Adichau Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Hello Friends, Presenting the Sa315B of the Indian Army. The kit is from Heller and is of the SA313 in 1/48 size. This was modified into the Sa315B. The Model is 100% Brush Painted using locally available acrylics. Stretched Sprue was made using discarded pieces of the kit sprues and was used extensively for the detail and scratch-building. The rear fuselage skeleton was chucked away as it was too thick for this scale. This was made with stretched sprue. More detail was added to this using the same stretched sprue. Cockpit was bare with little detail thus this too was detailed using sprue. Seat belts were also added using masking tape. The whole engine was basic too and the grills were represented by clear parts. The hydraulic lines and the various pipes and tubing were represented by stretched sprue of varied thickness. Do Enjoy the build and looking forward for your inputs. Best Captain Adi 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 👍Very good work. Congratulations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Wow, what a rare helicopter in 48th! Fantastic and very interesting model! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansReggelsen Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Well done indeed! Very inspiring! Cheers Hans J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Very nice. By my reckoning this kit must be at least 40 years old. I think the one I built claimed it was 1/50 scale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Looks really good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfinn Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Beautiful work, Captain! Always great to see those older kits turned out in high style. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epeeman Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Hello, Adi - Helicopters are not my thing but yours is superb - outstanding brush painting (I brush paint myself) and appreciate your smooth finish. Regards Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) That's a very pleasing rendition of an ancient Heller kit. It was marketed as 1/50 at the time. I got the Alouette III from Heller and tried to build it as an Irish Air Corps version. We have the opposite green white and orange flag of course. My memory of the Lama was when Santa Claus rented a civil one to visit a shopping centre near my home. As it landed it scattered the excited crowd with the downdraft. Great fun. Have you considered an Indian Alouette III? A Chetak? Absolutely love the video BTW. A great touch. Edited September 25, 2020 by noelh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adichau Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) Many Thanks Everyone for your lovely comments... @Noelh you have good memories.. I do have similar memories from Christmas being celebrated here ... I still haven't built the Chetak ... . @John_W The kit used is this one.. Wow thanks for letting me know guys. . I just checked this particular kit has the same sprues as they were in the 1/50 kit!!! .. I didn't know ... Thanks and Much Appreciated!!!!!! Edited September 25, 2020 by Adichau 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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