papa 695s 1/35 British Saladin Mk2

[stillp]

Looks good, glad you revived this build!

Pete

[rickoshea52]

Very nice.

[JR]

Love it Ian, that camo is good .
John .

[scottie3158]

Ian,

Count me in for this chair pulled up.

[papa 695]

Thanks guy's.

[Jim R]

Hi Ian
Well that is far too good to be forgotten. A great model and as John said the camo looks excellent.
Jim

[papa 695]

A few bits from the spares box, and I have a tow rope.
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[Steve Jones]

Ian - I had a great read through of the build as I wasnt born when you started it:smiling5:. A big fan of the Saladin and you have done a marvellous job on this one. Very impressive:thumb2:

[papa 695]

I've been thinking about a base for this one. Didn't know what to do then I thought why not try a scene like the box art, so I got this in 1/72 ( a bit of forced perspective)
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[papa 695]

Made a start on the helicopter.
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[stillp]

Nice kit that AH-1, but watch out for the canopy and door fit.

Pete

[papa 695]

Nice kit that AH-1, but watch out for the canopy and door fit.

Pete

Thanks for the heads up Pete

[JR]

Ian.
Nice idea. I remember those in Germany, the Army Air Corps guys offered us a trip in one. Guess what no one excepted, us REME guys preferred to be on the ground !
John.

[papa 695]

Got a bit more done, got the top part of the framework on a little fiddly but it's on nicely.
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And as I'm having it in flight, thought I'd use the two pilots from this.
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[JR]

Ian.
Nice progress,
,does it , or did it line up well. I can imagine that being a challenge to keep it square .
Does look the part.
John.