jenshb Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 17 hours ago, scvrobeson said: That looks so incredibly good. Pretty real. What's the reason for the different colored bands on the hub? So they don't get the blades mixed up? Matt When I was in engineering college in the mid-80s, myself and a fellow classmate decided to write our diploma thesis on maintenance of Norwegian Air Ambulance's BO-105 helicopters. We even managed to join in for a test flight:) Anyway, the main rotor blades had a similar colour coding on the pitchlinks to each blade from the swashplate. After replacing rotor blades or doing other work that might affect the blades' trajectory, they mounted coloured cats' eyes to the tip of each blade corresponding to the colour of each blade/pitchlink. The technician would then use a strobelight during flight to check that the cats' eyes (the light bouncing off the cats' eyes, making them appear as four coloured lights in the sky) were at the same level. If one blade was out, they would go back to the ground, bend the trim tab slightly to make the blade higher or lower as required, and try again. Seeing these coloured bands on the tail rotor made me think they serve a similar function. scvrobeson, Pete Fleischmann and Buster99 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Ah yes, rotor track and balance. Been there, done that alot. Tim Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnie Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 19 hours ago, Hawkwrench said: Nope, the T/R sits too high to be affected by exhaust stains. Never seen an Army or AF hawk with stains from the exhaust. Before the UES, the hawks had the HIRSS style exhaust (which is what Pete's model depicts) and those exhausts blow down and slightly away from the tailboom. Tim Dang... Wish we had that! the 76 which I just started flogging around get D I R T Y, perhaps not as bad as the Bell 214ST, but superb work! Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 I’ve got the model secured to a temporary base while I work on the actual- Harold has the master for the inflight main rotor blades- he’s casting me some resin copies- tail rotor almost done- pretty close to having this wrapped up! cheers Pete LSP_Kevin, blackbetty, Squizzy 78 and 18 others 20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squizzy 78 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Unbelievable detail, it’s so very realistic! The paint work and weathering is perfect, and I know it’s been said before, but the figures are next level. Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easixpedro Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Seriously good work Pigfighter. The dust caked everywhere just boggles my mind. I was going through the HD looking for Prowler pics and came across these. Our maintenance huts backed up to the evac hospital, and they'd blow the metal flashing off our huts darned near every time they took off. Check out the dust on the rotor blades. Here's some really poor screen captures from videos of them taking off (you nailed the weathering underneath): In this shot, I'm standing in the door of my hut/office as they get ready to go out on a CASEVAC mission. I'd post more, but the videos are crap due to the technology at the time. Just figured you'd like some 'in-action' shots of what you're so expertly depicting! Derek B, Out2gtcha, D.B. Andrus and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Any chance Harold will sell those blades for other helo modelers? I'd like to pick up a set of 4 myself. Tim Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 2 hours ago, easixpedro said: Seriously good work Pigfighter. The dust caked everywhere just boggles my mind. I was going through the HD looking for Prowler pics and came across these. Our maintenance huts backed up to the evac hospital, and they'd blow the metal flashing off our huts darned near every time they took off. Check out the dust on the rotor blades. Here's some really poor screen captures from videos of them taking off (you nailed the weathering underneath): In this shot, I'm standing in the door of my hut/office as they get ready to go out on a CASEVAC mission. I'd post more, but the videos are crap due to the technology at the time. Just figured you'd like some 'in-action' shots of what you're so expertly depicting! These are great pics Booger! thanks for posting!, they are validating!!! cheers Pigfighter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 3 hours ago, Squizzy said: Unbelievable detail, it’s so very realistic! The paint work and weathering is perfect, and I know it’s been said before, but the figures are next level. Thanks Sqiz!, appreciate that! cheers Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 A couple filters on my iPhone make this almost believable! just having fun- cheers Pete A-10LOADER, Landrotten Highlander, Derek B and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 13 minutes ago, Pete Fleischmann said: A couple filters on my iPhone make this almost believable! just having fun- cheers Pete Now there's a book cover image if I ever saw one! Kev Rockie Yarwood, Derek B, A-10LOADER and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: Now there's a book cover image if I ever saw one! Kev thats a pretty darn good idea Kev! Derek B and LSP_Kevin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 19 minutes ago, Pete Fleischmann said: thats a pretty darn good idea Kev! It might even look something like this: Kev Derek B, A-10LOADER, Landrotten Highlander and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 35 minutes ago, Pete Fleischmann said: just having fun- Wow, that's a terrific shot! I can almost feel the heat of the day. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go and rinse the dust out of my eyes... Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: It might even look something like this: You nailed it Kev! I'll be the first in line for that! chuck540z3, LSP_Kevin and Derek B 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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