AREA 88: Bell 206 Jet Ranger (Honichi Times)
This ought to be interesting...
First time to build a vaccu-form kit. Where to start?
It's tricky to know how much to cut off around the edges.
I cut as close as I dared and then started sanding down the edges until the two pieces looked like they met in the middle. Using the cockpit interior was a helpful way to measure progress.
Interior coming together.
Interior painted. Not much to look at really.
Cutting the other pieces out from the vacuform won’t be easy. Looks like scratchbuilding the rotor is the way to go.
Invisible fuselage makes placement tricky.
Comentarii
18 29 September 2021, 15:36
Greg Baker
This should be interesting. First time to attempt a vacuu-formed kit. Luckily I have another one in the stash in case this all goes horribly wrong. 😉
This should be interesting. First time to attempt a vacuu-formed kit. Luckily I have another one in the stash in case this all goes horribly wrong. 😉
29 September 2021, 15:42
Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, of course 🙂 Myself I feel a "horror vacui" when it comes to such kind of kits 😉 ...
Taking a seat, of course 🙂 Myself I feel a "horror vacui" when it comes to such kind of kits 😉 ...
29 September 2021, 19:03
bughunter
This is the most beautiful helicopter ever built! 👍 It appears in almost every movie of the 70s and 80s. So I have to watch!
I still have a kit in the basement. Don't know the scale, around 1.5m length of the fuselage.
This is the most beautiful helicopter ever built! 👍 It appears in almost every movie of the 70s and 80s. So I have to watch!
I still have a kit in the basement. Don't know the scale, around 1.5m length of the fuselage.
29 September 2021, 19:23
Bruce Huxtable
Loving the simplistic instructions in piccie 5 😉 What sprue? Watching, enthralled 🙂 BTW, what era is the kit from?
Loving the simplistic instructions in piccie 5 😉 What sprue? Watching, enthralled 🙂 BTW, what era is the kit from?
29 September 2021, 20:07
Greg Baker
What sprue? I'm more worried about where I get a dress sequin from… 😉
It seems this kit is from the 1970s.
What sprue? I'm more worried about where I get a dress sequin from… 😉
It seems this kit is from the 1970s.
30 September 2021, 03:20
Robert Podkoński
@ Greg: dress sequin? It is simple: you have to go to an official reception at any embassy and ask a lady in a sequined dress to dance... like James Bond used to 😄
@ Greg: dress sequin? It is simple: you have to go to an official reception at any embassy and ask a lady in a sequined dress to dance... like James Bond used to 😄
30 September 2021, 05:54
Robert Podkoński
If there are no embassy receptions in near future, however, you could go... I have seen sequins in few handicraft shops in my local mall.
If there are no embassy receptions in near future, however, you could go... I have seen sequins in few handicraft shops in my local mall.
30 September 2021, 07:38
Erik De Smet
Always interested to see Greg tackling a kit that may be older than himself
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Always interested to see Greg tackling a kit that may be older than himself
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23 December 2021, 12:03
Greg Baker
Hah! I was already two years old when this kit came out! I'm not sure the two sides are 100% aligned, but close. I'll mask the windows and then give it a spray to see what details can be used to adjust the fit if necessary.
Hah! I was already two years old when this kit came out! I'm not sure the two sides are 100% aligned, but close. I'll mask the windows and then give it a spray to see what details can be used to adjust the fit if necessary.
23 December 2021, 16:17
Mirko Römer
Not only that vacuform kits are hard enough to master, no, it's even so tiny! At least it doesn't have the amount of rivets like the Italeri Oh-58. Great work so far!
Not only that vacuform kits are hard enough to master, no, it's even so tiny! At least it doesn't have the amount of rivets like the Italeri Oh-58. Great work so far!
23 December 2021, 17:59
Greg Baker
Yeah. It's tricky to be sure. After spraying it with a light coat of white, I realized I needed to readjust the alignment of the two halves. Luckily I popped them apart without breaking anything… although I did have to re-glue the cockpit back in place.
Yeah. It's tricky to be sure. After spraying it with a light coat of white, I realized I needed to readjust the alignment of the two halves. Luckily I popped them apart without breaking anything… although I did have to re-glue the cockpit back in place.
24 December 2021, 07:25
Matthew A
Coz u coulda just popped a 1:72 Wonder Woman in and left it unpainted
Coz u coulda just popped a 1:72 Wonder Woman in and left it unpainted
24 December 2021, 15:47