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    Elboogie got a reaction from Landrotten Highlander in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    Well as you guys can see...I lost my MOJO with this build.  If I had everything to start my MH-60S build, I would have put this kit on hold...but I do not.
    SO....I started the construction again.  This time I started the main rotor and its parts:
     
     

     
     
    After painting the parts with Flat Black, I then started dry brushing the parts with white:
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
    Then I started to put the main rotor part together:
     
     

     
     
     
    I am still not done with the main rotor parts.
     
    I started the main rotor assembly and put it together on the roof:
     
     

     
     
    And now the main rotor parts are together (not all of them) next to the part that the main rotor will connect to:
     
     

     
     
     
    That is all that I have done so far.....I have to get my MOJO BACK!
     
     
    Richard
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    Elboogie got a reaction from Landrotten Highlander in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    Now I was about to say F*&K the Kiowa....... , and putting the kit in its box for another day.
    But, I grabbed a Heineken and took some time away from the kit, and then I got back into it.  I am not a quitter......lol.
     
    So then I glued the IP, the cyclics and the glare shield to the cockpit and it turned out alright.
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     
    Now I remember what Floyd wrote on the Kiowa and he recommended that we put the glare shield in after we put the cockpit into the fuselage,
    or we will have some problems with the windshield.  To tell you the truth, I FORGOT that fact....... !  SO I decided to test the cockpit in the 
    fuselage to see if I will have any problems with the windshield.
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
    There was no windshield problems  
    But I can see why Floyd talked about the glare shield and the windshield because if I had it one cm to the left, I would have had problems with it.
    But now looking at the cockpit thru the windshield, I will need to cover up the extra weight that I had added to the middle console because you can see
    the weight thru the windshield.  I will cover it up with some card and paint it black so you cannot see it.
     
    More tomorrow.
     
     
     
    Richard
     
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    Elboogie got a reaction from Landrotten Highlander in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    Just some small updates.
     
    I finished my tarmac for the Kiowa and I think that it looks alright:
     
     

     
     
     
    Then I started on detaling my engine, it is nowhere near done but I wanted to post some pictures of the engine and the steps on 
    detailing the engine:
     
    I first started to paint the engine the way that it was suppose to be painted and not all silver.
     
     
     

     
     
     
    Now I took some creative license and I put a small sapre piece to the engine.  I attached the small part to the engine so when I put 
    my wire or cables they will have something to attach to.  I also put some black pigment to the engine so the engine
    look used.  It is nowhere near done yet, I just wanted to post some pictures to let you know that I have been working on the Kiowa, even
    though is has been slow.
     
     
     

     
     
    it is my first attempt to detail a engine so I am hoping that it will turn out alright.
     
     
     
    Richard
     
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    Elboogie got a reaction from Landrotten Highlander in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    So in my haste of painting the engine, I decided to redo the engine and it's department that it is housed in.
     
     
    Because I painted the engine all silver (mistake) I made it a little difficult for me (as usual).  So I started to mask the engine using Fasmask:
    I use to use this product when I raced RC cars and I would mask the body to paint it.  You can purchase this product at any hobby store and this is the second bottle that I have used over 7 years.  It only cost about $10.99 and it will last you a lifetime.  I always refer to use this product over anything else.
     

     
     
    So I masked the engine so I would not go over the silver that I painted:
     
     

     
     
    When it cured I painted the engine a gold color.  You may not see the gold all that well because of the light.   Now I didn't have any gold because I really don't like airbrushing gold, so I used some Create/FX gold in a bottle  (Which I use GREAT to brush) and added some enamel to it, (about 50/50) and then I painted some of the engine gold.
     
     

     
     

     
     

     
     
    Then I used Vallejo black and white to make a light grey and painted the back part of the engine that color.
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
    And I used Vallejo off white to paint the bottom of the starter (I think that is what it is called).
     
     
    Then I repainted the engine department interior green and the back of the roof fairing silver and the back side of the department silver.
     
     

     
     
    I followed another person build (which I shouldn't do) and painted the engine department yellow zinc chromate,  But looking at a reference picture that Rotorwash sent me, the engine department is interior green.  So I painted the engine department the same color.  More tomorrow.
     
