Revell 1/32 H145M LUH KSK

[Steve Brodie]

looking good

[Jim R]

Hi all
Appreciate your kind comments. Building this kit certainly needs your encouragement.
Decals on. They were like the rest of the kit - uncooperative in the extreme, stiff and horrible. Micro Sol had only limited effect even with 3 or 4 applications. The images were not centered on the carrier film and so the film had to be trimmed on every decal.










I was very pleased with the masking. Worked far better than I imagined. No touching up needed.

I haven't started the rotors yet but the other parts are all ready to add.

Jim

[SimonT]

Paint looks good Jim :thumb2:

Pity about those decals though and all that silvering or has the camera made them look worse than they actually are?

[Lee Drennen]

Shaping up well

[Steven000]

Very nice update Jim, masking turned out superb indeed :thumb2: . Pity of the decal-problems but I'm sure you made the best of it.

[stillp]

Strangely, the decals were about the best thing about the version of this kit that I built. They did need a few doses of Microsol, but eventually settled down fine. The rest of your build looks great though.
Pete

[colin m]

I know you've had some 'fun' with this build, but it's certainly looking the part now.

[Guest]

Beautiful work Jim. How you get such a clean finish is beyond me.

[JR]

Jim suberb, I also agree with Peter about how clean.

[Guest]

the decals were about the best thing about the version of this kit

Is that saying much?

[Jim R]

Hi all
Thanks guys for your kind comments. It is a kit I will complete but will not be happy with :rolling:

Pity about those decals though and all that silvering or has the camera made them look worse than they actually are?

I reget to say that the silvering is every bit as bad the photos show!! A combination of poor surface preparation, thick decals and perhaps needing a more aggressive decal solution.

Is that saying much?

Not a lot but at least your comment made me smile :smiling:

Anyway onwards and upwards. Only a week to Telford :thumb2:

Jim

[stillp]

Is that saying much? :smiling3:

Not really, but my decals settled down nicely, even over the raised detail, without much silvering.
Oh, just realised, my civvie EC145 had gloss paintwork.
I wish my masking had been this good though!
Pete

[scottie3158]

Peter,
That is a great looking build.

[Jim R]

Hi all
So back to this helicopter. The body is complete. The tail boom fitted well and the weight in the nose proved sufficient to stop it rearing up :smiling: All the aerials etc stuck on.






The doors are to be fitted and the rotors still to do but the end is in sight.

Jim

[Jim R]

Hi all
This has been gathering dust for too long. Almost there now.
Rotors built and painted. Just a satin coat needed.


Doors fitted in an open position. There was no clear gluing place so I placed a blob of epoxy and taped the doors in place.


I'll be glad to see this done. It has been rather frustration and the end result has a lot of faults.
Jim