Austrian Sikorsky S-70 - KFOR - DONE

I tried to keep interior simple - not much will be seen from outside as all doors will be closed at this model.  

I put only little efforts into the cabin details,.... 

The resin part that I need to fit onto the chopper as the Revell exhausts to not even come close to the original. 

A lot of carving is needed to get the parts in place. 

And another round of extent milling is neccesary as the resin parts do have lids/FOD covers on all openings.  

Exhaust opened.... 

Tape instead of glue - until I get a feeling that everything is in order & place.  

..a few weeks later 🙂 .... 

...now with glue & all the needed the add-ons from scratch and after market (thx to BrentAir Decals - for support and 3D prints). 

When I put on the tiers (for no special reason) I figured out for the first time that the bird was standing out like beeing on stilts. I compared it to the Hasegawa kit and really - the Revell one looks quite dorky. Unfortunally the kits landing gear is shown fully unweighted and extended. OMG - Why didn't I recongized this way earlier?  

Again some surgery. 

The new - shortened - legs in the front. In the back the still unweighted landing gear.  

Same on the tail wheel. 

Not 100% perfect but way better that before. The nose is down and the hole thing looks more sturdy now. 

And almost forgotten to add - this one was foreseen to have a winch - scratching around from the sparesbox. 

After pimer application I added some mottling as usual. This time I tried to not only work with white but also with some yellow, red and blue to give more accentuation.  

The hawks nest. The birds waiting for the paint booth....... 

coming closer to an end.....dark green as a top coat 

Goss clear applied for decals application,.... 

first few decals in place,.... 

After matting the chopper I started to de-mask all the windows - surprise - tons of sanding debris found a way into the cockpit and where sticking to the panes. Concrats to myself 🙁
I decided to open the lower LH front window and to remove as much as possible via compressed air and small pieces of wipes.  

Finally - waiting for last details and rotors..