Thanks Steve. I might not be skilled, but I'm stubborn!
A few more bits done: these little beggars have to be fitted to the rotor blades:
They're a little less than 3 mm long. There's a tiny recess on the end further from the ball, which looks as though it should fit on a pin on the rotor blade, but there is no pin to fit them to. After several failed attempts to hold them in place while the cement took hold, I settled for applying a blob of
Tamiya cement on the blade, placing the ball-ended thingies in the blob, and letting the surface tension of the cement pull them into place.
There are also 4 pitch control links to fit between the blades and a slotted disc on the spindle, which don't show up well on the photo:
Surprisingly, none of the parts were captured by the carpet monster, so here's the rotor complete except for
decals:
Revell give you a choice of having the main rotor permanently attached, or removable, and I've gone for removable so I could assemble and paint it separately from the main body. The repair to the undercarriage went well, so the next stage will be a massive decalling session, then I'll add the numerous little bits (aerials, grab handles, rescue winch, nav lights, etc) that would inevitably get knocked off if I fit them before finishing the
decals.
Pete