Some of my Huey Progress.

I am building the same thing now...

cannot see your pictures.....will be interesting to see yr progress

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mr b

Hello, I can't see your pics either.

I have just finished this kit and sent a short article to ARC.
Would like very much to see both of your progress.

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Jason K

poohbear - nice to hear tht......can we see some pics.........how was the build? Did you put the figures in? Pls post a few pics.......

Wuichong- Nice progress.......hope to see more as you move on...........

I will try and post a few pics.....later in the week.........once I get my d camera sorted......just done the cockpit.........moving to the engine bay soon

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mr b

Nice work there mate! Would certainly love to see the final outcome of the instrument panels. Kind of heavy on the drybrushing there I would say but liked I've said, love to see the final outcome.

Just a pointer here, try to make it look like a busy panel.

Hi gentlemen sorry I was mistaken, mine was Huey HEAVY HOG not Frog. My bad for reading too fast. :o

Anyway, the kit is same just having different weapons is all. The construction should be same also.

mr. b - I liked the kit very much and did not have much problems. The decals were bad though. I did not use the (nice!) figures since I chose to display the engine. I would still consider doing another (Frog maybe?) some time in the future. It has the miniguns right? :lol:

Below is a pic of my Heavy Hog. Hope it comes out okay.



@ wuichong nice build going and very sorry to hijack your thread. :P Please continue to post your progress.

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Jason K

Poohbear

looking spiffy ...very nice indeed.......yep same kit only the markings and weapons diffrent....no mini guns on the frog only rockets .......

Like the finish of yours........looking forward to your article on ARC I am planning to use the figures ....but some dry fitting on the engine cover is showing some gaps....

Wuichong :- http://www.174ahc.org/ <<<linky for you

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mr b

Thank you for looking and for your kind words mr b

I could be wrong but IIRC I read somewhere that mentions miniguns are in the Frog kit and that Academy did not provide the instructions to mount it. Kinda like a freebie I guess. Check your sprues to confirm?

Very much look forward to seeing yours and wuichongs builds.

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Jason K

PoohBear:

Thanks for your kind words and thanks for your posting here,I enjoy your built. Mind to share with me your Control Panel Painting Technique. Yours looks nice too.

mr b:

Sure I shall put in my WIP here..HEHE

Brutus:

Thanks for your pointer.

Hi wuichong, thanks your kind words.

This is how I did the instrument panels. Not the last word on technique but works for me.

For the front instrument panel, I started off by spraying the panel black and then filled in with neutral gray leaving a slight preshade around the edges. I sprayed Future on top of this. Once the Future was dry, I used a black ink pen to fill in the gauges (you can paint with steady hands instead). Once that was dry, I picked the needles out with white paint and touched up with the black pen where necessary. Once dry, I Future the whole thing again and do a brown/black chalk wash and finish off with a flat coat and some light dry brushing.

The center console is just flat black with light drybrushing of white / light grey to highlight the raised details.

Hope this helps you out. :D

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Jason K

Poohbear

I will check the spures...when I get home...can't seem to remember now....

Will try and post some progress over the week as well


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mr b

Poohbear

I can confirm that yes indeed they are there infact spure D has mini guns the ammo chest and bench seat, so one can actually build with diffrent config....

and yes you are right not on the instruction sheet

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mr b

:D

i'll be eyeing this thread again once i started my Huey Heavy Hog :)
keep the discussion coming guys

kuman

wuichong,

Yoo batter add some weight to the nose, I think this baby is a tail seater.. at least for my 1/72 one...

I think it was only for the initial production batch. Later batches left out the sprue for the miniguns.

Scratch

so I am considered to be lucky to get tht spure in :)

not bad yuhoo!!

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mrb

Oh ... :(

Jason K

Thanks for your suggestion, sure i will follow ur pointer. By the way how many g u think i should add on?

I didn't add any weights and it sits just fine.
But mine had the G-launcher up front so that may have made the difference I guess.

Jason K

Any suggestion to help me improve the Panel?

use a fine brush and paint each button/switch on the panel individually using light grey, silver or white. a few dots of red and yellow here and there will also add interest.

something like this lah:



also, put some future or your favourite clear gloss in each gauge/dial face to simulate glass. build up layers until you're happy with the result. i've heard that 5 minute epoxy, which dries clear btw, would work too but never tried myself as i really dislike it's smell.

go with Aidy's suggestion, at this scale, its hard to get away with just drybrushing the panels.at this scale, painting the buttons individually is somewhat a must.if you cant find a fine brush, a needle also works wonders sometimes.

my 2 kupang

hendrix

hey guys, instead of brushes...i use a mechanical pencil. it's sturdy and theres's plenty of control.

try it and tell me how it works

aidy, corleone, nautica1973:

Thanks for your suggestions and pictures. I will try to use ur guys techniques. Thanks.

I will post some updates of WIP here after did a final painting on the panel

I got 1 1/35 HUEY, i bought it 2nd hand for RM20.
Coz it has some missing parts... no main rotor, no side machine guns....

hope to built another in future :D

WuiChong - I used a combo of dry brushing and highlights with a toothpick.....as for the instrument panel....meter casing were coloured in with black marker....then sealed then dry brushed then painted the rim back then sealed again then matt cote....

But paint must be a minimum if no the silver will streak on the black portions....

HTH

Rgds
Mr b

Mr. B:

You are creative lah, Thanks for your guides, i will try it.