     
    Richard 
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    Elboogie got a reaction from Landrotten Highlander in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    So I went thru some surgery today.  Not on me but the Kiowa......lol
    I removed the fairing above the cockpit and got it ready for the new fairing.  One of the things that I did not purchase was the Kiowa exterior kit from Floyd.  
    It was not because I did not want it, but right now I cannot afford it until the end of next month.  I made a promise to my wife that I would save money so we can 
    purchase cruise tickets to Alaska.  And you know the saying.....happy wife equals happy life, and the most important thing.......peace and quiet!!!!!!......lol
     
     
     
     

     
     
    Now even though I cannot stand when a kit has me remove anything from the model (look at my black hawk and you will see), this time I used a scriber and scribe it 
    down to the point where everything just feel off.
     
    Now one of the things that was included with the kit, it gave me new resin doors to replace the kit doors that was the avionics doors, 
    BUT I will never understand this.  The resin doors that was included with the kit, it comes in two pieces:
     
     

     
     
     
    Is there a reason why they made it two parts?  Now I have to glue the parts together and because they are never the right shape, when I glue them together,
    I will have to add filler to cover up the gaps between the two pieces, and then sand them and lose some of the rivet details that are on them.  They couldn't have made it one piece?  That is the reason why I will always love Tamiya kits,
    In Tamiya kits, they would have matched up perfectly.  Oh well, what is a modeller to do except to push on.......lol.
     
     
    Now I have done the roof to the cabin area which is also the engine department.  So I just wanted to see how the new fairing would match up to the roof area when everything has been painted, and it came out looking good.  I used yellow zinc chromate to the engine department and the other side that you cannot see, I used flat black.
     
     
     

     
     
    Now I have to add a Black wash to the engine department to make it looked used.
    Then I painted my engine and all the parts to the engine in Alclad gloss black and then used Alclad White aluminum over the gloss black.
    The only thing I did was painted them.  I still have to add more color to the engine and wash the engine parts with black.
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
    Now this is interesting.  First time that I dealt with skids.....so I cut the 3 parts from the sprue and then sanded them and glued them together.  When I put 
    the skids on the desk, they were all wobbled.  because I use Model Master liquid cement, it gave me time to take the skids apart and them glue them so when I put the skids down on my desk, they were all together and not wobbly.
     
     

     
     
    But I still have a lot of work to do on the skids.  I have to remove the seams on the skids and put some filler on the skids where I glued them together so they will look like one piece instead of two.  I hope that I am explaining this correct.
     
    The last thing I did tonight was attached the grill to the roof fairing......did I tell you guys how much I hate PE parts?  ......lol
     
     

     
     
    That is all for tonight, I will work some more on the engine tomorrow.  On my computer that died were my reference pictures that I had collected on the Kiowa, so I put them in drop box but I have not put them on my spare computer (my wife's laptop, it is a Alienware laptop that she uses to run her SIms) so I have to ask her permission.   
     
    But I don't blame her because she spent over $4000 on her laptop.....and no one is allowed to touch it......lol
    More updates tomorrow.....if I can get to her laptop......lol
     
     
     
    Richard
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    Elboogie got a reaction from Landrotten Highlander in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    Then I wanted to see how the cabin area would fit inside of the fuselage area:
     

     
     

     
     
     
    Then the front windshield and the glare shield:
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
    And while looking at the kit wit the cabin inside of the fuselage, something told me it was a tail sitter so I added some weight to the front area to the only place that I could find:
     
     

     
     
     
    More updates later:
     
     
     
    Richard
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    Elboogie got a reaction from Landrotten Highlander in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    So I am on my wife's computer.
    I did some work on the Kiowa.  I have added the collectives to the helicopter and rudder petals.
     

     
     

     
     

     
     
    Then I added the middle console to the helicopter and painted the rudder petals.
     
