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Alright a little update:

 

I replaced the rotor cowling cover rails with my own.  I had problems with using the rails that was provided in the kit.

 

 

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Then I stared working on the hole that I created when I made the cut in the front of the helicopter to put in the FLIR housing.

 

 

 

 

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I will wait for the glue to take and then I will cut the styrene pieces to the shape of the helicopter.  

Then I will cover the parts with CA glue and wait til it cures and then do a final shaping of the parts with a different grits of sandpaper.

 

 

 

-RIchard

 

 

 

 

 

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don't cut the styrene strips but sand them down flush instead.

 

Thanks Oliver,

 

I will follow your advice.

Thanks, Tim.  I am eagerly awaiting your posts for your build as well.

 

 

Richard

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Well..well..well......

I followed Shark64 advice and I didn't cut the strips, but I sanded them down to shape as Oliver suggested and guess what.......

When I sanded the styrene it came together and almost created a filler to almost fill the gap completely.

 

 

 

 

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Now I don't have to use as much ca glue to make the whole disappear completely.  Thanks Oliver for the help!  I didn't know that styrene took on that element when sanded.

 

 

 

iRichard

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A little off the path ...

 

After hearing Oliver's news about the MH-60s Eduard PE set coming out, I decided to look at it.....and it is nice.

 

 

Just when I thought that I had all the AM parts for my MH-60s build I am about to do.....

 

 

Cockpit:

 

 

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Exterior:

 

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Interior.

And it looks like Eduard included a cabin floor and roof as well.

I am hoping that the floor and the roof overlaps with the kit to get rid of the gap in the floor and especially the roof.

 

 

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And seatbelts:

 

 

 

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Of course the masking for the windows.

 

Well I will buy the Eduard Big ED set for the MH-60s build and put the PE parts that I already bought for another Black Hawk in the future.

Thanks Eduard for making me spend more of my money.......damn AM companies....lol

 

 

-RIchard

 

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Looks like I'll buy the pe for my MH-60M build. It will help out alot! Where do you order it from?

 

Tim

 

 

I haven't order them yet.  I looked on Sprue Brothers and they don't have them yet.  But that's the only online shopping that I did for them.

If you find the Big Ed set for the MH-60s, let me know.

 

 

-Richard

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FLIR Turret Housing:

 

So last night I started working on the housing and I put strips of styrene strips in the hole.

Then sanded the strips, not cut, as suggested (thanks Oliver).

Then this morning I placed CA glue over the seams and tired to make it look as a single piece:

I had to prime the parts to see what I was still missing, and looking at the pictures, I still have some work to do:

 

 

 

The bottom doesn't look too bad.  But I have have some sanding to do.  When I am done with the CA glue, I plan on rescribing the outline of the FLIR housing.  

 

 

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The front needs a LOT of  work as well:

 

 

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Back to work:

 

 

 

-Richard

 

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Guest Peterpools

Richard

Very nice progress on the Black Hawk and you can never go wrong following Oliver's suggestions.

Keep 'em coming

Peter

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Richard

Very nice progress on the Black Hawk and you can never go wrong following Oliver's suggestions.

Keep 'em coming

Peter

 

Right.  I think that Oliver was teaching me basic modelling and how styrene reacts to sanding and instead of cutting the strips.   Something that I didn't know.

And thanks for looking in Peter.

 

 

Richard

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I sanded down the FLIR housing area some more.

Then I rescribe the panel lines that shows the FLIR housing in the helicopter.

Then I primed that part to see how it looks before painting.  I don't think that it looks too bad.

I have not sanded around the panel lines yet to make them flush to the fuselage, that will probably be done when I sand my whole model before applying primer to it.

 

 

 

Before primer:

 

 

 

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After primer:

 

 

 

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I still need to scribe the little panels that look like chin windows to the right and left side of the FLIR turret.

 

 

 

-Richard

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I was thinking about gluing my tail to the helicopter but I am still thinking about how to scratch build this part:

 

 

 

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I am about to look in my spare sprue stash to see if I have a rod that length before I think about how to scratch build the part.

 

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More updates later.

 

 

 

Richard

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