Novinky

Rod -
This kit is more than 50 years old and amazingly good. The original tires in my kit had decomposed to mush so I got some Tamiya RC tires, machined some rims and 3d printed some centres.
The kit comes with a motor, lights and wiring. Motor hidden in engine block, 4x AA in the fuel tank. It even has little uni joints on the tail shaft.

Rod -
I've spent a bit of time trying to get the stance right. Out of box it sits quite high.

Ben M
Those rims are amazing, did you use a hobby lathe?

Rod -
I have a cnc lathe at home. It has a 75mm spindle bore, a bit bigger than a hobby lathe 🙂

CasModeler
Dashbord looks incredibly good.

Rod -
Dash gauge decals pinched from a 1/12 foose camaro kit. The original decal sheet only gives you 3 choices of screaming chicken and a big blue stripe. No badges or detailing of any kind. The silver trim is a separate piece. I glued some green felt on the floor for carpet.

Rod -
I'm using SMS "green gold flip" for the body colour.

István Szücs
She looks so good- I love the color of the seats!

Alexander Grivonev
This deserves way more pictures!! 👍

Rod -
I'm waiting on some 3d printed brake rotors and calipers. There will be more pics soon 🙂

Rod -
Some more progress. Body was painted white with a black fade under the horizontal crease along the side of the body. Then the green/gold pearl, then about 5 coats of green tinted clear. When it hardens I'll polish, add decals and put the final 2k clear on. The camera can't capture the color, it looks nice sitting on the bench 🙂

Rod -
This is my first 1/12 car. It needs way more paint than a 1/24! I used 2-1/2 bottles of sms pearl. Instead of using hobby clear coat I bought a can of clear acrylic spray from the auto parts store and decanted it for mixing and airbrushing. Good quality paint and much cheaper!

Rod -
I glued the boot shut as the fit wasn't perfect and there's nothing to see in there anyway (4x AA batteries, loaded from the bottom). I also am not confident the opening doors will work perfectly so I glued one shut. That way at least one side of the model will look clean if the door fit is a bit crappy.

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic colours! Great job so far, Rod. Keep it up!

Thomas Wirsching
Great color choice! I am not into car modelling but yours look great!

István Szücs
Very nice color!

Rod -
Pic 11 is probably closest to what it actually looks like. All the pics look sort of aqua and over exposed. In reality it's a bit darker with a fine pearl effect.

Rod -
Making progress! Only a handful of parts left to fit. The lights look super cool. The kit comes with small globes, much nicer than LEDs.

Rod -
I am very happy I glued one of the doors shut as the one that opens doesn't close well. I will probably glue that one shut as well.

Clifford Keesler
I'm in, pulling up a chair.

Donald Dickson II
An orange Huey???? Oh, I am in on that!

Nathan Dempsey
Hey Clifford! Welcome my friend.

I did this all today while waiting for washes to dry on the Vampire build. First helicopter I've done in very long time. May end up being a dual build if my other UH-1 kit arrives quick enough.

Clifford Keesler
Cool. I have a whole Air Force of Helio"s to build. Maybe I will tackle a couple after the Viggen. The last one I built was the Sea Dragon.

Nathan Dempsey
Ahh welcome too Donald! You must have responded while I was typing 🙂

Donald Dickson II
No problem sir. 🙂 Certainly add another in the mix! The more the better with Hueys! LOL

I am kind of itching to do my Kitty Hawk Little Bird. That is an incredible looking kit. Like Clifford, I have a LOT of helos to get to.

Clifford Keesler
Maybe we ought to do a heilo group build sometime?

Nathan Dempsey
I'll save my Ka-52 for that.

Clifford Keesler
Sounds like a plan.

Clifford Keesler
I have a 160th S.O.A.R. OH-58, and UH-60L D.A.P. Plus a couple of UH-60L's in 1/35 scale and a couple of 1/32 Hueys. One of which I plan on doing in the Canadian Fire Service scheme. So the fun will be trying to pick which one to do. Plus all the 1/48 scale ones.

Donald Dickson II
Oooooo, that sounds like an idea! Perfect excuse to tear into that kit.

Chris Greathouse
A whirlly bird huh? Is there room for one more? I'm on!

Nathan Dempsey
I'm in. Just say the word when you're ready.

