Bell 47G
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Part PE additions just to get under way.
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Possibly the most complex bit of PE work I’ve done to date but really happy with it. Instrument panels held back for now.
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Tail boom PE on too.
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Not sure the seats were brown leather but given the texture and too hard to sand thought I’d try to make it look like well worn leather.
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Continue to try to improve with 1:72 pilots. Reasonably happy with this one.
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Seat belts added to co-pilot seat. I’ll add cutoff seatbelt bits to the pilot to buckle him up too.
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Some early test colours. Not working too hard here jus used RAF yellow and Red (with a touch of yellow). I used US Olive drab on the boom with some black added to darken it.
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Really happy with this bit. Some useful close up photos of Luftwaffe 47s shows the cabling through the boom which I have attempted to replicate to some extent.
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Canopy on. It comes in three parts an inevitable difficult fit.
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Gaps are not too bad though.
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We’re going to rescue this fella from the sea. Old moulding dreadful but he’ll be chest deep in the water so no worries.
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Starting mini display base. Started with some Revell Plasto to make the basics.
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So I had my sailor in the seas ready for rescue before I saw a video on YouTube about making a rotor wash diorama. So I scrapped this and started again.
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Kitchen towels soaked in hobby glue and water shaped and rolled to make waves.
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Initial coat of italieri deep sea green and some white highlights for the wave tops
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Then layers of AK transparent Water Gel in deliberate pattern outwards for wash effect.
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Layers of blue tones and more AK Gel
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Rescue now underway
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47 9 July 2022, 21:43
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Thanks Jivko. This was the Kit I was going to add to the Polar GB but just got sidetracked and missed it. Went full colour instead of polar white in the end. 🙂
9 July 2022, 22:01
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Hajo 😄 I didn't even think of that, he was a pilot I just had lying around so he got used. As I was only doing this one for a bit of a break and some PE practice I don't mind too much. 👍
10 July 2022, 14:07
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I noticed it immediately, because I have a lot of Jetpilots in my stash that I need to rework as helo-pilots when necessary... But great looking anyway! Maybe he´s on a high altitude mission in the Alps! 😉
11 July 2022, 08:50
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Looks very good, following with great interest 👍
I have the same PE set lying around and am just waiting for Italeri to release the OH-13 Korean War version of that kit.
3 August 2022, 13:52
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Thanks Mates. I'm a bit further on now just had to wait for the decals which weren't great. More photos to follow soonish.
4 August 2022, 18:30
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So finally marking this as finished with my first real attempt at a dio/vignette(?). For a much better take on the rotor wash video I attempted to replicate, here is the YouTube link Youtube Video
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21 February 2023, 07:29
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Very good decision to discard the first dio-attempt. The one with the rotorwash is really special. Thanks for sharing the video.
21 February 2023, 08:00
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I agree, the new version is a lot better, great job, and a good Idea 👍🏻
21 February 2023, 08:05
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Thanks both. Still not quite right but time to move on. In the video he explains that the glue/water mix should remove the towel print design but mine never seemed to. Guess it depends on the towel brand 😄 also the water effect he was using was more of a gel and so very malleable compared to the AK product I used. Anyway happy with it as a test bed, I have three Sunderlands in the stash so better get used to making water display bases.
21 February 2023, 09:03
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Gary, that is indeed a great first attempt! I am also thinking of doing a water dio for the Sunderland....so will use your experience as an aspiration!
21 February 2023, 11:03
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Thanks Andy 👍 for a lovely seascape check out Roland's SRA-1 SRA-1 "Wet" | Album by Roland (1:72)
21 February 2023, 12:19
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Thanks Jose. And thank you all for your interest and all the 'likes' sorry I've not kept track individually.
23 February 2023, 18:21
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