viva Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) Inspired by Shark64 ! Thank you so much ! Hello from Viet Nam ! Finally... after 2 years on and off I've managed to finish this. The kit is Academy MH-60S, this is a rebox of UH-60 by Academy hreleased years ago. There are new sprues and decal for the MH-60s. The new sprure carry nice details but the old sprures suffered from old mold. Due to the large dimension of the rotor, I decided to fold the blade and the tails ( I always have a thing for fold wings anyway). All folding details are scratchbuild from plastic and styren rod with many good preferences found on the internet. The most challenge is the 2 brace hold 4 rotor blades. Styrene rod aren’t strong enough to hold the weight of the blades. I ended up soldering paper clips to create the braces. I enhanced the model with Big Ed set from Eduard and Live resin mini gun. Both set are highly recommended for this model. On a separate note, the fit of the kit is not Tamiya or Hasegawa quality, hence lots of sanding, re-scribing lost details, riveting... Mr. Hobby paint was used, all photo taken under sunlight with black and white background. Hope you enjoy my article . Edited February 16, 2019 by viva Fvdm, Longbow_06, Daniel Leduc and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fvdm Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 That's looking mighty fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) I can definitely see "Oliver's" inspiration in your build. Fantastic work! Barry Edited February 16, 2019 by Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dany Boy Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Fantastic work indeed ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Driver Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Great! Thanx for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Wow, super job! The paint and weathering are outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 I only wish the photos were larger. Can't have too many helos here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Outstanding finish! jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 wow, absolutely amazing work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff T Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Absolutetly brilliant! What an impressive model, you have done an outstanding job all round there. Simply stunning! Cheer's, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-4Phanwell Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Excellent work, so stunning, that is master piece and ready for an award, i praise your whole scratch works, because thats really hard work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Beautiful work! My only critique is the national insignia on the right side folded tail is upside down. Cheers Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durangokid Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Yikes! That is amazing! Great job all around and I really like the weathering, just right IMHO... Bryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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