nexus11 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Ok, maybe too late to finish in time, but I was so kindly invited I did't want to ignore it completely… As I just finished my latest project I can start with some very tiny. I'll try to convert this: into this: The famous MD 500 from the eighties TV series "Magnum, P.I." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus11 Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 The younger ones may inform themselves here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum,_P.I. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus11 Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 The kit is not really extensive and of course the decals are completely useless. Main work is first of all to plot masks for the tiny windows. And then to cleanly apply this paintwork on the walnut-sized helicopter. Research is already finished, now I have to determine the colours. The kit consists only of a few sparse mouldings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus11 Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 Very first thing I did was to cut some masks: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus11 Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 And the very first layer of colour... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Looking good so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus11 Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 As I just discovered that there's a finished one in the gallery already my motivation to finish here in time is a little bit degraded… but anyway. I'll try my best. Here a first layer of primer, it should be white but the Revell rattlecan decided to be yellowish. And produced some strange bubbles… but nothing that cannot be fixed with a bit sanding. And the strange color doesn't bother me as it is only a base for the yellow, which would never work on the dark green plastic. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus11 Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 (edited) In the meantime I worked on the rotors: everything was also primed white and with some grey, black and yellow it looks much much more like the original. And the first layer of yellow got on the fuselage halves. The inside is also on the way, but still needs some corrections… but not too much, because of the thick windows nobody will recognize any details inside. It's just to get a feel of the brown and brown-checkered upholstery of the original. Edited September 6, 2020 by nexus11 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 It's nice that you've chosen a colourful civil scheme @nexus11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus11 Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 Here one can see those ridiculous bubbles the Revell color did produce… so I have to say goodbye to the rivets, which are either way too strongly pronounced. And I once violated all model building laws and now I actually assemble the fuselage without the cockpit. Because the paintwork is really something special, and then you have to mask the little windows? Let me try it like this. I hope that I will be able to push this in afterwards... I can still pluck them apart. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Very nice work on this one! I found the windows fitted really poorly on mine..I think the rear door ones and roof ones were badly undersized. Cheers, Dermot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus11 Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 19 hours ago, Dermo245 said: Very nice work on this one! Thanks Dermot, good reminder. I built this kit two years ago in another version and yes, now I remember, there was an issue with the windows. Maybe it's a good to replace them with self made ones. Here the old kit in 5x magnification: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus11 Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 The famous colour combination is on it and of course it still needs some corrections, these will come after the final assembly. I'm still wondering who at Hughes came up with such a weird colour combination and got away with it with the management. You could actually order the MD500 from the catalogue like that. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus11 Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 Some corrections made, but more important was the assembly of the super-tiny windows: You can mess it up quickly, that's why I tried to glue the windows with Pledge, it spreads well on the windows when it gets messy. And that worked pretty well, but I could only do one pane per hour, because I wanted it to dry out properly. It even survived the subsequent installation of the cockpit... Yes, I know, the right pedals are missing, but no problem, they're not lost… Now I have still to decide whether I'll install seatbelts or not, as I'm not sure about if one can see them at all. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Nice work on such small subject in this scale - the pictures are bigger than the real thing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus11 Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jinxman said: the pictures are bigger than the real thing! Thanks… and yes, that's right, the pictures are at least four times as big as the model itself... that doesn't make it look better. As I can see in your footer, you know how small it actually is. Edited September 23, 2020 by nexus11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Dermo did a little beauty, this one looks equally promising too, nothing wrong at all with 2 of TC's runarounds 👍 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus11 Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 The magnification makes it worse… But as one can see here, I decided to go for seatbelts and some handlebars, but it seems like a window has moved. Grrr… more to correct, but when this is fixed, I can close it. And I have to search for some small decal letters to apply the registration. Usually i would mask and airbrush it, but this will be too small. The model on the photo looks so miserable that I almost thought about cancelling the build report here... but it's just a tiny part in 1/72, I just have to get through it. And you too! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Keep going! I am miles behind you with my build - still hoping to get it finished in time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus11 Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share Posted September 30, 2020 (edited) My construction to fix the front window while drying to the fuselage… Edited September 30, 2020 by nexus11 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus11 Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share Posted September 30, 2020 here I sand off the colour from the attachment points of the skids... In the end it looks like this... and it's quite tail heavy and I start with the corrections. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus11 Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) It's beginning to get annoying, but what one starts should be finished. Unfortunately, the tail with the T-tail is much too heavy, Italeri only plans armed versions, there is of course much more weight in front than on the OH-6A with the V-tail. To make it look more like a model and not a toy, I added the steps on the outriggers and the rear entry aids. As well as the 3 white antennas. The steps are made from punched sheet. I cut the punched parts to get the round shape with straight sides of the original. From the semicircular parts I could build the hinges of the left front door, which were unfortunately destroyed during the whole grinding process. # And I forgot to mention that I also attached the registration. It's not exactly the right character set, but it's the closest one. At least of those I have in stock... Edited October 11, 2020 by nexus11 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 That looks great, and next to the glue pot says everything about the detail that's been added. Nice one. 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Wow, that is tiny! Could be mistaken for 1/144. AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus11 Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 It's done. And it was no fun at all… But probably also because I didn't work on it all at once, but always did a little something. Here he is, the little bugger. From a distance he looks quite good, but please don't get too close! I can definitely do it better... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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