HC-7 Kaman UH-2A Seasprite
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First plastic cut!
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Interior and tail rotor in progress
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Conversion set, side door in RH corner is not included in the set, plug formed this myself
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More work on interior, wheel wells corrected to single wheel landing gear, tail fin extension removed, LH door cut-out added
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Some more progress, interior finished and installed
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Fuselage assembled
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Engine housing attached, windscreen masked and installed, lots of filling and sanding
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Ready for spraying, doors installed temporarily
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Anti-glare panel sprayed and masked, pre-shaded
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... an engine gray all-over. Gotta love simple schemes.
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Gloss coat on, finally made and applied those decals
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Painting of the rotor, touch up the doors that came of again after the final satin coat
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Trial fit of the rotor. Looks good!
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Коментари
1 4 January 2014, 20:02
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May i take a seat? I'ld like to follow your build of this cool-looking helo...
5 January 2014, 06:14
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Hi, could you please post some closeup shots of your conversion set, since i plan to backdate my 1/48 seasprite to an A-Model as well. I know about the obvious differences of the engine and wheels, put in the rotorcraft conversion seems to be more than that. Thanks for your help!
Regards Roman
5 January 2014, 11:05
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Hi Roman, the set contains a new engine housing, new tail fin, two external tanks and a piece of rod to fashion the "fishpole" for the rescue hoist. Not included is a new LH side door. The instructions suggest to fashion this door from sheet, using the -2F LH side window. However, this window is too big. Instead I plug formed a new door from clear sheet. I do not need the external tanks for the version I will be modelling, nor will I use the tail fin. Comparing with the kit tail fin there is little difference in surface detail. Removing the -2F tailfin extension is easier than grafting on the new tail fin.
5 January 2014, 12:59
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Thanks for your help. I'm anxious to see your furhter progress with this model.
7 January 2014, 17:03
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hzet32, Can I watch too? I have this same project planned for the future. I have both the Airfix(MPC) and Fujimi SH-2F kits. I know Colin designed the conversion for the Airfix kit, but I want to see if it will work on the Fujimi kit as well. I like your tail rotor jig and your interior details are terrific! What are you going to use for decals? R/ Dutch
7 January 2014, 17:39
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Sure 🙂 Just have patience, I am a slow modeler... Can't say if the conversion will work on the Fujimi kit, but since it replaces the entire engine/transmission housing it should be doable. At least it saves you cutting out the LH door. As for decals these will mostly come from the spares box. I will be making an all-grey HC-7, which doesn't have many markings.
7 January 2014, 20:05
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More progress. Interior finished and installed, fuselage assembled. Attention now shifted to exterior.
21 January 2014, 19:45
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Has there been more progress lately? I'm looking forward to some new pictures...
13 March 2014, 19:20
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Indeed progressing slowly. Fuselage assembly completed and sprayed engine gray all-over. Doors installed to mask interior. Painting of the rotor also in progress. Got to start on the decals soon...
14 March 2014, 19:14