D.S.H.O.H Door 2 "Bell AH-1 / AB-47" "M.A.S.H" 1:72 Italeri

[Pete in Lincs]

Oh, for that I'd have to retrain.

[The Spadgent]

5 hours ago, corsaircorp said:

Not only could it, but now, it's mandatory !!!

Dang !! a Batcopter is on its way now !!

Sincerely.

CC

I haven’t bought the kit yet. I’m looking for a cheap price. But I gots to do it.

5 hours ago, giemme said:

Somebody, stop him!   

 

No, not you CC @corsaircorp, you've already ended up being an accomplice ...    

Ciao

But 🦇 😍

5 hours ago, corsaircorp said:

Usual suspects to the core !!

CC

Thanks CC there was no struggle.

4 hours ago, perdu said:

Well you know, when you got to railroad you got to railroad.

 

Yippee.

Chooo choooooooooooooo! 🚂🤣

1 hour ago, Pete in Lincs said:

Oh, for that I'd have to retrain.

🙃

[The Spadgent]

Looking here it seems like there are a few differences with my kit and the mash chopper.  ( M.a.s.h )

I’m not going to go crazy on the details but I’ll try and be as faithful as I can. The fuel tank is different, there are some covers that aren’t in the kit and some kit parts that aren’t used. I do love the twin tanks but the bat copter will ease that. 🦇

A little more done.

The tail got cleaned up and the initial construction was glued.

Quite tricky to get together do patience is the order of the day.

I glued the main connector pins first then slowly glued the main post.

Just work your way down. Slowing bits to dry and eventually it’s done. 🤩

a dry fit of the cockpit and the engine.

So lovely this little thing.

After @CedB’s warning about the bearings I tested to see if They lined up. It’s not perfect but it seems ok here. Maybe it’ll be different when it’s glued on the main frame?

To be fair it’s not spot on do I might sand and use tape? 
more of a worry was the single fuel tank but I think I can make one from these two tanks.

We shall see. Now I need to do a little more on the I-16.

 

Thanks for dropping by. All comments welcome.

 

Johnny. 

[corsaircorp]

Lovely scaffolding Spad !!

Well done !!

Is this a 5G tower ?? or a Haaarp one ??

CC

[CedB]

10 hours ago, The Spadgent said:

After @CedB’s warning about the bearings I tested to see if They lined up.

Looks good to me Johnny - perhaps i squished the zig zag getting it into the frame?

I remember it was hard to get it into the narrow end (fnaar!)

[The Spadgent]

15 hours ago, corsaircorp said:

Lovely scaffolding Spad !!

Well done !!

Is this a 5G tower ?? or a Haaarp one ??

CC

Who knows? Choose your conspiracy . 🤣

5 hours ago, CedB said:

Looks good to me Johnny - perhaps i squished the zig zag getting it into the frame?

I remember it was hard to get it into the narrow end (fnaar!)

Maybe. I’ll be vewy vewy careful. 🤗

[The Spadgent]

POW!!!   WHAM!!!!  ZAPPPPOO!!!

Some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb. 💣 🦇❤️ 

 

[The Spadgent]

Hey guys. Not much model time this week but what there was has been spent here.

I had planned on starting the Batcopter but I decided to carry on with the Mash one for now. Paving the way as it were. It seems like there are a few changes to the kit in the mash one and although the bat copter has massive bat wings the changes are in fact fewer. 🤪

Shall we begin?🤩

there were some pin marks in the rear of the office I had missed so they got fixed.

Next up, the skids. “Skids”?

There are two sets? One is curved and not called for on any of the builds. Not even the bat copter. 😯
Any way. They are a bit tricky to say the least to glue but I found this was a good way. Blu tac to the rescue.

I found that I could Jimmy the tac around and get a good fit then dot a little TET in place and voila. 🤩

I’m going to try and focus on my inner @perdu while I scratch build the stretchers. 😇

Can you smell paint?

the base bits got put on sticks.

And primed.

While that dried I had a 1:1 scale model of a shed to construct in the garden. It was donated for free by a friend. 🤩

a blast with a pressure washer. (My new favourite thing) and here are the parts. 

If only all kits were this easy. 🤣

It’s just a utility shed popped in the corner. That’s where the veg patch was over lockdown. Shed number two will arrive in November. 😯

Ok do dry paint means I can move on.

pre shade. I know she’s small but what the hell I have a process.

The seats. I’ll add belts later.

lap belts?

And the frame work.

All the other bits got attention but the engine block got a full black coat as it was mostly going to be metallic and black.

oh I drilled out the pipes too.

Here are all the bits.

Colour got added to the frame.

The ip. 

this got partly constructed as this part was mostly black.

And the seats.
I added a little yellow to the green.

All this got a gloss coat ready for phase one weathering. This is phased as the office will get closed up soon enough.

and the Engine gets closed away but visible. Engine before dry brush steel.

And after.

