Erick Swanberg

Has anyone heard anything about a 32nd kit from Tan model or release date?

Research the helmet for the pilot. If you can find it there is a softcover book that has all the ac they flew minus the F 16. It shows the helmets from every year. The F 84 helmet didn’t have a visor. If I remember they had googles

Really Dave you gonna start with that hahahahahahaha

Well i have been flying the Blackhawk for over 20 years and although he is an amazing scratchbuilder, some of the parts and panels are not correct. He has a good overall idea of the helo but some things are just fiction. It looks awesome and he does excellent work, however wrong is wrong.

Alot of his work isnt correct

I have also used Future before on natural metal. I sprayed it on as a last coat after the black primer to help seal and cover any scratches I missed in sanding. Worked great.

couple little error to point out to you The cargo hook is installed backwards, and the flir housing on the nose is upside down. It needs to go on the bottom side of the nose with the turret facing up.

Oliver just fyi, I don't think that the cover on the top of the hydraulic deck cover behind the upper wire strike cutter is actually there, at least not on any Blackhawk I have seen. The hydraulic cover is a one piece fiberglass cover and the support struts for the wire strike go to the back end of the cover and are riveted into place. The pics in the instructions are wrong in the placement of the upper cutter so check pics and see how far it needs to move and the angle of the arms and that will help. Erick

Sanded the tail rotor pedal boots off since they are very bad looking and going to replace with glue soaked tissue paper cut to size. Cut out the avionics recesses under the pilots seats and lined with strip will again cover with tissue paper since not much is visible underneath. Used the Eduard cockpit as a guide for the holes and cleaned up with sanding sticks. Made the door edges with strip and will glue the Eduard piece to that to give it the proper depth of the inner door. Also cut out very carefully the inner parts of the Eduard door with a sharp blade and ruler.

Look what came in the mail today from Sprue bros. Live resin 240's and Eduard photo etch. Have started small work on cockpit sanded doors clean made the cyclic out of strip and rod kit piece is anorexic. Made the MFD backs from strip laminated together and added small strip for the cooling vents on the sides. The collectives in the kit are wrong only the copilot is thicker. The pilots has a shaft from the grip back to the back so will make that with rod. Made the correct mod to the sides of the glare shield by cutting part of the side off. A thin piece of sheet will be put in place and the tail pedal adjustment handle will go there.

Academy kit, Eduard photo-etch, Live Resin M134 and M240 window mounts and some custom made details will round out the kit. Pics to follow.

now that is bad ass dude looking awesome

That piece on the side of the bulkhead by the pilots seat is part of the velcro that the back of the seat attaches too. So you can just use some tape and paint it to look like that. Seats looking awesome the sheepskin is perfect very in scale there well done..

another thing you can do is if you have some leftover resin pieces, take some sandpaper and sand the piece and used the resin particles. Coat the milliput with white glue and sprinkle the resin dust onto the part and that will simulate the sheepskin in a more scale appearance

1 is a map light and yes it can be removed and used by the pilots to illuminate what ever they need in the cockpit the cord allows it to be. 3. Yes you can they are very similar. 4. Not sure about 4 pm Floyd he can tell you. That is a Kneeboard that we wear with checklists and commo info and paper to jot notes on. I believe that is a clamp for the M-4 that you built on the side of the glareshield. They can lock them in and then use them if they need too.