Phartycr0c Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Hi all, I must say im proud to submit this for your viewing. My 13 year old son recently "pestered" me for a larger scale Huey to build. Now I must say that his and his brothers bedroom resembles the Davis Monthan of unassembled albeit smaller kits, so you can imagine my reluctance when we were at RIAT, he spied this 1/35 Dragon offering, including the PE. Following several pretty pleases and promises to complete I relented an bought the said kit with a lot, and i mean a lot of trepidation. Its very expensive to be sat incomplete. Im glad to say however that he was true to his word and finished it (well almost) and here it is. Yes there are a couple of mistakes which will no doubt be spotted and despite a little help here and there I think he has done the kit proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billwinkes Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Congratulations to your son, very nice work. Congratulations to you, too. It is really gratifying to see another generation taking up ( becoming addicted to?) modeling -- esp. LSP. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Nice work!!! Cheers, Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigern007 Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 And it looks GREAT!!! Keer up the good work....cheers Ernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allok Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Very nice. Well done PhartycrOc Jr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 That is a sharp looking helicopter, and I love the added figures- adds a sense of life to the model. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Wow, fantastic! You should be duly proud. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzacher Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Hey, this one looks very good! My congrats to your son! I especially like the paint job, with shadows and a hint of faded Olive Drab. Well done!!! Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phartycr0c Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 To finish the "what can be achieved" lesson I have showed my lad all of your very encouraging replies and he is made up! Thanks to all. Basically We covered all the bases in terms of techniques that I use. We went through paint mixing and airbrushing , a little pre shading and washing. however that was for the outside, up to that point Josef completed the interior including crew, PE belts and consoles, hand painted with Citadel acrylics and washed with mud brown. The outside was painted with a mix of Humbrol enamels and Citadel washes and with the exception of a couple of "too close" blobs which I covered up it was mostly his own work. I applied the nose decal as he was too nervous but the rest were applied by Jo including the blade tip decals and Army markings. PS there are fingerprints on one of the door glass panels but they dont show up that badly. Thanks again all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 That's a terrific result. I think he needs his own membership on here! Well done! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royboy Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Your son has done a great job on the helo! Well done to him. I'm sure he must have a name though, so what is it? Let's get him on here, as I'm sure he'd enjoy the experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phartycr0c Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 Yep sorry folks, stoopid of me of course, His name is Josef and I will speak to him about joining as his modelling interest spans loads of areas and subject matter im sure hell be along shortly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Yep sorry folks, stoopid of me of course, His name is Josef and I will speak to him about joining as his modelling interest spans loads of areas and subject matter im sure hell be along shortly... Congratulations to Josef on completing an outstanding model (I certainly could not produce one to that standard at 13 years old...The scale alone would have frightened me to death!). Along with Keith's son (Markus), we seem to be gaining a healthy addition of young blood to our hobby, so I am absolutly delighted to see such work - My thanks to the both of you for sharing the pictures. Regards Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phartycr0c Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 thank you very much guys you really know how to make someone very proud. I really hope I can keep these standards up with future models thanks ever so much again you really make me feel proud. Thanks again guys Josef P. S cant wait for you to see my brothers work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Your son should be proud of that build. Congrats to you for giving your child something creative and constructive as a hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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