My Huey ...

[Peter Gillson]

Peter - yes it was worth the effort.

Here is the figure painted ( the boots need finishing which I will do when the skits are painted and fixed to the chopper body

Peter

[yak face]

Fantastic work peter , its going to look great , at the moment though he looks like hes going sledging ! :smiling5:

[Peter Gillson]

Hi Tony - sledging? Hmm I could save a lot of work by changing the design! Next is the second figure, getting out of the other side of the 'copter.

Peter

[Richard48]

Coming along nicely Peter.Nice work.
Rich.

[Peter Gillson]

Hi Richard - thanks, hope yuo are keeping well.

a productive couple of days. First painting the 'copter and then fixing the skid in place. Then the real test - could the whole thing be supported by the wire through the figure? Hooray! It can!


peter
ps - it you are wondering about my not painting the tail - I'm going to chop it off to make the model a more manageable size.

[Guest]

Yup, that'll do! Fantastic work Peter.

[Neil Merryweather]

That looks the business, Peter . Looking forward to watching this taking shape.

[boatman]

HI Peter sorry im late on this one but choppin off the tail OH NO why must it be chopped off ? are you short on space as I love a huey as when me an the misus was on holl in malta in a place called selima we sat on the hotel balocany an whatched two hueys hover over some boats out in the bay doin some kind of exersize an it was great to whatch these choppers doin their thing the niose from the rotars was great an it made the holl for us
chris

[Peter Gillson]

Hi Chris

the main reason for chopping off the tail is not so much to save space, but to reduce the imapct of the helicopter on the scene - making the figures the focal point rather than the helicopter.

!!! DISASTER !!!
while cutting the tail I managed knock the figure and his leg snapped:


this happened yesterday, I tried to glue it using Araldite and after 24 hours the join was not secure, so that's the end of this project. A real shame because it was looking quite good.

now it is back to busts.
peter

[Guest]

I tried to glue it using Araldite and after 24 hours the join was not secure, so that's the end of this project.

Isn’t Araldite a two-part epoxy glue? Chances are that you didn’t mix it correctly or that it’s old and has gone off. I’d try removing the glue and giving it a second go before giving up.

[Neil Merryweather]

Please don't give up ,Peter I was so looking forward to this.
How about pinning with thin piano wire, either side of the hole?

[yak face]

No ! Please dont Give up on this one peter . How close is the figures back to the fuselage of the helicopter ? Im thinking a seriously thick metal rod , about 2/3 mm drilled into his side as far as you dare and then into the sill of the Chopper just under the door opening, hopefully the close contact will hide the join and the contact points of the figures arm and currently severed leg will strengthen the joint a bit more , has to be worth a try?

[Guest]

No, no, no, no Peter! Grab some superglue. You can't give up on this.

[scottie3158]

Peter,
I'm with Tony can you try pinning it. It will be a real shame to bin this.

[minitnkr]

Was told once if you can move your foot in a clockwise direction while air drawing the figure six you might be able to fly a chopper. Don't give up, this is really a worthy effort. PaulE