Austrian Sikorsky S-70 - EUFOR - DONE

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November 7, 2022
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October 31, 2021
Finally....everything collected what was in my mind....ready for a start.
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November 1, 2021
Release the first parts from the sprue,.....
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November 1, 2021
This EUFOR version will also have all doors closed - so I'm lucky, because the Hasegawa interior of this kit is lackinig details. I nevertheless I'm thinking of some improvements,....
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August 10, 2022
Here we go,...some improvements of the cockpit section that....
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August 10, 2022
...could be seen from the outside.
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November 7, 2022
Some steps forward with the interior.
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November 7, 2022
Some details to the cabin added.
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November 7, 2022
Tryfit....
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November 7, 2022
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November 7, 2022
The Hasegawa kit doesn't have protruding panel lines, which is nice, but some lines are missing.
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December 9, 2022
Same now on the front side - intakes are covered...
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December 9, 2022
So here we take a look at the exhaust(s). Left hand the current Hasegawa kit (UH60A) and on the right side the Revell kit (UH60A). Well, both looking not quite right.
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December 9, 2022
Here on the left hand I have added the resin exhaust from Armycast. Looks much better,....but a lot of "carving" is needed to fit the resin part onto the fuselage and....
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December 9, 2022
....to open it up.
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December 9, 2022
...as you can see here - the part shows the exhaust closed. So a milling session was needed.....
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December 9, 2022
The exhaust manifold that is visilble on my birds are modelled with "old" and therefore malleable "Dissolved Putty" from Mr. Hobby.
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December 9, 2022
Giving it a try - looks quite ok.
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December 9, 2022
Manifold on. Exhaust cover on. Intake on. - all dry until now - to see if further adjustments are needed.
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December 9, 2022
A view of the left side. Meanwhile I have also glued on the side/forward infra-red device underneath the cockpit doors.
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May 7, 2023
Also on the tail we need....
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May 7, 2023
...to have sensors.
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May 7, 2023
All exterior and interior work is finished now - so the 2 fuselage parts can be joined.
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May 7, 2023
All masks on.
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May 7, 2023
For motivation purpose I "blue-tacked" fuel tank & external load beam on the chopper. Looking okay.
The tank is not from the Hasegawa kit as this one would not represent the tanks used by the Austrian Blackhawks - it's a spare part from a Revell box that fits (with a tiny mod) much better.
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May 7, 2023
A first coat of black primer unvealed some imperfections on the joints and surface.
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May 7, 2023
The Helicopter after the rework and with a 2nd shot of Ultimate selfleveling primer.
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May 7, 2023
I did not mention before that I added radar sensores not only on the tail. One pair of the forward looking sensors is from ArmyCast - the 2 others (missile and laser warning system) are "home-made". The Radome was purchased from BrentAir Decals.
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May 18, 2023
I was made aware by a mate that I missed to build in radar warning receiver APR-39 also at the tail. So some further tiny scratch work is needed here.
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May 18, 2023
A bit of scratching also...
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May 18, 2023
...here on the tail boom. Ready to go in the paint box again
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September 19, 2023
...finished mottling.
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September 19, 2023
top coat and gloss applied
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September 19, 2023
started to add decals
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October 18, 2023
same issue as with the KFOR version - I missed a canal or hole into the cockpit. So after de-masking the window panes I had to face quite an amount of sanding debris and tiny junks of styrene. So - same procedure: open the window and let in some fresh air 🙂
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October 18, 2023
Detailsing goes on,...all in place in the downward area,...e.g. details for attaching the aux. fuel tanks
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October 18, 2023
almost done - pits & pieces to be added - plus: waiting for rotors
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December 1, 2023

Juergen Klinglhuber
As you might have recognized I had a little progress on this one. I just figured out, that maybe I was a bit too motivated to get this chopper primed - did not consider attachment of all the externals (antennas, pitot,..). So some adjustments are needed before continuing with the painting.

10 May 2023, 09:56

Ekki
Watching.

10 May 2023, 18:15

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

10 May 2023, 19:14

Juergen Klinglhuber
Welcome Ekki & Guy Rump.
I have to let you know that some patience is needed here as these 4x S70's I have started are only progressing at a low pace. 🙂

12 May 2023, 13:52

Juergen Klinglhuber
update - paint is applied,..started to do the decals...

19 September 2023, 11:11

Laurent VILLANUEVA HELLER ForEver
das gut !

19 September 2023, 17:44

Juergen Klinglhuber
Merci pour votre commentaire.

20 September 2023, 17:59

Juergen Klinglhuber
up-date

18 October 2023, 17:32

Juergen Klinglhuber
So - after a while here are the first set of final photos on my 4xbuild of Sikorsky S-70. The EUFOR version with aux. fuel tanks.
Thx you Roland for your time and patience & giving me some advice during the photoshooting. I hope to solve the technical issue with my equipment soon in order to follow up with pic's from the other choppers soon.

1 December 2023, 19:38

Ronan
Very nice 👍

3 December 2023, 09:01

Neuling
Yes!

3 December 2023, 10:50

Guy Rump
Very nice build! 👍

3 December 2023, 10:51

Martin Grafeneder
Great Work!!!

3 December 2023, 15:39

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thank you Ronan, Neuling, Guy & Matl.
Your feedback is balm on the modeler soul - especally on this Blackhawk build(s). It was quite a journey to get to the end. 👍 thx

5 December 2023, 07:27

Bas Tonn
Nice work !! Nice background too 😉

5 December 2023, 07:30

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx you Bas Tonn!

9 December 2023, 09:30

Ekki
Excellent work!

4 January, 19:57

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx Ekki for the comment and to all others for your "likes".

6 January, 14:33

Stefan Fraundorfer
A very nice Austrian Black Hawk Jürgen. Congratulations!

6 January, 16:12

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thank you for leaving a comment Stefan. Happy to hear you like it.

10 January, 18:57

Bernd Grün
Very nice build and presentation, Jürgen! 👌 Congratulation.

11 January, 09:41

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx Bernd. As my equipment is on "sick leave" this pics are made in cooperation with Roland (thx btw).

16 January, 06:33

Łukasz Gliński
Very nice finish and not often you see unusually marked BlackHawk 👍 My only complaint would be the cockpit door windows being bit dirty

16 January, 11:24

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thanks Lukasz.
And unfortunattly you are right, it loooks quite bad - it was a sad experience to find out after demasking that I have somewhere overseen a path where sanding debris could enter the cabin. The rescue operation at the end by removing a glass was only partially a success. 🙁

17 January, 08:15

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx all for further incoming likes!

26 March, 10:14