I will pick out specific black/metal parts later on. I’m however happy with that. 😇

The seat got a bit of weathering powders added.

I’ll do more after the belts are added.

Some re purposed decals from the spares box and a bit of powder on the main controls.

Then construction and more weathering.

So tiny.

But I’m really happy with that.

More later on.

Thanks for dropping by. These builds will periodically move on and halt as is the nature of multi builds but it’s great fun so far.

Take care and as always. Happy modelling.

 

Johnny

[perdu]

Thanks Johnny, I'm really happy with that too.

 

Bluddy gorgeous frontendery.

 

Rather swish and elite middleandbackery too.

 

😀😀😀

[hendie]

you do realize that when it comes to the Batcopter that you'll have to take all your photos at jaunty angles and emblazon them with Zap!, Pow!, & Blam!!! exploding captions don't you?   Will there be a villain?

 

(that bomb scene was always my favorite scene from that film.)

[corsaircorp]

Super work Dear Spad !

But seriously ?? If kits were that easy (As the shed) Where would be the fun ??

CC

 

[Nikolay Polyakov]

I thought it was an 1:48 kit, Johnny! 😬 Such a detailed and accurate... Excellent progress so far, well done! 👍 I’m definitely need this kit...

[CedB]

Lovely work on the internals Johnny - that i/p is especially, er, special!  

[Jackson Duvalier]

If comically-modified Bell 47s are a thing you wish to pursue seriously someone should tell you about the United States Army Helicopter Square Dance Team.

[corsaircorp]

1 hour ago, Jackson Duvalier said:

If comically-modified Bell 47s are a thing you wish to pursue seriously someone should tell you about the United States Army Helicopter Square Dance Team.

Oooh Come on Jackson !!

You tell too much or not enough !!

We want pics now !!

CC

[perdu]

17 minutes ago, corsaircorp said:

Oooh Come on Jackson !!

You tell too much or not enough !!

We want pics now !!

CC

You need to search H-19s CC, just saying...

 

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F564x%2F6f%2F98%2F27%2F6f982764d009ddd346f9221dd63eedf9--square-dance-nostalgia.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F363102788676606284%2F&tbnid=6zAA_mlU27tYIM&vet=12ahUKEwiTgYr_tLPrAhUG0BoKHSgLAKYQMygCegUIARCaAQ..i&docid=EHSeaWv_OfTdFM&w=564&h=769&itg=1&q=h-19 helicopter square dance&client=firefox-b-d&ved=2ahUKEwiTgYr_tLPrAhUG0BoKHSgLAKYQMygCegUIARCaAQ

 

Bizarre.

[Jackson Duvalier]

 

The two "boy" helicopters had hats.  The two "girl" helicopters had wigs and skirts.  It was believed that replicating square dance moves with helicopters was a splendid way to demonstrate the spritely maneuver capabilities of the new flying machines to 1950's America.  The program was successful enough that the H-19s Perdu mentioned above were used later.

 

In retrospect it all seems quite bizarre, if not ahead of its time-- the whole enterprise would seem more likely a decade later, after the drugs had taken effect.

 

I've found footage on the Toob Of Yu before but cannot now.  There was a VHS documentary available in the 90's and somebody was crowdfunding an update, both entitled "Do-Si-Do in the Sky."  The latter effort appears to have stalled, but the remains are still online.  An article with plans and profiles for the four Bell helicopters was published in the IPMS-USA journal concurrent with the videotape release.

 

 

 

Edited August 24, 2020 by Jackson Duvalier
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[giemme]

Lovely all-round progress, Johnny!  

Smart solution for the skids 👍

 

Ciao 

[The Spadgent]

On 8/23/2020 at 1:15 PM, perdu said:

Thanks Johnny, I'm really happy with that too.

 

Bluddy gorgeous frontendery.

 

Rather swish and elite middleandbackery too.

 

😀😀😀

Thanks Bill. 🤗

On 8/23/2020 at 1:34 PM, hendie said:

you do realize that when it comes to the Batcopter that you'll have to take all your photos at jaunty angles and emblazon them with Zap!, Pow!, & Blam!!! exploding captions don't you?   Will there be a villain?

 

(that bomb scene was always my favorite scene from that film.)

Now I do. 🤪🤩😇🦇💣 PANG!!

On 8/23/2020 at 2:56 PM, corsaircorp said:

Super work Dear Spad !

But seriously ?? If kits were that easy (As the shed) Where would be the fun ??

CC

 

True. 🙌

On 8/23/2020 at 8:24 PM, Nikolay Polyakov said:

I thought it was an 1:48 kit, Johnny! 😬 Such a detailed and accurate... Excellent progress so far, well done! 👍 I’m definitely need this kit...

Thank you dear sir.

On 8/23/2020 at 10:55 PM, CedB said:

Lovely work on the internals Johnny - that i/p is especially, er, special!  

Thanks Ced but I think more time and effort went into your own. I loved that.

