With the rotor heads painted it is time to start detailing up. I have done the rear one tonight and the piping now just needs painting. On the main rotor head there is quite a few pipes the smaller ones I may have o leave of but will see how it goes.
all the rotor plumming is in place and painted. The main rotor head was drilled and the piping put in. The piping was made with a combination of wire and sutcher thread kindly given to me by the surgeon. The tail rotor was only dry fitted to see how it looked when mounted before the tubes were painted. The next step of the build I think will be the decaling around the tail boom so I can mount the rear rotor assembly.
Well this as finished as it s gong to get the mistake I made on it I couldn't correct so the decals will have to stay as they are. I have done some indoor shots and outdoors. There is a little bit of subtle weathering to go with he chipping. When these helos were first deployed like many of the vehicles they were given a quick lick of desert camo. So the chipping is meant to represent a poor paint job that wasn't designed to last. I don't intend on putting this in the finished section just yet as I am going to put it on a dio. all comments good and bad are welcome
Looks good, worn, dusty. Like she just had an encounter with a dust storm.
If I had to find any one thing to be critical of, I would merely suggest a 'toning down' of the big green splotches where the desert cammo has chipped away. Just the big green ones though. She looks like she caught some form of aircraft measles.
That's just my opinion. I do think it was a good idea to fix up the interior walls, it does look more accurate this way now.