HH-60G Pavehawk Kitty Hawk 1/35 DONE!!

[Subodai]

I would imagine the 'easy' way would be to drill all the rivet holes just enough that if you were to 'submerge' the part in the box of solder balls, then pull it out, they would self-find the holes.. then.. just.. wipe on some glue and hey presto, rivet holes filled... right? 

[scvrobeson]

Or you could go completely crazy and drill out every rivet hole, and insert MasterClub plastic rivets into them.  I've also seen car guys do that, that is a level of detail-freak I think I'll avoid for now.

 

 

 

 

Matt 

[Starfighter]

I think I personally will go for a combination of both techniques - Archer rivets for the large surfaces and soldering balls for complicated patterns on small panels. 

[Pete Fleischmann]

Hey all-

after jigging-up the blades 3 separate times, I finally got them to a pitch/thrust angle that is believable- not over done..I looked at a lot of photos- a little more twist would be good, but if I can’t get there from here, I’m good with this-

not a great photo, but you get the idea-

Because each blade is slightly different, and is matched to a specific spot on the rotor head, they are numbered and kept in a rack so I don’t confuse them-

cheers

Pete

Edited March 15, 2021 by Pete Fleischmann

[Pete Fleischmann]

Here’s a better look-

cheers

Pete

[Yordy]

That f-5 looks cool also, is that in 1/18?

[Out2gtcha]

Wow, that looks amazing Pete!!

[Pete Fleischmann]

29 minutes ago, Yordy said:

That f-5 looks cool also, is that in 1/18?

That’s actually an AT-38B in1/16th scale-

[Timmy!]

Looks like the real thing caught with a high speed shutter.  
 

Well done bro!!

[Mr Matt Foley]

Amazing work Pete! 

[Oldbaldguy]

Mind is thoroughly blown.  Are you going to paint the brass or leave it -uh- brass?

[Pete Fleischmann]

32 minutes ago, Timmy! said:

Looks like the real thing caught with a high speed shutter.  
 

Well done bro!!

thanks brother. You’ve been keeping me straight the entire build- couldn’t do this without your expert input my friend-

 

[Pete Fleischmann]

11 minutes ago, Oldbaldguy said:

Mind is thoroughly blown.  Are you going to paint the brass or leave it -uh- brass?

...thinking I’m gonna leave it. There is no hiding the fact that it’s on a stick, so I’ll just polish the brass and embrace it!

[brahman104]

Yep, gotta say you've nailed the rotor look. It's nice to see one without the "saggy banana" look!

 

Brilliant work Pete!

 

Craig

[Derek B]

This just gets better and better Pete.

 

 

Derek