brahman104 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) G'day Guys! So here we go again. This is going to be a commission build of the Italeri 1/48 CH-47D for a bloke at work. Seeing as the last time I built a chook took me six years I was more than a little hesitant to take on a build like this, but eventually I changed my mind. There were a few reasons for this: 1) the guy I'm building it for said price was no object, 2) I'm using the Italeri kit this time not the 1/35 trumpeter, so it's a much better starting point and doesn't require as much detail and 3) Chooks are cool and there's never enough of them being built! Anyway, here's the obligatory box art... For those of you not familiar with the kit it does include the standard short D nose as well….. Bit of bling for the interior, might help speed up the project a little... And so it begins…. The first port of call was seeing what needed to be done to the cabin. Firstly, when the aircraft is ready for flight, the avionics compartment and the heater closet are hidden away behind sound proofing, so that bulkhead is pretty much flat. For some reason, both Italeri and trumpeter persist on adding these weird bump things on the the back of the flight control closet. I'm not sure if it was on the A-C models, but they sure aren't there on the D or F, so they got sanded off too. I like the approach Italeri have taken with the interior being essentially a shell that gets inserted into the fuselage halves when it is complete, negating a lot of the issues of the trumpeter kit as far as detailing the interior goes, but the instructions were a little vague on the exact placement of the end of it where it buts up to the bulkhead. At the moment I'm not sure whether the bulkhead sits underneath it, like I have it in the pics or if the whole section butts up to the bulkhead. Anyone have any ideas? I need to know so I can size the soundproofing on the bulkhead appropriately….. Here's the shell all taped together for a test fit.. Nicely represented soundproofing = less work for me! The back looks pretty good too, although some of that detail is a little questionable... Not sure about this though…. there is a large gap around where the rear landing gear sits. Not an issue if it is, just not sure if this is how it's supposed to be? Once again any thoughts would be much appreciated. So that's it so far, hopefully this won't take 6 years. (I think the customer is hoping not even 6 months!) Cheers, Craig Edited January 25, 2015 by brahman104 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I'll be watching !..........Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe66 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Cool - this should be an interesting build to watch ! BTW- don't forget plenty of hydraulic fluid throughout the interior...lol.... A crew chief once told me " Leaks are good ", " If she's not leakin', ...we're in trouble ! " Joe66 brahman104 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 (edited) In the cabin the soundproofing does not go all the way to the floor, it has a heating ducting along both sides, so don't forget to add a strip of card to simulate it.... EX CH-47 engineer Edited December 8, 2014 by TonyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 Thanks for the interest guys! I'm looking forward to getting stuck into this one! In the cabin the soundproofing does not go all the way to the floor, it has a heating ducting along both sides, so don't forget to add a strip of card to simulate it.... EX CH-47 engineer Well I better not make things up now then! Haha, cheers mate. I work on them too, so at least reference photos aren't an issue for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Very nice work on the Chinoook Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 (edited) Re the bumps on the cabin wall by the avionics bay, they were not there on the RAF ones in that position..... when we got them and they were essentially a C model with bits of D model thrown in for good measure.. Looked like this when new, if i remember correctly the big pocket that was there had asbestos gloves or was the para line stowage, the patch at the top was the APU instrumentation? I was on them when they came from the factory. Edited December 10, 2014 by TonyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Re the bumps on the cabin wall by the avionics bay, they were not there on the RAF ones in that position..... when we got them and they were essentially a C model with bits of D model thrown in for good measure.. Looked like this when new, if i remember correctly the big pocket that was there had asbestos gloves or was the para line stowage, the patch at the top was the APU instrumentation? I was on them when they came from the factory. Thanks for the pics Tony! Feel free to post more I had the pleasure of having a look around the current RAF ones last year when I was passing through Camp Bastion. They have evolved quite considerably from the picture above which does look to be at a guess early 90's? Ours never had the bump either, and when we got them they were almost identical to regular US Army D's, although in the last 9 years our changed quite a bit too. Amusingly of our 6 now, no two are the same! Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 So a little update... I think I figured out where the forward bulkhead sits in relation to the inner cabin, so now I just had to work out the size of the styrene cover for the heater and avionics closet. This way looks like it lines up better. With the styrene backing in place I have a base to replicate the soundproofing covers using putty. Before..... And after.... With the folding seat in the companionway, this section is just about ready for some paint. The two white channels on the right are for the upper cabin door tracks. More to come, Craig Joe66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 Cool - this should be an interesting build to watch ! BTW- don't forget plenty of hydraulic fluid throughout the interior...lol.... A crew chief once told me " Leaks are good ", " If she's not leakin', ...we're in trouble ! " Joe66 You are quite correct Joe, they do like to leak... both inside and out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 (edited) These are the 1/35 chinook decals I never finished. http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff321/taylortony/modelling/Chinookupdatespoiled.jpg http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff321/taylortony/modelling/Chinooktestshotupdateweb.jpg They sort of died when I realised that they wouldn't make them from photobucket files. Edited December 14, 2014 by TonyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 (edited) This was the first Chinook we got at Odious Firey Fred FIrey Fred and Flirty Gurty as they were nicknamed, they are the first two the RAF got at Odiham, they were the original metal bladers. Edited December 14, 2014 by TonyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Superb work on the soundproofing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 Did you make those decals Tony? They look amazing! You sure have some talent. Where you around when Bravo November turned up? I saw her on the Kandahar flight line in 2006, she's come a long way from the falklands! Cheers mate, Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 (edited) Yes I drew them, never bothered to finish them though, they were for the 1/35 Chinooks I have... Yes worked on BN when it arrived, did most of them when they started, as they formed 18 Sqn off the first few courses etc.. Knew the late Dick Langworthy the pilot of it in the Falklands and the crew, indeed, I knew most of the guys that went south, I was posted to Germany and departed shortly after they all came back from their swim in the S Atlantic.. Also saw BN when it got back lol, what a mess. Edited December 15, 2014 by TonyT brahman104 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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