CH-47 Chinook 1/100 scratchbuilt - Finish him.

[adolfocaetanonetto]

Hello, people. I will post one of my mounting, in my thecnique. I build my models with paper, cardboard, various plastic parts (junk, waste, I dont know the word), metalic wires, balsa wood, schoolar glue, cyanoacrylate (super glue, or Lord know the name!!! 🤔 - the language is complicated). The model was build a few years ago, and now I cant found the arquives.

The model is a CH-47 in 1/100 scale, used by US Army in the Vietnam War.

 

Starting the fuselage. I cut the pieces in cardboard and I put them toghether using a thinner piece of cardboard and schoolar glue.

 

I continuous the mounting glueing more pieces. You see how I forme the fuselage in the curved parts

 

I'm go cut and adapt pieces of cardboard to fit the empty spaces

 

 

 

 

 

[perdu]

I love learning other modeller's methods

 

Thank you for sharing with us Adolfo

[adolfocaetanonetto]

The most dificult is translate my thoughts (in portuguese) to english! 😬 Man, its hard!

[perdu]

You are doing a far better job of translating that I could, you and your friend Google Translate

[hendie]

Great skills on display here

[adolfocaetanonetto]

Continuous: If need, you can asked explanations (remember: I dont speak very well! 😬).

Rear engine fairing.

 

Front engine fairing

 

In position. I closed the side fairing, and I cut the cockpit windows

 

 

 

 

Side windows ready. I applied putty in the fuselage, and I sand (is correct for use sandpaper?). For putty I use... how I explain... mass for wall. In Brazil we call texture for wall, used before the paint. In this picture, is necessary more sandpaper.

 

Landing gear. Tires.

 

1 and 5: rear landing gear, with single tires. The landing gear suport is a bent wire glued (super glue) in a central tire hole.

2, 3, 4: front landing gear, with double tires. There are a wire conecting both tires, and other wire glued (super glue) on the tires.

 

Site of the rear landing gear.

 

Details from nose: landing gear in this position; details in the front fairing, with a little wood stick for rotor axis; the nose is cut to facilitate the build of windows. The floor and the rear wall for cockpit is ready. In top fo fuselage, I glue one fairing that go from the fornt rotor to rear rotor.

 

The rear axis rotor is ready.

[Ol' Scrapiron]

WOW! great job making the paper shapes come together into the compound curves so nicely.

[adolfocaetanonetto]

Thanks everybody! More posts,

More posts, with building of cockpit windows (made with transparent plastic), and closing of the nose.

 

And the propelers. All made with cardboard, some parts glued eachother, with a circle on top. Two pieces for each rotor.

 

Propeler blade.

 

Propeler mounting

 

Disc that go on the top of fairing. The hole is to trespassing the axis. Later I will sanding the pieces.

[hendie]

On 8/25/2021 at 11:53 AM, adolfocaetanonetto said:

I build my models with paper, cardboard, various plastic parts (junk, waste, I dont know the word),

 

I think the term you are looking for is "scratch building"

 

Looks like you are really enjoying yourself with this build

[adolfocaetanonetto]

More some pictures. Guys... join in this forum will improve my english... or not. You will say later! But I'm learning. Bellieve me!

 

Building cockpit windows.

 

The green discs go to the top of rotors fairings.

 

Windows closed. In the curved parts, I will modeling the transparent plastic with heat (in actually with hot water - but not burn the fingers, of course 😜). In front of nose, I threaded two wires glued with super cola, and applied littles drops of putty on them. In the top of rotor is the green disc.

 

Antennas under the fuselage. I realy should sand better the model, but... (Lazy! My shame! 🙄) The little dome is a balsa wood sculpted wit sandpaper.

 

First hand of paint. In this time, i used Oliver Drab, from Tamyia. Today, I used only cheap paints (I confesse: I'm a Ebenezer Scrogge), because is more easy find it; I live in little town and buy paints by internet isn't good- the shipping costs as much the product.

This is the Brazil. Here we talk "O Brasil não é para fracos"! The Brazil dont is for weak peaple!

Back again to the Chinnok, the side windows are closed. In time, dont possible see anything inside the cockpit (🤔, lost work, lost time, and much frustration). In the hand, its looks better - the photo increases the faults.

[Bandsaw Steve]

Nice!

 

We don’t see many models made from paper here and very few scratchbuilt helicopters so this is very interesting stuff!

 

Thanks for posting. 👍

[adolfocaetanonetto]

Now the engines nacelles. Body in balsa wood; a cardboard cone in front; other cut in the rear; a little piece of balsa to connect the nacele to helicopter. all glued with schollar glue and painted with oliver drab and brass color (or bronze, I dont sure).

 

Nacele glued. The white thing is my putty, the texture for walls (I dont know called in other countries)

 

Sand and painting

 

 

The cables that are in the sides of fuselage are made with sewing thread (is correct?)

 

Cut wires are sticked (I guess) in each side, and the sewing thread is glued. Everything was painted.

[opus999]

Fantastic!  It is fascinating to watch you do this.  It takes a lot more skill than I have!  Nice work!

[busnproplinerfan]

That's real scratchbuilding, excellent work.

[Maginot]

This is... magical. Very interesting technique. Congratulations.

[TheBaron]

Joyous work Adolfo.

[perdu]

Started out with a brilliant idea and put together with rare skill Adolfo, I have made models from paper but I never made one as well.

 

You are teaching us a huge amount about model making with  your lovely little Chinook, thank you for showing us how to use very ordinary things to make lovely replica aeroplanes.

[adolfocaetanonetto]

Thanks, Guys. I will finish this pos yestarday, but the host stop working!!!

6 hours ago, perdu said:

Started out with a brilliant idea and put together with rare skill Adolfo, I have made models from paper but I never made one as well.

 

You are teaching us a huge amount about model making with  your lovely little Chinook, thank you for showing us how to use very ordinary things to make lovely replica aeroplanes.

Thank you, Perdu. You have certain that I learning lot of thecniques in this forum.

Finish him (but not like in the Mortal Kombat), the rotors; I made a hole in the center and glued in the wood stick. on the top of both fairings. Three wires stick in disc and little pieces of balsa wood is attached in rotor.

 

I used cottom swab (I'm learning this, now!), and I cut and glued in the blades; in one of them I put a wire inside and finally painting. In top of rear fairing I put a stick wood painting in red,  one filght light, I suposed.

 

Et voilà (sorry my french friends, but i dont resist): The decals I print from internet images and glued: simple and cheap (remember - Scrooge!!!!!!!!!!!!).

 

[billn53]

Very impressive build techniques, I've learned a lot watching. And the final result is equally impressive. Well done!

[Bandsaw Steve]

Great work and very interesting to watch.

 

Congratulations on completing this. 👏 

[BillF67]

Really good. More please!

[hendie]

Excellent. Love to see what you come up with next

[desert falcon]

Parabéns Adolfo !!

 

I greatly admire your work, I can hardly make a plastic kit fit and you are doing it from scratch in paper and recycling materials 👍

 

Please show us more of your work. 

 

 

[opus999]

That is brilliant!  I can't wait to see what's next.

[perdu]

Adolfo, obrigado my friend, your Chinook is a wonderful model.

 

Gorgeous.