Dustin Gilpin
Man just got the newer boxing of this kit in the mail...seeing yours started makes me want to crack it open and start on it...lol!!!

Nathan Dempsey
Yes Chris! I picked the decal for the Antarctic unit known as the Ice Pirates because I remember this:
Youtube Video

Chris Greathouse
This needs a Mystery Science Theater 3000 remake!!! That would be killer!!

Nathan Dempsey
LOL! I am literally watching the MST3K Predator...

Chris Greathouse
How is it?

Donald Dickson II
These are my choices...

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Nathan, you need to do more work quickly so we dont keep hijacking the post. 😉

Chris Greathouse
<thread jack> I vote the chinook DD2!! I hear those bad boys fly over our house... such an awesome unique bassy sound to them. </thread jack>

Nathan Dempsey
Chris: It is awesome, especially the jokes about Jesse the Body Ventura.

Donald: The little bird!! No worries about the hijack I have another photo to add tomorrow.

Nathan Dempsey
Added a pic of the engine housing. Had to remove the navigation light to smooth out the top join and then rescribed most of the panel lines as they were all very shallow.

Clifford Keesler
Looking great. We can all try to come up with a date for the Heilo build. I am flexiable.

Donald Dickson II
And I did say somewhere in there great start didnt I???😉 LOL

The Chinook is not a bad idea, but the Little Bird is calling me. And the figures that come with it are exquisite. So I think that is what i shall do. I also am fairly open as to when to do it. Just has to go a couple months at least. LOL

Augie
Did some one say group build?

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks mates!

I think we're contemplating a helo group build. I'm ready anytime seeing as I'm already there LOL. I've still got the decals on order from Draw for this and my N.C. Forestry UH-1.

Michael Phillips
Off to a nice start Nathan!

Hmmm, group builds... Not just for Helos this time (too bad I just finished a Helo LOL), but that would be cool if we started doing some group or theme builds on scalemates. I wonder if it is possible to implement some kind of organized structure for this on the site... Paging Tim!

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Michael! Hopefully I'll somehow pull off the application of gloss orange.

Group Build: I think we would accept an Osprey as a whirleybird...

Chris Greathouse
I think an Osprey is a very confused whirley-plane. 😄

Clifford Keesler
But it still acts like a Heilo, so I would not have a problem with it. I have a 1/35 AH-1W Cobra with a resin cockpit, I could do that one. I need a good excuse to do it. LOL.

Donald Dickson II
Copters/Osprey group build. Sounds like a plan.

Nathan Dempsey
Added the rear seats and some dirt on the floor. Next is a bunch of etch seatbelts...

Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Clifford! These seatbelts are insane. I dunno if I'll make putting on the little clip for every set. My brain hurts from just 2... added an image to show if you can see it.

Donald Dickson II
I HATE it when they do that. Just make it one piece for Gods sake. LOL

Nathan Dempsey
I mean they already painted them, they could have done that too. LOL

Chris Greathouse
It may be a pain in the a$$, but the results are going to rock.

Holger Kranich
The floor looks awesome!

Nathan Dempsey
I hope so Chris!

Thanks Holger! I hope I can keep it up through the build.

Konrad -
Watching too! Very nice Nathan 👍

Nathan Dempsey
Seatbelts installed for the pilots. Still working on the passenger (meat cargo) area.

Donald Dickson II
Great job with the belts so far!

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Donald, James & Konrad! 🙂 Did more seat-belts today. About halfway there.

Clifford Keesler
Nice interior work, yes seatbelts will fry your brain and make you go cross eyed. LOL.

Slavo Hazucha
Offtopic - I know it´s going to be a completely different finish, but looking through the pics, I had to think of this...:

Youtube Video

Now I can´t get the tune out of my head 😄 - maybe it will help you getting the seatbelts done. Interior starting to look great, looking forward to see the arctic scheme on the outside!

Nathan Dempsey
Ha! Arnold doesn't need seat-belts, he has an iron grip. I do have the tune in my head now too.

Donald Dickson II
I will not click on it. I will not click...DAMN IT!

Nathan Dempsey
Oh no I may have to put a boom box in my choppa:

giant.gfycat.com/BrightAmpleBat.webm

Bryn Crandell
Looking good so far. I'm in like all of the other glue sniffers.

Chris Greathouse
Holy Seat! Those seats are rockin'!

