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Sy Bar
A builds of firsts, my first Helicopter and first use of 3D decals. Turns out the kit was originally a HobbyBoss kit and looks great nice details and combination of fine panel lines and rivets where need, I have high hopes for this build. 🤞

Villiers de Vos
Coming along nicely. That 3D interior set looks beautiful.

Sy Bar
Cheers #Villiers, the 3d decals are fantastic and really elevate the tubs to a new level.

First real issue with the kit is the fit of the main body, it does not want to join easily and I can find a cause but most can be fixed by gluing a small section at a time and working down the body.
However the bottom section is far too narrow for the kit bottom part, creating large hangovers. This may suggest the bandy has a warp in it but this is modelling not assembly.
I've added a stretcher of sprue to force the side apart hopefully this will help and not cause more issues later.

Sy Bar
Another sort of issue although a little troublesome rather than true issue.
The instruction contain a couple of templates for both inner and outer glass masks (a great idea I wish more kits had). However they are way under scale, I resorted to old skool and used Tamiya tape and fresh blade with bright light behind (phone light 😁) and cut my own.
While right this it occurs to me they may be 1/72 scale and were not rescaled to 1/48 will check later.

Jens J.
It was not a Hobbyboss kit. It was a Special Hobby kit.

Sy Bar
Great spot #Jens J it is indeed Special Hobby plastic, my apologies to both Special Hobby and HobbyBoss for the confusion.
Just completed a HobbyBoss and had them on my mind, this would be an excuse if the sprues where not so well labeled and on the Quinta 3D decals 🤪

Robert Podkoński
Good job so far, Vincent. Keep it up!

Vincent
Thanks Robert!!

Freak
Astonishing detail painting in the cockpit and gear well. Are you sure this is 1:72 scale? 😉

Sergej I
Looking forward to painting progress 👍

Vincent
Thanks Freak and Sergej! This kit is great no aftermarket needed and it has a lot of options!

Thomas Kolb
This is truly masterclass in weathering!

Nicolas
Great Model. 👍

Vincent
Thanks Thomas and Nicolas!!! Pictures of the finished model will follow soon!!!

Zbynek Honzik
Very nice!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.. Very nice effects.

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic paintwork and weathering. I love it!

CaptGPF
Beautiful

Vincent
Thanks everyone!!!

Bob Hall
Sweet !

Dave
Nice work

bossy122
Impressive dash!

bughunter
You tend to do big projects with many parts, right? That means a fine detailed model 👍 Impressive!
Are the electronic components and cabling part of this kit series?

Roger Trewenack
Hi Bughunter, all part of the de-Agostini subscription based kit - I'm not adding anything extra unless I absolutely have to, this thing is SO BIG, and so HEAVY!!! I think my glass shelves may struggle holding this!!
Big Projects?? I seem to turn them into BIG projects....

Roger Trewenack
Will add some BIG body shots soon!!

George Williams
Like the Shelby stripes.

Roger Trewenack
Interesting to see how one of these "subscription-based" kits go together.
Not the standard construction process by any means.
Disappointed at the quality of the pre-assembled parts, especially those that were chromes (there was little or no pre-chrome clean-up, and the after chrome patching was quite inferior) Not what you should expect form a high-cost model!! So some reworking required there.
Final product looks pretty good & final assembly was better than I expected.
By the way, the completed car weighs in at just over 8kg - so you will need to consider that when displaying it in your cabinet!!

bughunter
Congrats, for the result and the special experience 👍 There were some interesting models here, but in the end I was always reluctant to order them for different reasons (quality, price,...). It may be cheaper to buy a complete set retrospectively from people who have given up.
I hope you can add the seats without big hassle.
About the electronics: Is the engine sound constant, like a running engine idling? Are all the lights are always on?

Skyhiker
Simon das sieht SPITze aus.

Simon
Danke 🙂