Andrew's 1/100 Revell UH-1H Gunship

[Mini Me]

Very nice Andrew.......light years ahead of me on this build thread.

[Tworrs]

Very nice Andrew, I'm with you, I too need an Optiviser these days :smiling:

[adt70hk]

Very nice Andrew.......light years ahead of me on this build thread.

Very nice Andrew, I'm with you, I too need an Optiviser these days :smiling:

Thanks gents for the support as always.

Managed to finish getting all the windows in - pre-masked to make life easier - this morning, before having to leave to take Junior to his football game. Currently sat in the car as kick-off is not for another half hour. Hoping to get final construction and priming finished this weekend.

ATB.

Andrew

[The Smythe Meister]

Thanks gents for the support as always.

Managed to finish getting all the windows in - pre-masked to make life easier - this morning, before having to leave to take Junior to his football game. Currently sat in the car as kick-off is not for another half hour. Hoping to get final construction and priming finished this weekend.

ATB.

Andrew

What's the score ?!!
That's coming on really well Andrew, masking in that scale must be a proper nightmare!!
Looking forward to seeing it all together and in Primer !
Good stuff Sir,
Andy

[adt70hk]

What's the score ?!! :smiling3:
That's coming on really well Andrew, masking in that scale must be a proper nightmare!!
Looking forward to seeing it all together and in Primer !
Good stuff Sir,
Andy

They're 2-0 down.... Best end of first half... Really not playing well.... Not like they can do.....

[The Smythe Meister]

Plenty of time for a comeback...
... They just need a nice,calm half time pep talk to keep the confidence up

[Jim R]

Hi Andrew
The little whirlybird is coming on a treat. Very yummy looking cake but I'll stick to tea with it even if you're kindly offering posh coffees.
Jim

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So this little gunship is now all buttoned up and all appendages attached

Unfortunately my own incompetence bit me on the posterior at this stage :crying: :crying: :tired: .....

Despite a dry fit suggesting the two halves should line up perfectly, this proved not to be the case....I can only assume the interiors were not quite glued in straight on the first half. The end result is a bit of a lip all the way around. :tired: :tired: :tired: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:

Also, you may recall I messed up on the rockets and gun pods. Despite my best efforts to adapt the alternative mounting brackets and the port one working well - the starboard one really did not want to play ball........but I got there in the end...if you don't look too closely.

The only thing that did work as planned was the window masking. None of the windows have any frames - they are 'pure' window so to speak, so I cut the mask to shape off the model simply by using the window as a template. I also use a mix of Vallejo gloss varnish and their Green Game Wash 73.205 to do the roof window tints (see below).

It's also had a coat of primer but I'm just waiting for it to dry before I take some pictures.

ACW as usual.

ATB

Andrew

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[adt70hk]

Plenty of time for a comeback...
... They just need a nice,calm half time pep talk to keep the confidence up

Unfortunately they lost 6-2. The opposition are better but not that much better....for some reason Junior's team were not playing as team - possibly the worst 'team' performance I have seen his started playing a year ago.....

Hi Andrew
The little whirlybird is coming on a treat. Very yummy looking cake but I'll stick to tea with it even if you're kindly offering posh coffees.
Jim

Thanks Jim. Tea is not a problem! I'll make sure I have the kettle on!

ATB

Andrew

[Jim R]

Hi Andrew
Shame the two fuselage halves didn't behave but it looks as if you've sorted it. Glad the masking went ok because helicopters do have a lot of glass.
Jim

[adt70hk]

Hi Andrew
Shame the two fuselage halves didn't behave but it looks as if you've sorted it. Glad the masking went ok because helicopters do have a lot of glass.
Jim

Thanks Jim. Unfortunately, as I expected the primer coat showed up I didn't have it quite sorted. I'll have another go later this week.

As you though they do have a lot of glass and I was having kitten ate the thought of doing the masks on the actual kit but fortunately doing it he way I did seemed to work ok. We'll just have see what happens when the masks come off......

ATB

Andrew

[Mini Me]

I think you are headed in the right direction Andy and I am looking forward to seeing how you made out with the window tinting. Not seen many models in 1/100 scale.....any particular reason for this or was it just in the stash?

[stillp]

Looking very good Andrew, especially considering the miniscule size of your chopper...
Pete :tongue-out3:

[adt70hk]

I think you are headed in the right direction Andy and I am looking forward to seeing how you made out with the window tinting. Not seen many models in 1/100 scale.....any particular reason for this or was it just in the stash?

Thanks Rick, glad you're enjoying it. As for the kit, I had it in the stash courtesy of Andy aka The Smythe Meister.

Someone had mentioned the Robert Mason book Chickenhawk in a thread we had on 'good reads' last Spring. I bought a 2nd hand copy as I'd not read it and mentioned I didn't know a huge amount about Vietnam when showing it in the Latest Acquisitions thread. As a result Andy sent me the kit as he knew I worked on small scale kits.

As for 1/100 aka 15mm, its actually a very popular wargaming scale (example link below) but I have only found one other Huey online in this scale, so in this case it's almost unique.

https://www.theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/shop/miniatures/

Thanks as always for stopping by.

All the best.

Andrew

[adt70hk]

Looking very good Andrew, especially considering the miniscule size of your chopper...
Pete :tongue-out3:

Thanks Pete, it's not coming on too badly so far.

ATB

Andrew