15 hours ago, Jackson Duvalier said:

If comically-modified Bell 47s are a thing you wish to pursue seriously someone should tell you about the United States Army Helicopter Square Dance Team.

Do the what now?

5 hours ago, Jackson Duvalier said:

 

Oh dear lord. 🤪😳😂😯🙃

56 minutes ago, giemme said:

Lovely all-round progress, Johnny!  

Smart solution for the skids 👍

 

Ciao 

Thanks G.

 

13 hours ago, perdu said:

You need to search H-19s CC, just saying...

 

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F564x%2F6f%2F98%2F27%2F6f982764d009ddd346f9221dd63eedf9--square-dance-nostalgia.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F363102788676606284%2F&tbnid=6zAA_mlU27tYIM&vet=12ahUKEwiTgYr_tLPrAhUG0BoKHSgLAKYQMygCegUIARCaAQ..i&docid=EHSeaWv_OfTdFM&w=564&h=769&itg=1&q=h-19 helicopter square dance&client=firefox-b-d&ved=2ahUKEwiTgYr_tLPrAhUG0BoKHSgLAKYQMygCegUIARCaAQ

 

Bizarre.

Well I never. 😯

[The Spadgent]

A little more on the tiny copter.

I popped in the engine.  If that peg slips she’s done for. 😑😬

The cockpit got constructed and lap belts added.

While doing this I realised I hadn’t painted the outer part. 

bugger. 😧😑 I was thinking about brush painting but I knew it wouldn’t look right so. Behold some CrAzY masking.

I would have used the dome but this happened.

A little Mark from one of the gates.

After the Blenheim mishap I didn’t want to jump into sanding so looking at the ref it seems the mash copter had no doors so that’s how I’ll do this one. So I need to mask the frame. Tamiya tape for curves and regular masking tape to the rescue.

Which gave me a rather nice frame.

After this shot I prised the ending out via the gift of TET. I’m not happy with the colour, I’ll go over with a lighter green tomorrow.  Just a smidge but it’s so tiny changes like this can be done on a whim. 🤗 Thanks for popping in. Hopefully more tomorrow. 
 

Johnny.

 

ps. Can’t decide how to do the bat copter. Start now or when finished? 🤔🤔🤔

 

[corsaircorp]

5 hours ago, Jackson Duvalier said:

 

The two "boy" helicopters had hats.  The two "girl" helicopters had wigs and skirts.  It was believed that replicating square dance moves with helicopters was a splendid way to demonstrate the spritely maneuver capabilities of the new flying machines to 1950's America.  The program was successful enough that the H-19s Perdu mentioned above were used later.

 

In retrospect it all seems quite bizarre, if not ahead of its time-- the whole enterprise would seem more likely a decade later, after the drugs had taken effect.

 

I've found footage on the Toob Of Yu before but cannot now.  There was a VHS documentary available in the 90's and somebody was crowdfunding an update, both entitled "Do-Si-Do in the Sky."  The latter effort appears to have stalled, but the remains are still online.  An article with plans and profiles for the four Bell helicopters was published in the IPMS-USA journal concurrent with the videotape release.

 

 

 

You better hide this pic before the @Martian saw it...

He would buy 4 H-19...

Thank you Jackson !! Great story !!

 

Thanks Bill, 

and Errr, you did'nt give it a try yet ... 

 

Well Spad, Sound like a good idea...

Launching a GB for these square dance party !!

Sincerely.

CC

 

 

[Biggles87]

I can hear the M*A*S*H theme every time I look at this. It’s one of the few TV series ( along with ‘Allo ‘Allo ) that I never tire of watching.

It looks very fragile, I think I would have destroyed it by now, being inherently clumsy.

 

John

[CedB]

Great masking Jont - those internals are looking really smart  

[The Spadgent]

On 8/24/2020 at 11:33 PM, corsaircorp said:

You better hide this pic before the @Martian saw it...

He would buy 4 H-19...

Thank you Jackson !! Great story !!

 

Thanks Bill, 

and Errr, you did'nt give it a try yet ... 

 

Well Spad, Sound like a good idea...

Launching a GB for these square dance party !!

Sincerely.

CC

 

 

😧😬🤫🤣

On 8/25/2020 at 7:15 AM, Biggles87 said:

I can hear the M*A*S*H theme every time I look at this. It’s one of the few TV series ( along with ‘Allo ‘Allo ) that I never tire of watching.

It looks very fragile, I think I would have destroyed it by now, being inherently clumsy.

 

John

Oh I can be clumsy.

On 8/25/2020 at 8:27 AM, CedB said:

Great masking Jont - those internals are looking really smart  

Thanks Mr B

[RAF4EVER]

After the Blenheim mishap I didn’t want to jump into sanding so looking at the ref it seems the mash computer had no doors so that’s how I’ll do this one. So I need to mask the frame. Tamiya tape for curves and regular masking tape to the rescue.

 

Did they have computers in the Korean War?