BloorwestSiR Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) As a companion build to my F-5C, here is one a little more straight forward. I had forgotten about this kit in the stash. Upon opening the box, I noticed that I had started a bit of the cockpit. Mostly I had removed some of the panels in front for replacement with PE. So this definitely is less than 25% done. You can just make out the replacement PE panels on the left side of the box. Carl Edited January 18, 2015 by BloorwestSiR Girlscanplay2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark31 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 nice one Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 All these Hogs and Rhinos - I love it! Yet another great choice Carl Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Cool, another Huey. I'll be checking this out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girlscanplay2 Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Looking forward to your build Carl, this should be a fun one. I will be watching it for sure! Teresa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 All these Hogs and Rhinos - I love it! Yet another great choice Carl Derek Cool, another Huey. I'll be checking this out. Looking forward to your build Carl, this should be a fun one. I will be watching it for sure! Teresa Thanks everyone! I think I found the reason I didn't go any further with the build originally. The PE sets are in a word, fussy. There's a lot of tiny bits that made my wife ask: 1) can I even make them out individually, never mind pick them up and place them and 2) if I was sure this was a hobby and not some sort of mind torture. With that in mind, I've decided to bin most of the PE and build it using mostly the kit plastic. I'll use it where it makes sense and doesn't make me pull my hair out or worse, want to drop the model horizontally So I hope to have some progress shortly on this. This was after all, suppose to be the easy build of the two. Carl Bill_S, BGB, LSP_Paul and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted June 6, 2014 Author Share Posted June 6, 2014 A small update. I've been slowly working on the PE belts for this kit. There are a lot of them and every one has three or more parts to them. Since there is so much glass in a Huey and the rear doors are usually open, I didn't feel like I had much choice in not doing them. Except for the small size of the PE buckles and some of the straps, they actually went together easier than I thought they would. I did break up their assembly over several sessions at the work bench which I think helped too. I assembled the basic interior components and airbrushed everything neutral grey. I think it may be a bit light but I'm fine with it. The centre console I painted flat black and then highlighted using some Tamiya Weathering Master grey. I did a bit on the floor with some light mud too. Last pic is the co-pilot's seat with the PE armour in place. The seat is not complete as you have to add some bits after the belts go on. So i think some paint will be forthcoming. Carl Daniel Leduc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Nice start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clunkmeister Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I always wanted to build one of those things... Looking forward to yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Osborne Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) I've built one of these with PE, and you're spot on. My advice is use what you can and bin the rest. Looking forward to seeing this one come out. Edited June 24, 2014 by Joe Osborne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andromeda673 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 watching this one! should be pretty cool, I'm fighting with a Academy black hawk right now from time to time, I feel your pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngtiger1 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Great start on this Carl. I have several different Hueys and funny enough...I don't see many WIP threads anywhere. So, I'll follow along with interest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 Thanks for all the interest in this build. I haven't had much time to build recently but hopefully should be able to get back to it this week. I did receive some Live Resin replacement barrels for the M-134s so that has helped spur me on a bit too. Carl LSP_Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Looking forward to the re start Carl! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Hey Carl! How are you? We haven't heard from you in a while! I hope all is well. Im looking forward to your Huey progress my friend! I'm building a D model from DML and it would be great to see a few more Hueys done for the group build. all the best, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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