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Bryn! Seat-belts for the meat-cargo have been installed. To think I want to do this when I build a CH-47. Pure insanity!

Nathan Dempsey
Oh Thanks Chris! You beat me on the ol typin. I guess I should use more than one finger.

Chris Greathouse
I type 60ish wpm with 1 hand... get yur act 2gether 😛 joking, much love! (but I do type 60)

Nathan Dempsey
HA! That's why you're Mr. Speedy 🙂

Donald Dickson II
*ignoring speedy one hand comments*

Belts look awesome sir!!!!

Chris Greathouse
*waves at Donald* HI! 😄 😛

Clifford Keesler
If you build a Chinook, do it with the cabin seats up in the stowed position. I speak from experience with the real thing. LOL.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Donald!

Clifford: I was thinking of a stowed ATV in there, so at least some of the seats would be stowed. 🙂

Stephan Ryll
Very nicé progress Nathan 👍

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Stephan! Doing some fuselage work today. There's some optional parts on the tail boom and the fit isn't exactly perfect.

Nathan Dempsey
More parts primed to prepare for the insertion of the interior and to start work on the rotor head.

Clifford Keesler
It sure is looking good. If we weren't hauling troops we usually flew with only 3 seats down in the rear. One on the aft right side{for the Flight Engineer, me) one aft of the forward cabin door, (for the crew chief) and one next to the fwd left window. This was the standard setup when carrying cargo. Sorry to highjack your thread agin.

Nathan Dempsey
No worries Clifford. Its useful information for sure! The other fuselage you see is the N Carolina Forestry bird which is kinda on hold until I get another seat-belt set.

Clifford Keesler
Cool, a double Huey whammy. When you get the other sealtbelts that is. I was looking at your album last night, and thought to myself, I need to get a Huey. I was digging in the closet today to put some PE in my SU-7BMK box, and lo and behold I found 5 Huey's 1 1/35, 1 1/32 and 3 1/48. DUUUUUHHHH! LOL.

Augie
LOL yeah they come from no where!

Nathan Dempsey
Huey time! I've still got the UH-1Y too. Maybe I should do a triple build LOL!

Clifford Keesler
You know you are getting old when you can't remember what you have. I think I will have to do a Heilo or two after I finish the Viggen.

Nathan Dempsey
I actually just found a Belcher 1:48 Lynx while digging for my UH-1Y. Had to add it to my Scalemates stash. I wonder how many other ones are hiding in there?

Erik Leijdens
Great work so far Nathan. Always liked the Huey! One day I want to build a Dutch AB-412 in SAR livery.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Erik! I've always loved them. My great uncle flew them in Vietnam. My father told me one time he had a pair of them land in our back field to simulate downed aircraft and had his squadron search for them. Meanwhile he and his fellow pilots had a home cooked meal while awaiting "rescue". I think by the time they were found there were like 5 Hueys in the field. I've got to see if he has any pictures...

Clifford Keesler
Looking forward to the SAR bird. I flew Huey's before going to the CH-47 Chinook. They used to say skids were for kids, so I graduated to training wheels. LOL.

Chris Greathouse
Wow! That's looking legit mate!!

Bob Hall
We had Huey's at Fort Hood, The range Control had 2, on a huge base full of AH-64's And SHITHOOKS and Blackhawks, NOTHING sounds like a Huey ! Can't wait to see this one done ! *gitty*

Donald Dickson II
Dad was a flight mech on Hueys along with the H-3 and 53. They are awesome indeed. 🙂

Looking great sir!

Jens
I really like it, my dream model will be the Kitty Hawk Venom, I hope I can finish it only half as well

Nathan Dempsey
Thank you very much for the kind words mates 🙂 The fuselage halves went together fairly well with only the front needing some help. The instrument panel also had some fit issues since the instructions show it fitting at an odd angle, so I decided to install it after putting the halves together instead of before.

Nathan Dempsey
Painted the upper windows clear green and after completely drying was dipped in Future. The weather has been extremely wet this week so any kind if painting is hit or miss. Also, the Future turned completely cloudy which was a big scare. Thankfully it transitioned to it's normal clear state after bringing inside to the air conditioned hobby room.

Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice Nathan.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Clifford!

Upper windows installed even though I feel like they are a bit on the dark side. The AK Real Clear Green performed well again though!

