moviedrone Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 (edited) Tonight Matthew I will be building the Special Hobby 1/72 AH-1G Cobra helicopter designated “Pandora’s Box”. I had originally just ordered decals and paint masks from Hannants for the Revell rebox I already have, then realised it didn’t have all the parts I needed, so I just bought the the SH Over Vietnam kit as it wasn’t expensive. Edited August 22, 2020 by moviedrone spacing 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 welcome along with an awesome Cobra!!! gee it looks tore a nice looking model by the sprue shot, I see they even give you the initial and normal types of tail rotor as well. Good luck with the build, look forward to following its progress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviedrone Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 Thanks Rich! I have primed... exciting, I know! Used this matt black stuff from Autotek as everyone seemed to be out of Mr Surfacer Black. Bloody glad I have the Revell kit as backup as well, as I was cutting some sprue off the tiny vent that goes above the cockpit and when I snipped it flew off somewhere in the vicinity of the kitchen. Is there a modelling term for when that happens? Oh well, onward! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Lovely little piece of kit. I've really enjoyed building this one. Reasonable detail. Fine panel lines. Parts just fit...minimal fussing about. I don't recall any issues aside using care when you get to the decal stage. They are very thin, and if the area isn't wet enough when you put them down, they are very susceptible to tearing. But as long as you keep the area sufficiently wet, they are quite workable with some care. Were you planning the early or late Pandora? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 23 hours ago, moviedrone said: Is there a modelling term for when that happens? For me thats normal. Obviously you have a form of carpet monster living in your kitchen, we all have them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviedrone Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 On 26/08/2020 at 21:15, helios16v said: Lovely little piece of kit. I've really enjoyed building this one. Reasonable detail. Fine panel lines. Parts just fit...minimal fussing about. I don't recall any issues aside using care when you get to the decal stage. They are very thin, and if the area isn't wet enough when you put them down, they are very susceptible to tearing. But as long as you keep the area sufficiently wet, they are quite workable with some care. Were you planning the early or late Pandora? Early - have a set of Print Scale decals for it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviedrone Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 Okay, so I've been working on other things and I wanted to wait until the pilots showed up, which they did. Sadly not 100% intact, as a part of one of the seats had broken off, so I ended up sawing off the seat back and replacing it with the kit one. They're all drying now and ready for painting and hopefully can get this bird up in the air soon. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Those figures look really nice and will be great when painted up. They will really help bring the model to life too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviedrone Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 Figures aren't done yet, need to do seatbelts and a bit more detailing but they're not far off. Had to cut the pilot (left) arm off to move it and will likely have to shave some off so he can fit in the cockpit, as they're designed to be in it with the canopy open, but I'm doing it closed. But that's why it looks gnarly. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 I have seen that crew set advertised, it'll look great with the chopper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviedrone Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 Managed to get the figures in the tub and the side panels on, now started putting together the fuselage in preparation for all that olive drab. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Good job getting the figures in the cockpit, they look very good. This is close to the fuselage being closed up already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviedrone Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 Fuselage now closed up, a couple of iffy bits mainly due to the terrible instructions but all good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Taking shape very nicely, despite whatever issues the instructions might be throwing your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Yeah, they are pretty vague in places. Then they don't bother pointing out which optional bits are required for which scheme which makes things slightly frustrating (and why I had to change mine on the fly...and it may very well still be wrong ). It was a solid little kit otherwise. Just a bit of stopping, double checking, and test fitting to make sure you don't back yourself into corner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviedrone Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 And the paint goes on... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Very nice and smooth looking coat of paint there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviedrone Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 Thank you, I was going to airbrush it but I seem to have lost my paint jar so I had to brush paint it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 2 hours ago, moviedrone said: Thank you, I was going to airbrush it but I seem to have lost my paint jar so I had to brush paint it. Even better if you hand painted it, really nice work.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Special Hobby doing vague instructions!!!!!! Never!!! She does look very nice with a coat of paint on, well done with the hairy stick! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviedrone Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 Work continues, now doing weapons. Not bad, although the minigun holder snapped twice! First the special hobby one, then the Revell backup one. Have glued the latter back together and fingers crossed it'll all be ok... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviedrone Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 Have not been as fast as I'd like but has had to be drips and drabs, but all the weapons are finally going on and now sorting the final paint job and the canopy before the clear coat. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviedrone Posted October 5, 2020 Author Share Posted October 5, 2020 Sadly Pandora's Box was downed and will no longer be available for duty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 36 minutes ago, moviedrone said: Sadly Pandora's Box was downed and will no longer be available for duty. Oh no! What happened? She was very close to the finish line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviedrone Posted October 5, 2020 Author Share Posted October 5, 2020 I'm an idiot. I was having an issue with the canopy and rage killed it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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