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     
    Then I added the seats to the helicopter.
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     
     
    Richard
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    Elboogie got a reaction from geedubelyer in Bucking the trend,......not a WNW build   
    Thanks for the info geedubelyer, I will contact Hannants to get that from them because my next project is a 1:32 scale F-15 and i may as well get my aftermarket products while I am starting my F14 D Tomcat. But thanks for the info.
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    Elboogie got a reaction from geedubelyer in Bucking the trend,......not a WNW build   
    Where did you buy the flight path set from?
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    Elboogie got a reaction from andromeda673 in Academy UH-60L DAP Black Hawk   
    Good Afternoon Gentlemen.
     
    This is my first WIP on LSP and I have done some work on the Model before I put up this post but I did so in ARC forums and I want to transfer the info over to LSP.
     
    My subject is the Academy UH-60L DAP Black Hawk.
     
    I have never done a helicopter before and my WIP is not a accurate representation of the model ( I took some artistic licensing on the bird) but most of the helicopter represent the real deal.
    I have gotten a lot of help with the helicopter on ARC and their members that know a little something about helicopters because when I put the model together, I did not know ANYTHING about helicopters.
    I found myself naming things on the helicopter without knowing the name of the part that I was adding.  Now when it comes to airplanes, that is usually my forte.  
    My father was a fighter pilot in the Air Force and he use to drive F15C-Eagles and F16 Falcons.  So naturally I know the round abouts on a fighter jet.
    But helicopters, I did not know a thing.
    After starting  this build, I really started to get into helicopters.  The main reason why is because I started to like helicopters is because of the dioramas that you can build when you do a helicopter.  I am tired of painting flight decks.   
     
     
    But when you do a helicopter, because they have the chance of landing everywhere, and even on a flightdeck, that leaves you a lot of dioramas that you can build in whatever environment.
    Since December I have gotten the Academy MH-60s kit and accessories and the 0H-58D Kiowa Warrior and Floyds update set and Zactomans update for the Kiowa.  And I ordered the Dragon MD-530 Gunship.  
    The only problem that I can see is that there isn't a lot of kits in 1/35 scale.  Being that I am older, anything smaller that 1/35 scale or 1/32 scale, does not work out for me.  I have seen some people on 1/48 scale subjects take their detailing to amazing heights, but I cannot.  I would rather do 1/35 scale because to detail the kit is much easier for me and my eyes.  Go big or go home!!
     
    Now I started working on the helicopter last December and I will post a lot of pictures without explanation to catch the WIP up to date.  Then I will comment when I get to what I am currently working on.
    So please be patient with me and I hope you guys find the WIP interseting.
     
     
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    Elboogie got a reaction from Out2gtcha in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    Well as you guys can see...I lost my MOJO with this build.  If I had everything to start my MH-60S build, I would have put this kit on hold...but I do not.
    SO....I started the construction again.  This time I started the main rotor and its parts:
     
     

     
     
    After painting the parts with Flat Black, I then started dry brushing the parts with white:
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
    Then I started to put the main rotor part together:
     
     

     
     
     
    I am still not done with the main rotor parts.
     
    I started the main rotor assembly and put it together on the roof:
     
     

     
     
    And now the main rotor parts are together (not all of them) next to the part that the main rotor will connect to:
     
     

     
     
     
    That is all that I have done so far.....I have to get my MOJO BACK!
     
     
    Richard
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    Elboogie got a reaction from Out2gtcha in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    Now I was about to say F*&K the Kiowa....... , and putting the kit in its box for another day.
    But, I grabbed a Heineken and took some time away from the kit, and then I got back into it.  I am not a quitter......lol.
     
    So then I glued the IP, the cyclics and the glare shield to the cockpit and it turned out alright.
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     
    Now I remember what Floyd wrote on the Kiowa and he recommended that we put the glare shield in after we put the cockpit into the fuselage,
    or we will have some problems with the windshield.  To tell you the truth, I FORGOT that fact....... !  SO I decided to test the cockpit in the 
    fuselage to see if I will have any problems with the windshield.
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
    There was no windshield problems  
    But I can see why Floyd talked about the glare shield and the windshield because if I had it one cm to the left, I would have had problems with it.
    But now looking at the cockpit thru the windshield, I will need to cover up the extra weight that I had added to the middle console because you can see
    the weight thru the windshield.  I will cover it up with some card and paint it black so you cannot see it.
     
