Title: 1/48 Italeri Helicopters
Description: AH-1W NTS and UH-1N
Description: AH-1W NTS and UH-1N
twong - September 18, 2009 12:45 AM (GMT)
Sorry to be so quiet for so long. Recovering from three broken fingers on my left hand. Here are some Italeri 1/48 helicopters I worked on and are almost done. Both the AH-1W and the UH-1N uses Cobra Company resin sets to modernise them to todays standards. The mini guns are from the kit and the .50 cal. is from the Academy 1/48 UH-60 kit. The gun mounts are scratch built from plastic and brass rod. I just need a little more weathering and decals to finish. I have included the in progress pics. Comments are welcomed.
beachbum - September 18, 2009 02:50 AM (GMT)
Sorry to hear about the 3 broken fingers. No long term damage I hope. Nice clean builds with well done scratchbuilding work. Looking at the background of one of your pics it appears you have quite a number of 'copters on the production line.
kay - September 18, 2009 06:37 AM (GMT)
i see you are intending to build a complete set of choppers ranging from past to present (Kiowa,MASH chopper,Apache Longbow etc.) ..am i correct ?
twong - September 18, 2009 04:04 PM (GMT)
Hi Beachbum,
Thanks for comments. No long term damage to my fingers. They healed nicely. I have on the work bench right now:
(2) USMC UH-1N
(1) USMC AH-1W
(1) USN SH-60B converted to USN SH-60F.
I have the AH-1W and UH-1N's painted and decaled, just waiting to finish weathering. The SH-60F is still waiting for paint. I have 4 more projects I am working on at the same time. I am trying to make up for lost time when my fingers were broken. Too many models but too little time to build.
Hi Kay,
I am building the ones mentioned above right now. I will be building these in the future all in 1/48:
(2) HH-60H Rescuehawk
(1) USCG HH-65C Dolphin
(1) USCG HH-60J Jayhawk
They all have extensive resin conversion parts so will take a long time to build.
Thanks for comments. No long term damage to my fingers. They healed nicely. I have on the work bench right now:
(2) USMC UH-1N
(1) USMC AH-1W
(1) USN SH-60B converted to USN SH-60F.
I have the AH-1W and UH-1N's painted and decaled, just waiting to finish weathering. The SH-60F is still waiting for paint. I have 4 more projects I am working on at the same time. I am trying to make up for lost time when my fingers were broken. Too many models but too little time to build.
Hi Kay,
I am building the ones mentioned above right now. I will be building these in the future all in 1/48:
(2) HH-60H Rescuehawk
(1) USCG HH-65C Dolphin
(1) USCG HH-60J Jayhawk
They all have extensive resin conversion parts so will take a long time to build.
TigerShark - September 18, 2009 06:30 PM (GMT)
Dear Twong,
It's nice to hear that there are no long term damages to your fingers there. By the looks of your built here, they're coming very nicely with or without any damages to your fingers concern. Keeps those progress coming. That Cobra look very menacing and awesome with the shark mouth.
Regards!
TS. :D :lol: :D
It's nice to hear that there are no long term damages to your fingers there. By the looks of your built here, they're coming very nicely with or without any damages to your fingers concern. Keeps those progress coming. That Cobra look very menacing and awesome with the shark mouth.
Regards!
TS. :D :lol: :D
twong - September 20, 2009 09:06 PM (GMT)
Hi Tiger Shark,
Thanks for comments. The shark mouth decal is from Two Bobs decals. A real pain to put on. It srarted to crack and break apart around the curved areas even with Microscale Micro Set. The decal is very thick and brittle. I have found this to be a problem with a lot of Two Bobs decals.
Here is another update. I did some more weathering to dirty them up some more. I still need a few more decals to finish them up.
Thanks for comments. The shark mouth decal is from Two Bobs decals. A real pain to put on. It srarted to crack and break apart around the curved areas even with Microscale Micro Set. The decal is very thick and brittle. I have found this to be a problem with a lot of Two Bobs decals.
Here is another update. I did some more weathering to dirty them up some more. I still need a few more decals to finish them up.