I started this one as an aside project in April last year. The intention was to model it on an RNZAF example from the 1980s in SEA camouflage as was the standard then. The Hasegawa UH-1H kit is not a good kit to build by today's standards. It lacks detail and some shape and has rivet rash. I have seen one built here before in Macedonian colours and was aware of the issues. I bought this one decades ago with some basic RNZAF markings. I have the Italeri version which is a much more modern and accurate kit, which I will build later on to represent the last scheme that the RNZAF Iroquois are wearing as they are retired. Any way this build so far:
The objective:
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The kit:
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As I said this is a rather basic kit by modern standards with some issues, but overall it fits well and builds up into a reasonably clean airframe. One aspect which requires very careful planning is that the windows are fitted from the outside of the model. The top windows were painted with Humbrol clear green which I had used previously on the RAAF UH-1B model. Wire cutters and other aerials were not fitted to RNZAF Iroquois until the mid to late 1980s so I omitted them:
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Primed and ready for paint (this was where I picked this up in 2014 as I struggled for motivation with the Sea Harrier):
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The objective:
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The kit:
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As I said this is a rather basic kit by modern standards with some issues, but overall it fits well and builds up into a reasonably clean airframe. One aspect which requires very careful planning is that the windows are fitted from the outside of the model. The top windows were painted with Humbrol clear green which I had used previously on the RAAF UH-1B model. Wire cutters and other aerials were not fitted to RNZAF Iroquois until the mid to late 1980s so I omitted them:
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Primed and ready for paint (this was where I picked this up in 2014 as I struggled for motivation with the Sea Harrier):
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