    More tomorrow.
     
     
     
    Richard
     
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    Elboogie got a reaction from Out2gtcha in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    Just some small updates.
     
    I finished my tarmac for the Kiowa and I think that it looks alright:
     
     

     
     
     
    Then I started on detaling my engine, it is nowhere near done but I wanted to post some pictures of the engine and the steps on 
    detailing the engine:
     
    I first started to paint the engine the way that it was suppose to be painted and not all silver.
     
     
     

     
     
     
    Now I took some creative license and I put a small sapre piece to the engine.  I attached the small part to the engine so when I put 
    my wire or cables they will have something to attach to.  I also put some black pigment to the engine so the engine
    look used.  It is nowhere near done yet, I just wanted to post some pictures to let you know that I have been working on the Kiowa, even
    though is has been slow.
     
     
     

     
     
    it is my first attempt to detail a engine so I am hoping that it will turn out alright.
     
     
     
    Richard
     
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    Elboogie got a reaction from ClumsyDude in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    Then I wanted to see how the cabin area would fit inside of the fuselage area:
     

     
     

     
     
     
    Then the front windshield and the glare shield:
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
    And while looking at the kit wit the cabin inside of the fuselage, something told me it was a tail sitter so I added some weight to the front area to the only place that I could find:
     
     

     
     
     
    More updates later:
     
     
     
    Richard
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    Elboogie got a reaction from ClumsyDude in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    So I am on my wife's computer.
    I did some work on the Kiowa.  I have added the collectives to the helicopter and rudder petals.
     

     
     

     
     

     
     
    Then I added the middle console to the helicopter and painted the rudder petals.
     
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     
    Then I added the seats to the helicopter.
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     
     
    Richard
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    Elboogie got a reaction from Anthony in NZ in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    Then I wanted to see how the cabin area would fit inside of the fuselage area:
     

     
     

     
     
     
    Then the front windshield and the glare shield:
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
    And while looking at the kit wit the cabin inside of the fuselage, something told me it was a tail sitter so I added some weight to the front area to the only place that I could find:
     
     

     
     
     
    More updates later:
     
     
     
    Richard
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    Elboogie got a reaction from Anthony in NZ in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    So I am on my wife's computer.
    I did some work on the Kiowa.  I have added the collectives to the helicopter and rudder petals.
     

     
     

     
     

     
     
    Then I added the middle console to the helicopter and painted the rudder petals.
     
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     
    Then I added the seats to the helicopter.
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     
     
    Richard
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    Elboogie got a reaction from zak in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    Thanks for the pictures, I will order some of the helmets from Reedoak.com and I will wait until you show pictures of the pilots.  I don't have the cash to order anything else until my next payday...
    my wife has laid down the law......lol.
     
     
    Richard
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    Elboogie got a reaction from andromeda673 in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    I finish my collective and the cyclics:
     
     

     
     
    Then I started working on the cockpit wiring in the upper middle console near the fire extinguisher:
    And the lamp that I built above the map holder in the middle.
     
     

     
     
     
    More updates later.
     
     
     
    Richard
     
     
     
     
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    Elboogie got a reaction from andromeda673 in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    I then finished the glare shield by applying a dark wash and then dull coat.
    Now you may see a decal on the upper left airbag of the glare shield.  
    Don sent me a picture of a Kiowa that had the same placard in the same spot.  So I tried to replicate the placard.
    It is not a placard, it is a decal.  Ran out of placards.....lol
     
     

     
     
     
    Model:
     
     
     
     

     
     

     
     
     
    On the back of the main IP, I installed some styrene squares where my cables will go. 
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
    Then I finished my cables that go from the middle console to the main IP.  It took me a little while but after about a hour, I 
    said that is that.....lol.  Damn EZ line, they look fantastic to create wires on a IP but they are a PITA to work with.  But I think that I
    made that area look a little more busy.
     
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
    When I look at the last picture, I like the contrast of Black on the model.  Maybe it will stay that way when the cockpit is completed
    to break up the all black cockpit.  
     
     
    Richard
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    Elboogie got a reaction from andromeda673 in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    On the main IP the last thing that I did was added future to the gauges and the MFD's.
     
