Borisz Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 (edited) Hi! Let me reintroduce my ongoing projekt. I started it for the Vietnam GB, thinking it going to be a quick, neat build. It didnt. During the constuction always find something to redesing. The first and most obvious was the lack of the ceiling, the modding started with this. Anyway I found this amazing site what is a nice guidance: http://modeling.gunsagogo.org/ Also there was a lot to fill and sand inside too. The four Guns a-go-go had removed its noise-proofing so the bare metal body frames could be seen. I rather just extended these stipes inside, makeing so many identical and fitting "real" frames is just to mutch for me. Having the Eduards PE sheet is not as big adantage as I thought before, lets say, they left space for further impoovments. Either te rear ramp needed some kind of a foxhole Details started growing. I had to add an ammo box shelf for each 20mm guns as neither the kit and the sheet had Something was not okay with the rear door's plate-work. It turn out both the kit and the detail set was wrong. Either the rear wheels bay had to be redesigned. At leat it will looks spectacular after all. A month ago I could apply the fist level of paint. However I had to correcting my filling and sanding job I did like it. And this is it after some refinement: A nice twist came suddenly. I got second hand CMK's engine and cocpit sets as someone decided to not use them. What can possibly go wrong? After some modification the cocpit is realy better the the original one. I have to mention that the heating equipment was remowed from all four ACH-47s, and particullary I had to fit somehow this resin chunk into the Italeri body. That was a nice masonry work. Althought CMK says its either for Italeri and Trumpeter kit, I didnt have a single edge to fit in. It neither had with its own parts. Got on my nerves... An othe negligence of the sets is the ammo containers of the grenade launcher. Eduard give a lot of similar boxes but its wrong as different munitions have different containers. See bellow on the left the Eduard's solution: 4 of their general boxes with a cage and the instructions says these sould be put in the opening of the door. The mentioned modeling site shows that there was a total different stuff so I searched for 40mm ammo boxes and also saw some frames in this video: Eduard on the left, DIY in the right. Its not finished yet. This is it for now. I hope I can glue together the fusalage falves soon. Edited April 16, 2021 by Borisz 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Great start Borisz, plenty of scope for extra detailing. Not built the Italeri kit yet but have one in my stash. I'll follow your build with interest. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borisz Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 Heyy! The project did not stop, it's just lagging. In a couple days I can finally join the fusalage, what will be a huge step forward. Here, on the last shot you can see the possible order of the ammo boxes. I tried to make some for the 20 mm cannons too, but I give up. That will do. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borisz Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 Haven't been for a while, I shot myself in the legs with this kit. Anyway I made a test assemble, it is going to be huge! Also I put tugether the fusalage what did not come together so nicely. The massive resin chunk will be almost invisible And neither the instrument panel that dindt want to let the canopy/windshield Keep the detailed topside in our mind, and remember it, even if we wont see it again I used epoxy resin here for a hard and stabble fitting... ...not like here. The Revell putty was good for quick drying and easy sading but the lot of scribing was too much for it. Guys! Do not fill holes with it! As I am started the painting now, I can came back with some more progress in a shorter time. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borisz Posted December 23, 2021 Author Share Posted December 23, 2021 (edited) As I promised before, here is the story untill the start of the painting. I added the additional armour plates after wathcing some photos. Italeri wasnt right again, but this time scratching was a kind of fun. With proper reference it would have been real fun, not just kinda... Anyway: For a smooth surface I had to polish the whole fusalage as the mould was a bit crude. Of course something bad came up! On the underside there was two line of gaps between the lower part of the fusalage and between the sides. It was my bad for sure, i guess the extras pushed apart the pieces. I filled it with Revel Plasto. I shouldnt done that, as it chipped many times and only a CA glue reinforcement helped. But here I am! I started the pre-shadeing finally! Edited December 24, 2021 by Borisz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planebuilder62 Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Dear Borisz Did you know that the Chinnook rotor blades bend under there own weight in a gentle curve as well as drooping at a fixed angle at the hub? There are some posts on BM that show both of these features. regards Toby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borisz Posted December 25, 2021 Author Share Posted December 25, 2021 (edited) On 12/24/2021 at 7:06 AM, Planebuilder62 said: Dear Borisz Did you know that the Chinnook rotor blades bend under there own weight in a gentle curve as well as drooping at a fixed angle at the hub? There are some posts on BM that show both of these features. regards Toby Hello Toby! Yout think about this, right? Edited December 25, 2021 by Borisz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borisz Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 Good evening! This is it, I clearly see the light in the ed of the tunnel. In a pararell line I try to paint the rotorblades to a light black color. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borisz Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 Done a quick est fit. Going to be huuuge! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borisz Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) This silvering kills me. I put 3-4 lays of Gunze H30m and till... What could I do? Edited February 22, 2022 by Borisz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borisz Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 Hi! I am finished long ago just had no time to post it. So it was coming together nicely, but the antennes and/aerials. Those were tough. I realised just at the end, that the predrilled holes on the belly are misplaced, and that it have no lnding lights, so I had to solve these too. Here is some pics of the finihing: And finally if you reached this point I give you a shot of the completed job! In a few days I want to post it to the RFI section with a complete "walkaround" 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Really nice work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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