UH-72 A Lakota

Finally making some progress on the cabin/cockpit. Working off a walkaround from PrimePortal. It's a bit of a pain since everything on the interior of these birds is some sort of gray shade. Added a few bits and buttons to the stick and collective levers. 

The IP is a couple of decals, but they were a bit too stark, so mostly hand painted. 

 

 

 

More progress on the cabin. 

Ready to close up by adding the roof. This turned out to be a predictable pain in the posterior. The outer fuselage fits over the inner cabin interior shell. I use the term "fits" loosely as it doesn't fit at all. Have been spending a lot of time shaving and trimming so that the fuselage shell closes at all, complicated by the fact that it's also warped. If you ever want to do this kit, beware, Revell dropped the ball on this one. The "good" news is that the main windscreen fit is only bad in one spot. 

 

Lots of masking on this bird. Thankfully nothing too complex or tiny. 

 

Black based to make it Batman-worthy and the start of the doodle coat. The hardest part is going to be not breaking off all the various tiny bits during painting. 

 

Doodle coat finished, the custom "masks" on the skids worked pretty well. 

 

The only casualty turned out to be the lower cable cutter, snapped like a twig, since reattached.  

 

Got the blend coat on. Lots of dust on this one, need to remember that before snapping pics! 

Monochrome OD turned out OK, just "interesting" enough. Like the real thing, it appears different in different lighting. Sometimes darker, other times more "OD-ish" in tone. 

Still some details and slight weathering to add. And the rotors of course. 

 

Windscreen wiper to add and of course, dusting. 

Still, overall happy with how the paint came out. 

Turbine exhausts still to add as well.