

No thanks John but good luck with the cataract ops  

2 hours ago, giemme said:

 

 

 

 

Ciao

 

Thanks Giorgio, very kind  I think that might have been your Tak tip eh?

2 hours ago, limeypilot said:

Ced, that ip is astonishing, a real thing of beauty!

Fans next then!

 

Ian

Thanks Ian  

Look at this again:

 

 

Can you see the fans? Can you?

Yes, OK, you can. Rats.

And that little glass jar.

And some cables coming from the back of the panel.

Huh.

 

In the meantime I've sprayed some bits with my new (thanks to Cookie and PC) 'Colourcoats only' airbrush:

 

 

Newsflash - these have JUST arrived:

 

 

I might give them a go later.