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Westland SikorskyS-51, Mk. 1A, French Air Force, ELA52, TanSonNhut, 1952 Indochina


John Masters

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are you sure you're not using an AM cockpit from Aires??? :D  That looks very much like the method required to fit all their AM cockpits.......I know as I've just been doing the same thing!!!

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Back at it!  

 

Oy vey...I mean...all this PE is driving me mad.  I think it is one thing that is keeping the Enthusiasm Scale at mid-range.  In any case, it looks good when finished, I hope!

So I dive in...

 

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Rear rotor...drilled holes for security.  Teeny little pieces of soft plastic.

 

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Assembled with its required piece of PE...

 

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The main rotor assembly begins with the attachment paint on the fuselage, which doesn't actually fit.  So a piece of plastic card is substituted.  Also, note that the two upper pieces of glass on the fuselage are incorrect, or at least share a large gap.  Probably my mistake.  I'll fix something in there.

 

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This little stabilizer wing of resin and PE attaches to the rear.  This means I am building #3 on the profile.  I will drill and use brass rod to secure this properly.

 

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Masking the fishbowl nose...

 

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So...into the rotor assembly I go...

 

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And this...

 

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Letting that cure and moving on to the Oscar...

 

--John

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi John,

 

The pictures I have seen suggest the top glaziing was quite small with rounded corners and rather heavy framing, similar to the side ones. Perhaps you could get away with moving them up a bit, backfilling below them and then inserting a solid frame on the centreline? Mind you I can't tell from your pic if they are both the same size? If not then one might be a short shot.

 

Pete

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20 minutes ago, PeterB said:

moving them up a bit, backfilling below them and then inserting a solid frame on the centreline?

Interesting...and far too much work to do for this!  I have moved beyond it already.  I will insert a piece of card to complete the frame.  They are of different sizes, btw...

 

 

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EEEKKK!!! :yikes:

 

That'd give me nightmares!!!!! and you're doing it in 1/72nd........bonkers!

 

She'll certainly be a detailed wee beastie.....keep up the great work........there's a nice padded room for you at the end of it! :D

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  • 2 weeks later...

I have decided to temporarily abandon this build.  It is becoming a pain and a drag and I want to build something else, something without teeny pieces of PE and with clearly defined instructions and pieces that are well-moulded and actually fit together.  Sorry about this.  It goes against my OCD but it is best for my mental health.

 

--The Management. 😆

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