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Well, here I go again with a bit on another one of my projects.
This is the SSM Huey kit
from Germany and spans nearly 6 feet. The standard power plant is the
ZG26 gas engine but I opted to go electric when SSM came out with
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Having put much thought into the color and scheme, I decided to do the
model as a Vietnam Dustoff Helo.
I was lucky to find an Army aircraft technical manual in PDF form
explaining painting and markings and realized that half my battle was
over with. The other half was finding out all the details and
placements of rivets, access panels and so on. Once again, thanks to
the Blains, Ebert, Don, and Ted, I was able to accomplish this huge
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the rivets are done by hand
using a syringe and needle
with an Elmer’s glue type liquid. The access panels were cut out from
thin styrene then glued into place with CA. Tedious but great in the
long run. |
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entire helicopter is being finished with Rust-Oleum auto primer
and Sherwin Williams olive
drab mixed up and put into rattle cans. The results have been
excellent so far. The medivac square and cross were airbrushed on the
cargo doors and will be on the nose also. |
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Another project within this project
that really tested my
scratch-building ability, and patience to continue without driving
myself to drink, was the armored seat build. I decided on styrene
frames and seats formed from balsa block covered with pantyhose
painted drab to simulate the mesh. Worked great. |
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My
goal is to finish this model before TJ and his cousins grow up and
take over the family flying service or before Bruce actually figures
out how to play and sing Country Roads around the campfire during our next
wing-ding, whichever comes first.
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