Mountain Rescue Alouette III
Pieces of Hellers kit in a very strange light - almost transparent - blue, Brenguns PE set and some Whirly Bird bits destined for the interior.
Parts for the engine.
The Whirly Bird skis assembled and soldered.
That Whirly Bird piece looked way too coarse.
The tail guard was replaced by one made from brass wire as I didn't like neither the plastic nor the PE one.
Further details of the rotor head. Even at Brenguns PE set important pieces are missing. My spare box provided them.
Lets put some color on. Quite happy with the blue-grey I was looking for.
Interior is black all over
The first steps to color the engine.
I found the kits main gear too coarse and its detail too soft. So I decided to build it anew.
Not sure yet whether to use the sitting...
... or the kneeing guy.
So let's paint them both. I used brown instead of black as base.
After the highlights the orange looked too pale (left figure) so that I gave the guys a wash/filter with highly diluted red (right guy).
Hm. Somehow the pics do not show the effort that went into those figures. But that will have to do and they will populate the cockpit soon.
Started to build a little diorama for the chopper. It will land on a glacier with a crevasse. A box was build from Balsa wood.
Filling for the box
Next step will be to cut the crevasse into it.
Kommentare
19 17 February 2023, 17:38
Michael KohlWelcome on board Alex, Schivko, Marius and David.
Yeah Marius, there are a lot of delicate outside details that will make handling this bugger quite a challenge.
17 February 2023, 21:41
Tom B.Looks like this is going to be one really up-detailed little chopper 👍 Following and looking forward to see the rescue scene!
18 February 2023, 12:43
Gary KitchenLovely detailing so far Michael. These little helos are so delicate but satisfying in the end, and who doesn't love an Alouette?
21 February 2023, 10:33
Michael KohlThanks Gary for your motivating comment. And yes, it is hard not to like an Alouette. I am still very eager to get my hands on an Extratech Alouette II in scale 1:72. But for now the Alouette III is king. 🙂.
21 February 2023, 13:18
Łukasz GlińskiGrand progress. And always good to learn another German 150-letter-vocabulary 😋
12 April 2023, 18:25
Michael KohlLukasz, I was wondering which word you were referring to, but I think it is "Maschinenschraubstock", isn´t it? I would even call it a "Minimaschinenschraubstock", or "Minimaschinenschraubstöckchen". Anyway, you can never have enough german 150-letter-words. 😉
Thank you guys for your interest. The build is a bit on hold as I would like to finish two or maybe even three other works for Moson. Stay tuned.
13 April 2023, 15:49
Michael KohlThe PJ Production figures are not the hottest thing under the sun but for a heli crew they are about the only option. Finally I finished them even if I am not very satisfied with the result. Next step will be to tweak all the controls into their hands.
9 June 2023, 15:22
Album info
Hellers 1:72 Alouette III in a mountain rescue scene