Wow I almost stalled out on this build, but thanks to a little tap from Slavo on another build, I'm back in business! I slowed a bit due to 2 factors. I was awaiting another Eduard seat-belt set for the N Carolina Forestry Huey build. I was REALLY wanting to dual build these, but since the seat-belts appear lost in the mail this just isn't going to be possible. The second reason was just simple burnout from the frantic building and touch ups during the week leading up to the recent PAMSCON contest. I now have settled back down and am ready to continue.

Slavo, you'll probably get to see the Orange used as the main color on this one get laid down on the little Constellation build first so I can gauge how it will behave.

Clifford Keesler
Looking mighty nice there sir.

Nathan Dempsey
Thank you sir. Just a little work today. I blacked out the inside of the engine area before attaching it to the fuselage.

Bryn Crandell
Looks great so far. The green really isn't too much. Brand new glass looked like that. They somehow faded a little with age.

Slavo Hazucha
I like the green too, it will look great together with the orange.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Bryn & Slavo! Painted the instrument panel to get ready for install. I was test fitting the front glass and realized I hadn't installed it!

Slavo Hazucha
I am quite sure the Ice Pirates would manage without a dash, but I agree the model will look better having it IN😉

Chris Greathouse
Looks like you're dialed in! Looks good!

Clifford Keesler
Yea you might need that. LOL.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Chris!

Slavo & Clifford: Yes I would have been a bit unhappy having to pry the front windscreen off!

Nathan Dempsey
Instrument panel, front windscreen & engine cover installed. Still needs a small amount of filler around the seams...

Jim J
Coming along nicely.

Clifford Keesler
Looking very good.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Jim & Clifford! Now on to the side doors so I can seal this bird up and start on masking and priming...

Slavo Hazucha
Windscreen up nice & clear - take your time - the Orange finish has a lot of potential!

Clifford Keesler
Orange Heilo's are cool. My HH-60 Jayhawk was a pain to paint, but boy did it look cool when done.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Slavo! To quote the Beastie Boys: Low & slow that is the tempo...

Clifford: Those Jayhawks are nearly impossible to find these days too.

Clifford Keesler
Are they? I believe it was done by Skunk Workd models, was it not. I also have built Trumpeter's Dauphin U.S. Coast Guard, again it is all orange. And I have another in the stash. I soon will be doing a H-34 which will be done in the Navy Artic scheme. All orange also. So you go to town with that orange sir. My next Huey will be a yellow and Red Canadian Forrest service bird, in 1/32 scale.

Nathan Dempsey
Still working on smoothing out and rescribing the engine cover. This seems to be the only poor fitting part on the kit...

Clifford Keesler
You will get it.

Stephan Ryll
Comming along nicely Nathan 👍

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Clifford and Stephan!

Small update. Added more parts to the tail. The rescribe is complete on the engine cover too.

Carsten Gurk
Interesting project and great photos so far - following 🙂

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Carsten! I kinda slowed a bit due to rearranging the hobby area. Trying to get back on track!

Slavo Hazucha
No problem Nathan, we're still here... slow is best😉

Bob Hall
Coming together so grandly, I can almost hear "Fortunate Son" playing in the back ground ! LOL !!!!!!

Clifford Keesler
Looking good Nathan.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks mates! Here's the pic of one side. I've gone back on the other side to do more work because I wasn't pleased with the result.

Stephan Ryll
Looking good Nathan 👍

Slavo Hazucha
Well this one certainly looks good enough 👍 Eager to see the orange job😉

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Stephan & Slavo! Some small progress. The rotor blades and skids are complete. The skids on my example had a large mold seam and took some care to get evened out.

Clifford Keesler
Coming along nicely, can't wait to see the orange.

Nathan Dempsey
Right now the weather down here is really slowing me down. I may have to resort to painting in the laundry room!

Nathan Dempsey
A little work on the doors. I was able to paint again today! 😄

Slavo Hazucha
Nice & clean - hope the windows fit & quality will be good to get that even surface look on the outside!

Clifford Keesler
Looking very good Nathan.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Slavo & Clifford! Apologies for the slow response lol.

With my other project nearly complete I'm taking this one down from the shelf of doom to hopefully complete.

Clifford Keesler
Looking forward to that. I finally got me a Hasegawa Sea King, I really do need to build some of my Heilo's.