Popular Post Jon Bryon Posted March 26 Popular Post Share Posted March 26 Good afternoon all, Bit of a mammoth project for me. It's taken five months and one week of (almost) daily modelling, and thus well in excess of 200 hours. It could (and maybe should) have consumed so many more. The basic kit is from Academy and the decals are a scheme provided by AOA Decals that represents a CH-53E from HMM-264 in 2006. The sheet covers multiple types and thus some of the markings are required from the kit sheet, and some (like the national insignia on the horizontal tail surface) need to be painted. Additions are numerous: Added UHF antenna above and below fuselage Scratchbuilt GPS antenna on fuselage spine Modified antenna mount on starboard side of spine Peanut light added to tail tip Eduard and Archer resin rivets all over (of several pitches) Resin wheels (Armory - nice but don't fit) Resin exhausts (ResKit - nice) Resin air intakes (ResKit - awful) Resin tail rotor (ResKit - nice) Resin main rotor hub (ResKit - mediocre (at best)) Blades dropped Blades magnetised (i.e. removable) Rotor blade hub magnetised Resin refuelling probe (ResKit - nice) Refuelling probe magnetised Cables for NVG sensor arm Cables for engine intakes Cable for refuelling probe Scratchbuilt search lights lower front fuselage Exhaust shroud made from foil Scratchbuilt engine intake struts Scratchbuilt Lifting eyes Scratchbuilt Maintenance struts x2 Eduard brass (inside and out) Pitots replaced with brass tube Rotor hub wired ANYZ connectors dotted all over the place AOA decals NVG sensor removed Chaff buckets modified to be empty There's a lot wrong with it, but I won't list that here. On to the photos... Thanks for looking and comments welcome. Jon 89 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tail-Dragon Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 That is an absolute masterpiece! Congratulations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntPhillips Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Fabulous build, I had one of these kits at one time, but the sheer size of it was intimidating, so much so that I sold it on. The amount of hours you've put into it have paid off, it's a stunner 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Wow, that's an awesome build! I particularly like the way you've weathered the blades - they're all different, as they should be. As a helo maintainer, I often see this with blades, even when they're a set. Great work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly9mm Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Absolutely fantastic, beautiful weathering. Congrats! Cheers, Marcin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Surely that's a photoshoot of the 1/1 real thing?! Epic work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan-o Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Well we can all spot what’s wrong with it!(NOT) 😂 outstanding job👌 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wlad Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Yup! Wrong number and type of rivets! 🤣 Fabulous work, @Jon Bryon. Wlad 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 That is a work of art. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfa1983 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Stunning model. The amount of time you put into this really shows! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Brilliant work! Well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH-53D Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Absolutely outstanding! Whatever you see as being wrong with it remains a well kept secret. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foghorn Leghorn Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Just ....wow Sometimes I come across models that make me feel totally inadequate as a modeller .... this is one of those. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Brilliant absolutely stunning! One of my all time favourite helicopters. I'm currently in the process of gathering some aftermarket for the 1/72 Academy/Fujimi kit & I really like the idea of adding magnets to the rotors. Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersonic Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Ace Mate! Cheers Hans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeff Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Wow ..... just WOW! That is one awesome build ..... and the painting is superb! 👌 Keith 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin38 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Stunning, great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter W Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 That really looks superb Jon. You can certainly see where the hours have been invested. A bit worrying how you rate the Reskit parts as I've got all of these in my collection ready for when I start mine 😞 Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 There's nothing wrong with that at all, its simply stunning. The rivet work is awesome, looks so good. Eng 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantherhawk27263 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Wow, that is really stunning. Excellent work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Wow! Just wow! I saw one fly over my house last week and this is super cool! Great job and effort Jon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amos brierley Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Ah, very nicely-nicely done. 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 I'm not normally into helicopters but your build has me considering adding one to my collection. Truly impressive work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mynimal Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Amazing work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plastiksurgeon Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 3 hours ago, Mynimal said: Amazing work. What he said! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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