Hockeyboy76 Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Looking for something a bit different I found this beastie Not many pieces or stages in the instructions, it’s resin and PE. How hard can it be? Link to the real thing https://schiebel.net/products/camcopter-s-100-system-2/ 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 10 hours ago, Hockeyboy76 said: How hard can it be? I foresee some swearing directed at the etched metal nose intake grill 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Oh nice! I've been sorely tempted by this! Looks like PE rotor blades. I built Attack Squadron's (now Brengun's) 1/48 MQ-8B, and the rotors have sagged notably. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 I have made a start on this. Having never made a complete resin kit before I decided I needed some helpers The self proclaimed Resin King @trickyrich on the right of the photo was no help at all, but my good modelling buddy @nimrod54 on the left very kindly said I could borrow his special modelling specs. For a 1/48 scale kit this badger is tiny. 3 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Good luck with your build H. It should be a nice looking model when finished and it will be something different in the display cabinet. Oh! Could you be quick with my glasses, you're holding up progress on my Buccaneer build. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 OH MY GOD!!!! he's actually going to build a model and a resin one no less!!! I thought @Hockeyboy76 just hung around practising his comedy routine........though trust me he needs ALOT of practise!! Plus I though you were building a shark when I first saw that picture, definitely an interesting wee model (it must be tiny), and looks to be nicely moulded as well. Gioid luck e=with it....plus we need to start a sweep to see how long it takes you to glue your fingers together with CA glue! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 PE tastic Thanks for the coke bottom specs @nimrod54, they really helped with the etch. 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Looking good mate. Are you still able to separate your fingers? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, nimrod54 said: Looking good mate. Are you still able to separate your fingers? Oh yes, very careful with the superglue this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 gosh she is tiny, and nice work on the PE! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Thats looking like a very cool little kit , i like that H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 A tiny Austrian in Australia.... Looks nice and different! Most are white... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 1 hour ago, exdraken said: A tiny Austrian in Australia.... Looks nice and different! Most are white... Thanks dude. Sorry to disappoint, this one will be white and red. There are decal options for gloss black, gloss blue, grey or red and white. On 7/24/2020 at 6:40 AM, Hewy said: Thats looking like a very cool little kit , i like that H Cheers Glynn, I do like going outside of the box every now and again, mostly into an egg box it must be said! On 7/22/2020 at 11:07 PM, trickyrich said: gosh she is tiny, and nice work on the PE! Nice one Rich, once I worked out a system for the PE it went well, although after staring that hard to see, I tripped over the arm chair in my cross eyed state on the way out of the cave I almost bought the 1/72 scale. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 Painting time “I think we are going to need a bigger boat” 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 gosh that is tiny....an entree for the carpet monster! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Great work on the PE, and certainly really different 👍 cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 And it was all going so well until I got to the rotor head The bar in the middle should be attached to the crown below it, but the resin is so soft it split. Also to attach the PE blades you need to cut a slit into the bar ends for the blade to go into. The funny little triangle ish part in a square all by itself should be on the bar, but that came off when cutting the slit into the bar. so that’s that bit then. Right, time for plan B some spare tube plasticard, cut it to the same length as the bar, slots made in the end using a razor saw instead of a blade and the PE blades glued in. Happy with that, now how to fit it to the crown shaped gubbins? What would the King of 144 @nimrod54do In this case? Lets get out the brass rod some micro drilling at 0.4mm and I now have a strong join. Luckily I didn’t up the tail rotor. All ready to be primed. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 57 minutes ago, Hockeyboy76 said: What would the King of 144 @nimrod54do In this case? I would probably have given it a test flight down to the bottom of the garden. You resolved that little issue nicely matey, and the whole thing is looking good. Soon be ready for paint. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 Masking at levels only @nimrod54 is used too Oooooo tiny, shiney, and no where near the amount of time taken by @modelling minion to polish his banana or @trickyrich to figure out how to turn the WiFi on 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 That's looking great buddy. I feel like I have missed a stage though, I can't see any pink primer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 hour ago, nimrod54 said: That's looking great buddy. I feel like I have missed a stage though, I can't see any pink primer. Cheers dude. In the frustration and then elation of the rotor head saga, I forgot to photo the most important part, although I believe the message in the power of primer of pink is spreading like wildfire among the Britmodeller massive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 Oooooo follow the link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53600780 Calling this finished Will go and get some better pics. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Well done buddy, that's a fantastic little model. Looks brilliant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 20 minutes ago, nimrod54 said: Well done buddy, that's a fantastic little model. Looks brilliant. Thanks dude. I forgot to add the lower aerials. Just so you can see how big it really is (I had to borrow the pound coin from Little H) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 That’s a lovely little model H, and beautifully finished. AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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