sovereignhobbies 1,431 Posted December 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 I'm not sure I'm any good at painting plywood My father sent me this today - the company he works for now has bought a new (to them) Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin which is being fitted out with plywood floor boards at the moment: I don't know if the S-61Ns had gaffer tape over the joins yet or not 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Col. 7,051 Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Looks a bloody good representation of plywood to me! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grunhertz 17,283 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Looking rather sweet that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sovereignhobbies 1,431 Posted December 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) I've made no progress today or yesterday, but instead have been using the time off the day job to catch up with restocking our paints. I feel very lucky to have met a particular individual through forums and the little business because he has very generously been tirelessly helping me by filling 14ml tins for the past 2 days letting me concentrate on painting lids. It would have taken me about 6 days to get through what's been achieved in 2 by having someone else helping. I did leave Stew in the paint shed alone for a bit when my dad made a quick visit with Christmas presents for our daughters. He brought me this though: A branded ring binder. Wonderful? Aha but what's inside? A complete set of course notes for the aircraft is what this is ... It contains many notes on how the aircraft's systems work, where to fill it up with lubricants and so on, but it also contains many technical drawings So all in all, whilst I may not be detailing the cyclic stick grips in 1/72, I don't think I can use the excuse of lack of reference material any more. All deficiencies are the direct result of a lack of ability in translating this information into model form. Edited December 24, 2016 by sovereignhobbies 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wafu 9 Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 (edited) Really nice build of a S61, great machine. Having spent 18 months on the Sumbrugh SAR machines it touches a few strings. Realy nice place to live, Shetland. I lived in the Bristow accom just by the Mainland shop, Heartbreaks. Knew a few guys who work on the S92 from the old BA days, when Sumburgh was very busy with Chinooks, S61's and Pumas. keep up the great build. Edited December 25, 2016 by Wafu 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sovereignhobbies 1,431 Posted January 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 I haven't given up! I have been rather busy though, but to be honest just couldn't face painting all those seats. It's behind me now though, and I'm not ashamed to admit that it was very boring and that whilst spray painting is one of my favourite modelling activities, brush painting is one of my least favourite. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grunhertz 17,283 Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 Enjoying this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sovereignhobbies 1,431 Posted January 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 The cabin seats are now stuck to the floor. I need to shave the outboard arm rests a bit with a sanding stick as the fuselage is a little narrower internally at arm rest height than at floor height I'll then have to do some of that cockpit PE faff. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mish 5,292 Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 Nice work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jockster 816 Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 Nice one Jamie, I've enjoyed reading this! Nice looking build, seats look really good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winnie 175 Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 Very nice work! It's not a Bell 212 but I'll let that slide.. lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sovereignhobbies 1,431 Posted January 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 As with the Hellcat, I've been avoiding PE, and trying to similarly put off resolving this whole seats-to-wide-for-the-cabin thing. I did shave down the arm rests a bit, breaking off many of the seats in the process. That's now fixed, but it wasn't enough, so I have done the obvious thing I should have done first and attacked the fuselage sides. I also made a token effort at some cockpit PE, and built up the overhead panel and throttles. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mish 5,292 Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 Nice work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grunhertz 17,283 Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 Great stuff Jamie glad to see it back Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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