MH-53e, HC-4 Sigonella - Italeri 1/72

[Guest]

Thanks Paul.

In the meanwhile I did these guys[ATTACH]77104.IPB[/ATTACH]


Now you may wonder what these guys are. The answer is: this guy[ATTACH]77105.IPB[/ATTACH]

and this other guy[ATTACH]77106.IPB[/ATTACH]

. Now once painted they look like this[ATTACH]77107.IPB[/ATTACH]

and help to fill the cabin like this[ATTACH]77115.IPB[/ATTACH]


Thanks for looking

Francesco

[eddiesolo]

I have said it many times, we are our own worse enemy in crit and spot things we should have done or could have improved but your interior looks superb Francesco as does your all your scratch built parts. Too hard on yourself me thinks. Outstanding detail and painting, looking superb in my opinion.

Si

[Guest]

Thanks mate.

Here are the originals. Perhaps someone can help me to understand what they are to avoid putting inside the cabin something that should not go in.

[ATTACH]77129.IPB[/ATTACH]

sorry for the crappy pic, I've taken it from my laptop.
Thanks,

Francesco

[yak face]

No idea what they are Francesco but yours look just like them !! Excellent scratchbuilding , cheers tony

[papa 695]

Just caught up on this Francesco Some great scratch building looking great don't be too hard on yourself it looks fantastic

[Guest]

Thanks again.

The third guy now looks like this:

[ATTACH]77173.IPB[/ATTACH]


This will be the main gear box oil cooler that should be installed in the compartment you see in the picture. I said should because for now the plan is to keep all panels closed.

Thanks for looking,

Francesco

[ojays]

Thank you guys.I took some pictures of the open cabin, best one below

[ATTACH]76391[/ATTACH]

However i'm looking and looking to the pics and the result doesn't convince me: it isn't clean as I wished and there are a couple of things that I could have done better. Yep, the macro is magnifying imprecisions but I know many could have been avoided.

Now I can try to repair (but I know I will make a mess) or close the fuselage as it is (and not be satisfied).

Mmhh, need some time to think.

Francesco

Is this the model, or the real thing

[flyjoe180]

Super work Francesco, still watching your build here

[Guest]

Thanks.

The last two guys here:

[ATTACH]77239.IPB[/ATTACH]


Top and bottom tail gearboxes

Francesco

[Ian M]

Been watching from the wings, and have to say that you are doing a great job here Francesco.

Ian M

[eddiesolo]

Fantastic work Francesco, this just gets better and better!

Si

[Guest]

Thank you mates.

No updates for now. I'm painting gearboxes and Futuring windows (actually I'm using Livaxing) to close tail and fuselage. Unfortunately the dust here is actively attracted by those windows and i already had to do the job four times without success.

Francesco

[geegad]

top work and love all the wires add a hell of alot more detail look forward to seeing more

[Guest]

Thank you.

I've been working on the tail that is almost ready for paint now.

Compared to the original one:

I have separated it from the fuselage adding the front wall and hinges (to be completed once mounted);

- built the box on the tail shaft;

- cut out grilles and replaced with PE (first time, nice, but some cleanup should be done);

- cutout the base of the tail fin, added the wall and support for the tail's skid;

- scribed some missing lines and tried the riveter (nice, now I want the RB) to resemble more like the real with thousands of rivets. Actually it should be totally rescribed as kit panels and rivets are mostly wrong, but this will be for the next time;

- built the top and bottom gear boxes.

[ATTACH]77604.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]77605.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]77606.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]77607.IPB[/ATTACH]


Thanks for looking

Francesco

[eddiesolo]

Given this a great build for the amount of detail and fiddly bits. Outstanding work, keep it up.

Si