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.
Finally finished, glad to be done with the "fiddly bits" stage for sure.
Exhausts via Alclad. Rear doors aren't glued in yet, should fit better with some Tamiya Extra Thin.
I like how the exhausts and rotor hub turned out, bit of color in an overall OD background.
Next project preview.
Side doors also not glued in yet. Little tape holding it on and unfortunately photo bombing a bit.
Lakota exhausts don't seem that smoky. Rotor wash seems to blow it back and down in reference pics so just a little heat staining and soot inside.
Komentarzy
49 13 May, 18:02
JohnThanks bughunter! I should also add the molded on seatbelts Revell provided are not the best, but I got a case of the lazies and didn't replace them all with tape. To be fair,there are nine seats.
14 May, 02:50
J35JTotally missed this one until now. Really great build, paintwork and weathering 👍🏻👏🏼
7 July, 20:20
QwertzelJup, I will try to use a white primer instead of a light grey. I also want all doors open and dont know how to protect the interiour
20 July, 07:18
bughunter@Qwertzel You can try to put in a layer of foam, e.g. the one Eduard used for safely pack accessories. Cut it little big bigger then the door and squeeze the foam into the door cut out. And/or use moistened pieces of paper handkerchiefs. This is more helpful around smaller openings - I use this for example to mask the engine for painting the cowling. After it dried it gets "stable" and can easily removed after the paint job.
20 July, 10:57
JohnQwertzel, bughunter has it exactly right, that is what I did. Worked perfectly. For the rear doors, I masked the roof and floor parts with tape, then used the foam. Side doors, just a square piece of foam a little oversize as bughunter suggests. For the yellow, white primer can work but believe it or not, pink is also a good color for priming yellow areas.
20 July, 12:39
