Dragon MH-60L
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Test-fit to see what has to be changed
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We're getting somewhere
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Added some antennas and other stuff
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Primer is done
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Definetly more than 50 shades...
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I used Tamiya NATO black with 20% white and added more and more white in the different layers
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1:144
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The rotorhead was detailed a little bit.
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Droop of the rotor blades was replicated by using hot water to soften the plastic.
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The rotor is painted using different shades of Tamiya Black
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You can see the difference between XF-1 and XF-69
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The rotormast was painted using a mix of aluminum and copper
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Future and decals are done...
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...next stop sealing decals, breaking contrast, applying wash and seal with matt cote.
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Washed,...
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...filtered,...
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...matt coted and demasked.
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Someone asked for a size comparison.
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Scratchbuild flare dispenser - part 26 isthe offer from Dragon.
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Flare dispensers and antenna on the tail in place
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1 on the right and 2 on the left side
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close up
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Nose is black...
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...ALQ-144 is done and I'm done too.
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Rollout 1
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Rollout 2
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Rollout 3
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Rollout 4
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Rollout 5
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Rollout 6
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Rollout 7
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Rollout 8
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Rollout 9
Yorumlar
2 11 May 2016, 20:21
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Sehr schön - ich bin gespannt, was du daraus tolles zauberst, der Bausatz ist ja eine tolle Ausgangsbasis für den Maßstab!
15 May 2016, 06:40
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Der Bausatz ist wirklich super. Passt alles 1A und Spachteln musste ich nur etwas and der Nahht auf den Triebwerken und die Längsnaht unter dem Heli war auch etwas weiter. Wenn man den Innenraum ignoriert, ist das was Feines für zwischendurch.
15 May 2016, 11:27
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Last sanding, base colour and post-shading done. Next stop future....
I used Tamya NATO black with 20% white as base colour and added more and more white in the different layers of the post-shading-process. Never done post-shading before and neverever in 1/144.
15 May 2016, 21:03
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Looking good! Those heavy panel lines could be reduced a bit tought..
16 May 2016, 12:18
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@Edgar: Thank you - let's see how much is left of the panel lines after Future, washing and matt cote.
@Christian: No kidding. I added a picture just for you. 🙂
16 May 2016, 14:07
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Mann, Mann, Mann. Du bringst mich noch dazu, meine Bausätze au anzufangen. Sehr schön lackiert bisher.
17 May 2016, 06:58
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@Edgar: I like 1:72 a lot more but 1:144 is nice for a small build in between some "big ones".😉
@Björn: Tu es!😉
Today I started painting the smaller details and added some more details to the main rotor.
18 May 2016, 20:48
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Yes, yes, but still, 1/144 is a great scale.. 🙂
Very nice rotor cables!
20 May 2016, 12:35
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The rotor was painted using different shades of Tamiya XF-1. I didn't wanted to use NATO black to give the model a little bit more life.
23 May 2016, 19:55
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Thank you!
Next steps were made. The metal edges of the rotor blades were painted, future applied and the decals are in place. Those were the smallest decals I ever used. For example: the tail-number is composed of 5 single numerals and on every inlet-cone are 2 small "no steps" decals.
Of course now the contrast of the decals is way too high so I'll have to apply a filter of highly dilluted paint. I'm not sure, which colour I'm going to use.
27 May 2016, 22:13
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Wow, sieht gut aus. Die Decals sind ja wirklich extrem hell. Da kannst du ja fast Mattschwarz in den abschließenden Klarlack 'reinmischen.
28 May 2016, 06:29
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I used a blackish brown for the wash and filtered with highly diluted TAMIYA black with a little bit white in it. for matt cote I used Xtracrylix flat varnish and I always love the moment when I can remove the masks from the model.
29 May 2016, 20:20
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Einfach nur Geil. Was du hier lackiertechnisch herausgeholt hast.
30 May 2016, 06:25
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Thank you so much.
The build isn't on hold but time is always short and the last hours were used to build new flare dispensers from scratch (see pic 19). Dragon only offers one per helicopter so I had to build additional ones anyway.
I used styrene, wire and some leftovers from the pe-box. For the angled flare dispensers I need 6 pe parts per dispenser (3 on each side) and I didn't finally decide how to build the other ones. On my reference pictures there are 4 flare dispensers per helicopter: [img1]
26 June 2016, 13:49
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@Andy: Danke dir - Rollout kommt bald.
Flare dispensers and antenna on the tail in place.
29 June 2016, 20:10
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That's it. ALQ-144 was done by wrapping it in aluminum with tiny parallel scratches on it. Now I'm waiting for the weekend and nice weatcher to take the rollout-pictures. Thank you all for your kind comments.
30 June 2016, 19:39
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Da bin ich ja mal gespannt auf die Bilder bei Tageslicht. Ich hab quasi den großen Bruder von deinem vor ner Weile fertig gestellt 😉 Sikorsky AH-60L DAP Blackhawk | Project by Babbsack (1:35)
1 July 2016, 05:19