WIP: Eurocopter BK-117 "Space Design" D-HBKS
The Kit
Sprue "1"
Sprue"2"
Clearsprue
Decals
Instructions
Details Exterior
Details Inside
Detail Seats
I started by removing the ejector pin marks on the cabin inside...
... and assembling the tail.
The seats gor open backrests...
wich I closed for the first 2 rows.
I don't like tail-sitters -> some lead inside of the pedestal
The step in the roof section is closed with sheet, the gaps filled with putty.
OOB the rotorshaft would go down inside the cabin, so I had to modify it a bit. The rotor control also looks quite monolithic.
So I removed some unnessasary material and replaced the shaft with a 0.8 mm hypodermic needle
While I was at it I started assembling the main Rotor.
Dry-fitting showed some problems between the tail and the cowling (the angel between the cowling rear face and the tail-boom front part is about 8°). I hope matching the build groups is easier than the seperat parts.
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5 24 June, 19:12
NicolasAs soon as I finish one of my 3 current projects (2 of them ar nearly done) I will start with this little helicopter.
24 June, 19:17
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Build proces for my 1/72 Eurocopter BK-117 in Stunning Space Design colours designed by Luigi Colani. The Kit is based on a 1988 Matchbok kit and there is no detail set or a kit from better moulds that I know of. So I'll try to improve this oldie a little bit.
I'm going to present the helicopter on a helipad in a city with 2 pilots waiting for some VIPs.
