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

[monica]

Outstanding work Francesco, great detail, i think it looks good i was going to say about the tab, but after looking should be there

last one on the right shows it , leave it be its great

[Guest]

Thanks Monica.

Faded a bit the blade, a bit more on the cover. Good for now, I will take a couple of days to consider this result then may do the other blade too.

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Francesco

[yak face]

Stunning work Francesco , simply superb attention to detail, cheers tony

[Guest]

Thanks Tony, we're trying our best here

Francesco

[flyjoe180]

I think you have blended it well by fading the rotors and hub. Great work Francesco.

[Guest]

Thank you Joe

[eddiesolo]

Wow, Francesco, you you must have macro-eyes for that level of detail in 1/72. The scratch work is awesome, the fading/salting looks spot on to me.

Just amazing.

Si

[Guest]

Let me say thank you with a small update.

The main rotor is now complete (just few scratches to be fixed and a couples of tubes to reglue).

I moved my attention to the tail rotor, especially in the pitch system which not reproduced in the kit. To represent it I used the pitch levers from Eduard PE bending them a little and shortening the links, then I scratched the shaft (missing) and protection for the levers (totally wrong).

The result you can see below together with the real one.

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Francesco

[Wong Ryan]

Top notch. The interior looks like the real thing !!!

And to top it off, this is 1/72 scale !! Great work.

[flyjoe180]

More enhancement, looking good Francesco. All this attention to detail is going to pay off for sure.

[Ian M]

You must have very good eyes, Francesco. Really good work the level of detail is amazing.

Ian M

[Guest]

Thank you mates.

I'm closing the fuselage today, I need to speed up as it's already three months since I started it (with the Sherman in between).

Not so good Ian, not so good.

Francesco

[Guest]

Happy Sunday mates.

Just to let you know I'm alive and modeling.

Current status:

• fuselage closed

• added third arm to the swash plate (missing in the kit!)

• moved handrail on the roof (straight in the kit, but with the front shifted to the right in reality)

• modified APU air intake (front too thick, back closed in the kit)

• modified air intake over turbine 3 (too rounded in the kit)

• modified support for the bottom cranes (should be attached on center line and closed when not in use)

• added some PE

• added skid training arm to the cabin roof

• shortened main rotor shaft (too tall in the kit)

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Mistakes/forgotten:

• Opened the fuselage under the grilles (now you can see side to side through them)

• Not opened the fuselage under the APU grilles (at least you can't see through, see above)

• glued sponsons before closing the fuselage. to get a good fit I inadvertently deformed the bottom middle of the fuselage forcing me to use a lot of putty to properly close the fuselage (and losing rivets)

Next steps:

• cockpit and windshield assembly

• fuselage final assembly (antennas, pitots, etc.)

• final primer

Thank you for reading and hope you like it

Francesco

[Ian M]

Looking great Francesco.

As for the vast amounts of putty. I think you might be exaggerating just a bit.

Cheers.

Ian M

[Guest]

Thanks Ian