Started this at the playday.
Cockpit assembled. Fuselage halves modified to accept the new nose and fuselage bottom shown in the last photo.
Nice work.
Ooooo, that looks interesting.
Watching with interest.
Kevin
That will be another nice build.
Bob c
Hope so.
Another great one for the collection
There looks to be some nice detail in the kit moulding and the resin nose should stop any chance of tail-sitting.
You're right there Chris. Just hope the oleos will be ok.
Hi Chris,
I have some Mr. Colour 171 for you as discussed, will bring it to the meeting.
Kevin
Thanks Kevin. It'll be a few weeks before getting to the painting stage with this.
Cockpit painted and ready for placement in fuselage.
Coming along nicely.
Soon be ready for the fuselage to be closed up.
Kevin
Great project! I'd love to have been able to sample a 1:1 turbine Whirlwind, even though they didn't have enough engines!
Italeri really ought to reissue their H-19 kits as their long absence has left a real gap in the rotary kit market. I'd certainly buy a couple...even though that would put me dangerously close to having the beginnings of a stash, especially as modelling time has hovered pretty close to zero recently. I'm pretty sure that Airwaves also produced a HAR.10 conversion as well, though obviously without the belly torpedo recess for the Mk9, but it seemed to be even rarer than the Italeri kits. I've got the RAFDEC SAR Whirlwinds decal sheet waiting optimistically for those reissues! (And, just as optimistically, more modelling time. >:()
Yes I've built the HAR 10.
If you're interested Jon, the company that used to be Whirlybird models ( now air-craft models ) has produced a HAR 9 resin kit.
"If you're interested Jon, the company that used to be Whirlybird models ( now air-craft models ) has produced a HAR 9 resin kit."
Cheers Chris, I've seen that Whirlybird / Air-Craft has produced some nice 'classic' helicopter kits. I've just spotted a HAR.9 kit on eBay - for ?50! Ouch...
Quote from: Jonners on June 10, 2024, 11:03:09 AM
"If you're interested Jon, the company that used to be Whirlybird models ( now air-craft models ) has produced a HAR 9 resin kit."
Cheers Chris, I've seen that Whirlybird / Air-Craft has produced some nice 'classic' helicopter kits. I've just spotted a HAR.9 kit on eBay - for ?50! Ouch...
I know they are not cheap.
All the internals fixed to the fuselage halves rather than the floor as it's getting a new one.
New floor section added.
New nose added. A little bit of filling to do now.
This reminds of something, is it Huckleberry Hound? If not I'll check my meds!!!
Quote from: cph64 on July 07, 2024, 05:29:48 PM
This reminds of something, is it Huckleberry Hound? If not I'll check my meds!!!
You've overdone the Norwegian tipples again.
Though I can see where you get Huckleberry Hound similarity from.
Kevin
Just the undercarriage to be added now. Then the painting begins.
Wow, this is looking good.
Can't wait to see this up close when done, terrific work.
Kevin
Now ready for masking.
Looks Good.
Two coats of the RN blue grey. Ready for masking.
It's starting to look the part.
Got a bit of touching-up to do before masking.
Allways a little job to do
Fluorescent red added.
Looking good.
Decals on. Just the finishing touches now to do.
A nice addition to your ever expanding collection.
Did you use an undercoat for the red?
Quote from: cph64 on August 31, 2024, 06:04:37 PMDid you use an undercoat for the red?
No. That went straight over the blue grey (humbrol 77). The red is fluoescent red (mr color 171) thanks to Kevin.
Looks nice so far Chris.
Bob c
This is now complete. The conversion kit worked well. I am very impressed with Hannants decals. They are strong and come away from the backing in cool water in about 20secs.
Nice looking model.
Looks great
Stunning job.
Kevin
Thanks for the comments chaps.
Great job. I just can't remember which cartoon dog it reminds me of due to the nose.
Quote from: cph64 on September 07, 2024, 05:14:03 PMGreat job. I just can't remember which cartoon dog it reminds me of due to the nose.
Got no idea.
Quote from: cph64 on September 07, 2024, 05:14:03 PMGreat job. I just can't remember which cartoon dog it reminds me of due to the nose.
Could it be Huckleberry Hound?
Kevin