     

     
     
    More tomorrow, I have have one more week of vacation left, so I plan on doing a lot of modeling before I have to go back to work.
     
     
    Richard
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    Elboogie got a reaction from andromeda673 in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    I have been away for a couple of days but I am back and working on the sheep skin seats.
    I got the seats and blew off the extra resin off of the templates.
    Then I applied flat black to them.
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
    But when I put on the templates on the seats, the seats looked like they needed more work.
    What happen with the seats is when I started filing the seats to shape, I only used a course file and when I started to wash the seats with a light grey wash,
    that is when the marks in the milliput started to show.
     
    So I treated the milliput like plastic and used medium and fine file to the seats and they look a lot better, then I repainted them.
    This time I used grey pigment and weathered the side of the seats (the only part that we will see) and then I taped the templates to see how they will look.
     
     
     

     
     
     
    They look alright, I may need to do some more work on them.
     
     
    Richard
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    Elboogie got a reaction from andromeda673 in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    Looking at my model, I have been told that when I find a subject (reference picture) that I wanted to model the subject after, keep to it.
    So I am modeling my Kiowa off of this reference picture:
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
    While waiting for the milliput to cure, I started on the console between the pilots.  I have always wanted to add switches to a console but I have never done so before.
    Looking at the reference picture, I see 3 switches on that console.
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
    I decided that I wanted to try it.  I broke out a IP from the black hawk that I will never use and took out my smallest drill bit and proceeded to drill two holes.
    then I placed 32 gauge wire in the holes and cut them to see what I was dealing with.  
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
    So onto the middle console.  I drilled my 3 holes and the only thing that I was thinking about was to put the holes in the correct location......LOL
     
    So while I did two holes and inserted wire in them, on my 3rd hole, the damn bit broke.......
     
     
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     
     
    Good thing that I was fortunate to have something that I can hold onto to remove the bit from the plastic.  After that I inserted the 3rd wire.
    Then I applied CA to the wires to make them glue in place and then after the glue cured, I cut the wire to the appropriate sizes.  After that I placed a small tip of ca to the switches to make them look like
    switches instead of wire.
     
     
     
     

     
     

     
     
     
     
    I know that someone will ask what happened to the back wall?  Well I made a mistake drilling in the holes in my back wall, but looking at the ref picture that I am modelling this Kiowa after,
    I see a cover over the holes right next to the pilots seat on the right hand side that I need to make to cover my mistake on the holes.   
     
    So give me some feedback on how you guys think the switches look, good or bad.
     
     
     
    Richard
     
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    Elboogie got a reaction from andromeda673 in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    Making the seats as one.
    Firs thing that I did was put in the map section on the back wall so I can measure where the seats are to be placed.
    Then I taped the back of the seats into position.  Then I taped the wall to the cockpit floor.
    Then I put the lower seat in the position that I wanted them to be in and then I glued the seat to the back of the seat.
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
    Now making sure the glue didn't go all the way through the seats onto the plastic, I then removed the seats from the wall and they stood rigid
    Then using a very small piece of Milliput, I made small strips and joined the two together.
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
    That was my solution of joining the seats parts together to make it one seat.
    Then while I had the seats together, I decided to scrap the sheep skin templates that I had made for the seats and I created some new ones.
     
     

     
     
     
    I waited a hour for the Milliputt to start to get hard and then I removed the templates so they can fully cure.
     
     

     
     
     
     
    Richard
     
     
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    Elboogie got a reaction from andromeda673 in AFV Club: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35 scale   
    I created my new seats from Milliputt.  Now because this was my first time creating seats from anything, It took me a little while.....lol!    
     
    After about a hour of shaping and reshaping, and starting over and repeating the process again... I think I came up with my seats.
    They are not done yet and I don't know if I will use them in the build, it depends on how they look when I am done.
     
    I don't think it looks bad...
     

     
     
     

     
     
     
    Now in the above picture, I had to make the seats in two parts, the seat and the back of the seat.  I plan on putting them together
    as one seat when I am done.
     
     
    Richard
     
     
     
     
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