Mr Matt Foley Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 22 minutes ago, Pete Fleischmann said: Thanks all for the encouraging words! I started the dust application on the belly- so far it’s MiG pigment mixed with Life Color remover, and a wash of AK Dust. From photos, it does tend to wrap up the sides of the fuselage- there are also a few spots on the upper surfaces where it collects. The rotor wash, etc leads to some interesting patterns. The rain marks on the nose are Life Color dried salt- had to take a few cues from my armor building buddies for this part- cheers Pete So talented Pete. Great work and no doubt a great result ahead for us. Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted November 22, 2020 Author Share Posted November 22, 2020 The upper deck is a pretty complicated, fiddly assembly with a lot of alignment angles. The instructions would have you build it off the fuselage, and then, supposedly it’ll all magically click into place. The dry fit looks ok, but I think building it on top of the fuselage makes more sense to avoid pitfalls later- Dry fit here cheers Pete Starfighter, Rockie Yarwood, Out2gtcha and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Pete, Months ago when you started making those soldier figures I thought, "They look really good, but so what? What can you do with them?' Now I and countless others know exactly what you can and are doing with them. Simply awesome. When finished, this will be one of the best models ever built at LSP, which is saying a lot. Go Pete go! Cheers, Chuck Rockie Yarwood and Mr Matt Foley 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Stunning! Rockie Yarwood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Holy cow Pete, your work is so inspiring! Hope to see you get back on that T-38 someday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 23 hours ago, chuck540z3 said: Pete, Months ago when you started making those soldier figures I thought, "They look really good, but so what? What can you do with them?' Now I and countless others know exactly what you can and are doing with them. Simply awesome. When finished, this will be one of the best models ever built at LSP, which is saying a lot. Go Pete go! Cheers, Chuck Wow- thanks Chuck! Appreciate that! I’d put your A-10 in the same category my friend- that incredible model is at the top of my list here at LSP, and will always be a source of inspiration for me. cheers Pete chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 18 hours ago, Rockie Yarwood said: Holy cow Pete, your work is so inspiring! Hope to see you get back on that T-38 someday! Thanks Rockie! yes, the AT-38 called and asked me to finish the job. Once this HH-60 is done I’ll get back to it! cheers Pete Greg W and A-10LOADER 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Absolutely brilliant so far. The weathering looks spot on! Pete, not sure if you do care a lot about shape accuracy on this build, but I am pretty sure the forward dog house cover looks too flat at the front. I discovered that when I had a closer look a the SH kits. The area I have marked red in below pic is way too flat on the kit IMO. The foremost part of the curve should be much more steep compared with the kit part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Very nice. That Paynes Grey is a great accent color. Love using Paynes Grey instead of Black. Sincerely, Mark Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Starfighter said: Absolutely brilliant so far. The weathering looks spot on! Pete, not sure if you do care a lot about shape accuracy on this build, but I am pretty sure the forward dog house cover looks too flat at the front. I discovered that when I had a closer look a the SH kits. The area I have marked red in below pic is way too flat on the kit IMO. The foremost part of the curve should be much more steep compared with the kit part. Starfighter, Maybe just a little. I was part of the R&D proofreading team and that was one of the areas we pointed out to KH to correct. The original CAD had it alot more flat than now. Being a former UH-60 crew chief, I've looked at plenty of hydraulic deck covers and to me, the model looks close enough. Only an aircrew or someone with a keen eye (such as you) would notice the difference. Tim Edited November 23, 2020 by Hawkwrench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 I would never doubt your authority as a crew chief; I am an R&D engineer for car models and my eye may be "sharpened" to this kind of shape issues - I spotted it right away and I will definitely correct it on my kits as this is a very characteristic area of the helicopter. If you were in the R&D proofreading team, I really wish you'd pushed Kitty Hawk towards correct surface detail by the way - because that's something everybody can spot right away... John1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 I can definitely see where you would have been able to catch that. As far as the surface detail, well--let's just say you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. I personally would have rather of had raised rivets, but that was KH's choice I suppose. We can just send our helos to Pete and he can rivet them for us!!!!!! Tim Starfighter and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Simply AMAZING work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 11 hours ago, Starfighter said: Absolutely brilliant so far. The weathering looks spot on! Pete, not sure if you do care a lot about shape accuracy on this build, but I am pretty sure the forward dog house cover looks too flat at the front. I discovered that when I had a closer look a the SH kits. The area I have marked red in below pic is way too flat on the kit IMO. The foremost part of the curve should be much more steep compared with the kit part. Thanks Ben! appreciate the heads up- I’ll take a closer look- cheers Pete Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 Hey all- heres a look at the progress on the dust application on the belly- tough to photograph, and the flash washes it out a bit.. what will visually tie the figures to the helo is the dust. It is important that the dust on the bottom of their pant legs and boots matches the dust on the aircraft, and in the cabin- getting there- cheers Pete geedubelyer, Marcel111, Buster99 and 22 others 24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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