Austrian Sikorsky S-70 - EUFOR - DONE
Finally....everything collected what was in my mind....ready for a start.
Release the first parts from the sprue,.....
This EUFOR version will also have all doors closed - so I'm lucky, because the Hasegawa interior of this kit is lackinig details. I nevertheless I'm thinking of some improvements,....
Here we go,...some improvements of the cockpit section that....
...could be seen from the outside.
Some steps forward with the interior.
Some details to the cabin added.
Tryfit....
The Hasegawa kit doesn't have protruding panel lines, which is nice, but some lines are missing.
Same now on the front side - intakes are covered...
So here we take a look at the exhaust(s). Left hand the current Hasegawa kit (UH60A) and on the right side the Revell kit (UH60A). Well, both looking not quite right.
Here on the left hand I have added the resin exhaust from Armycast. Looks much better,....but a lot of "carving" is needed to fit the resin part onto the fuselage and....
....to open it up.
...as you can see here - the part shows the exhaust closed. So a milling session was needed.....
The exhaust manifold that is visilble on my birds are modelled with "old" and therefore malleable "Dissolved Putty" from Mr. Hobby.
Giving it a try - looks quite ok.
Manifold on. Exhaust cover on. Intake on. - all dry until now - to see if further adjustments are needed.
A view of the left side. Meanwhile I have also glued on the side/forward infra-red device underneath the cockpit doors.
Also on the tail we need....
...to have sensors.
All exterior and interior work is finished now - so the 2 fuselage parts can be joined.
All masks on.
For motivation purpose I "blue-tacked" fuel tank & external load beam on the chopper. Looking okay.
The tank is not from the Hasegawa kit as this one would not represent the tanks used by the Austrian Blackhawks - it's a spare part from a Revell box that fits (with a tiny mod) much better.
The tank is not from the Hasegawa kit as this one would not represent the tanks used by the Austrian Blackhawks - it's a spare part from a Revell box that fits (with a tiny mod) much better.
A first coat of black primer unvealed some imperfections on the joints and surface.
The Helicopter after the rework and with a 2nd shot of Ultimate selfleveling primer.
I did not mention before that I added radar sensores not only on the tail. One pair of the forward looking sensors is from ArmyCast - the 2 others (missile and laser warning system) are "home-made". The Radome was purchased from BrentAir Decals.
I was made aware by a mate that I missed to build in radar warning receiver APR-39 also at the tail. So some further tiny scratch work is needed here.
A bit of scratching also...
...here on the tail boom. Ready to go in the paint box again
...finished mottling.
top coat and gloss applied
started to add decals
same issue as with the KFOR version - I missed a canal or hole into the cockpit. So after de-masking the window panes I had to face quite an amount of sanding debris and tiny junks of styrene. So - same procedure: open the window and let in some fresh air 🙂
Detailsing goes on,...all in place in the downward area,...e.g. details for attaching the aux. fuel tanks
almost done - pits & pieces to be added - plus: waiting for rotors
Kommentare
82 5 October 2021, 20:09
Juergen KlinglhuberSummertime always slow down build progress. In addition to that I kind of burned the candle from both ends on this quadruple blackhawk build...but it seems that finally I have sorted out the issues and the builds continue.
10 August 2022, 10:12
Juergen KlinglhuberThx Laurent & Finn.
Nice to have you on board Finn. I'd like to invite you to follow up on my 3 other Blackhawk builds too (I am doing my privat quadruple groupbuild here 🙂 ). Things going slow, but forward..... 😉
7 November 2022, 21:55
Juergen KlinglhuberThank you Ronan. Your comment is motivating. Doing 4x the same model (with only small variations) at the same time is more exhausting than I did expect. 🙂
11 December 2022, 10:01
Juergen KlinglhuberAs you might have recognized I had a little progress on this one. I just figured out, that maybe I was a bit too motivated to get this chopper primed - did not consider attachment of all the externals (antennas, pitot,..). So some adjustments are needed before continuing with the painting.
10 May 2023, 09:56
Juergen KlinglhuberWelcome Ekki & Guy Rump.
I have to let you know that some patience is needed here as these 4x S70's I have started are only progressing at a low pace. 🙂
12 May 2023, 13:52
Juergen KlinglhuberSo - after a while here are the first set of final photos on my 4xbuild of Sikorsky S-70. The EUFOR version with aux. fuel tanks.
Thx you Roland for your time and patience & giving me some advice during the photoshooting. I hope to solve the technical issue with my equipment soon in order to follow up with pic's from the other choppers soon.
1 December 2023, 19:38
Juergen KlinglhuberThank you Ronan, Neuling, Guy & Matl.
Your feedback is balm on the modeler soul - especally on this Blackhawk build(s). It was quite a journey to get to the end. 👍 thx
5 December 2023, 07:27
Juergen KlinglhuberThank you for leaving a comment Stefan. Happy to hear you like it.
10 January, 18:57
Juergen KlinglhuberThx Bernd. As my equipment is on "sick leave" this pics are made in cooperation with Roland (thx btw).
16 January, 06:33
Łukasz GlińskiVery nice finish and not often you see unusually marked BlackHawk 👍 My only complaint would be the cockpit door windows being bit dirty
16 January, 11:24
Juergen KlinglhuberThanks Lukasz.
And unfortunattly you are right, it loooks quite bad - it was a sad experience to find out after demasking that I have somewhere overseen a path where sanding debris could enter the cabin. The rescue operation at the end by removing a glass was only partially a success. 🙁
17 January, 08:15
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EUFOR
Group Build
Scalemates Sikorsky S-70 Group Build
1. Juli bis 31. Dezember 2021
1. Juli bis 31. Dezember 2021