AH-56 Cheyenne
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79 2 April 2022, 20:10
Roland SachsenhoferI am pleased about your interest! My review of the kit will have a certain length, that much is already certain! 🙂
3 April 2022, 07:44
Robert PodkońskiWatching for sure! I have always wanted to see this model finished. And Roland guarantees top class here 🙂
3 April 2022, 09:36
Roland SachsenhoferYour interest as well as your words motivate! Thank you for your appreciated reactions!
3 April 2022, 18:44
Oliver ZwienerTake a seat with great interest , built the Aurora kit in 2016 : modellversium.de/gal..ah-56a-cheyenne.html
4 April 2022, 05:00
Roland SachsenhoferI'm glad to hear that Oliver and Gary! A beautiful building, Oliver! I hope to come close to this clean and very believable looking result! Interesting to see that you didn't have any problems with the transparent part - so it must be a quirk of my edition.
4 April 2022, 06:17
Roland SachsenhoferHi Mark, no problem 🙂 In the windscreen of the AH-56 sat an unmistakable ejector mark that could not be ignored. I spent some time thinking about what to do about it - sanding it down or filling it in - and finally decided to cut it out and replace it. The holes were the first step to get at it with a scalpel, then the disc was carved out.
5 April 2022, 06:25
Roland SachsenhoferA few new pictures show what I have done with the cockpit interior. I realise that this is not an exact copy - but anything that looks better than before helps. Now I'm going to line all the too deep panel lines with putty; well, that affects all panel lines on all parts! 🙂
The photos of the parts of the rotor head show the untreated, much too massive kit parts. I will replace all of them or go at it hard with the sandpaper.
5 April 2022, 06:29
Łukasz GlińskiYeah, that rotor assembly looks hideous indeed, looking forward to seeing your replacement 👍
5 April 2022, 07:53
Gary KitchenHi Roland I'm following along with great interest as I have one of these on my agenda at some point (fits into my Native American Army Helo Collection Idea 🙂 ) Despite your reservations I think the cockpit looks neat. 👍
5 April 2022, 08:00
Roland Sachsenhoferthank you for the encouragement, mates! With all the need for improvisation, I can say: this project is really fun!
5 April 2022, 15:44
Derek HuggettAnother great project Roland - worth remembering that this machine never got past the evaluation stage, and there were many changes and 'improvements' introduced on the few prototypes that were made - I shall enjoy watching your progress 👍 😄
5 April 2022, 16:03
Roland SachsenhoferThank you very much for your interest and your interesting feedback! No, Hajo, I haven't yet. Would you like to send me a link?
With the new pictures I show you two important steps: firstly, I filled all too deep panel lines and sanded everything down, and secondly, I masked off and fitted the canopy - not an entirely unproblematic task! The seemingly unclean transition between the glass and the plastic is just a test line of black paint applied with a brush to make it clear whether the glass is really tight - no spray mist should fog up the windows from the inside!
8 April 2022, 18:31
Hajo LippkeOf course!
modellboard.net/index.php?topic=65449.0
Still love your project!
8 April 2022, 18:43
Łukasz GlińskiWhat's the secret behind the panel line filler? Are you going to rescribe them in the same places?
8 April 2022, 18:54
bughunterAnother subject that is more often built as a model than the original helicopter 😉
Very careful surface work 👍
8 April 2022, 20:41
GlennGlad to see this kit back again after it was long thought that this die ended up in a swamp lost after a train derailment accident many years ago! At least the new decals are much better even if the kit is basic still looks like it will go together pretty well looking at my new one too!
8 April 2022, 21:44
Roland SachsenhoferThank you all for your interesting and motivating feedback, mates! Hajo, thank you for this link worth following, I had a look at your beautiful build!
Glenn, that sounds like a story worth knowing! Do you think that the moulds really disappeared in a train accident in a swamp - or do you just want to express that this kit is truly "the monster from the swamp"?
Lukasz, the filling of the panel lines should take away their much too exaggerated depth. They remain visible afterwards, but in a more justifiable way. To do this, I have engraved several missing panels. You see the model with pre-shading and coloured animation; in the meantime the AH-56 already wears "OD" over everything.
10 April 2022, 18:35
Robin (WhiteGlint)Looks great so far, Roland. 👍
Cool to see this machine being build.
10 April 2022, 20:02
Roland SachsenhoferA few steps further: "Cheyenne" has put on the war paint! To be more precise: the surfaces have been completed so far. I put some effort into the undercarriage: the undercarriage legs were sawn apart, drilled hollow and reconnected with a metal rod as a suspension strut. I also added an etched part suspension strut scissors and the wiring. Something similar was done for the tail wheel: here I hollowed out the lower part of the tail fin so that a shiny metal rod could be glued in. A scratched wheel fork and a nice resin wheel from the fund found its place on it. Speaking of wheels: the main wheels were (of course) replaced - two matching resin copies for a CH-53. As a joke I added the original kit part for the wheel to one of the pictures.... 🙂
15 April 2022, 17:36
Harald BesoldVery creative solution with the canopy. So far it has become a very nice model.
16 April 2022, 15:54
Roland SachsenhoferMates, thank you for the feedback! Your comments are as welcome as they are motivating!
16 April 2022, 16:17
Roland SachsenhoferIn a final step - which is a special challenge - the rotor head and the rotor blades are rebuilt. After carefully studying the appearance and structure of the rotor head, I decided to leave out a whole "floor"; their model components are purely from the imagination, in my opinion. Instead, I scratched a lot, but above all I sanded it down again. Well, I really hope that the next pictures will show the finished model! 🙂
19 April 2022, 18:34
Oliver ZwienerWow, da hast Du ja richtig Zeit und Mühe in den Hauptrotor gesteckt ! Bin gespannt auf das Endergebnis 😉
20 April 2022, 06:00
Roland SachsenhoferDanke Oliver! Ja, darauf freue ich mich auch!
Well, it is always exciting how it finally works - we will soon see!
20 April 2022, 10:51
Roland SachsenhoferWell, the time has come: the AH-56 Cheyenne presents itself here for rollout! Of course, there are certain limitations with this model; my joy does not come from the consciousness of having really created a precise reproduction of an original here, but rather to have created as close a resemblance as possible for me to the original helicopter despite all adversities. Nevertheless, and perhaps precisely because of this, this model was really great fun off the beaten track! So, I beg your indulgence and am happy if you share in the joy that I somehow rode this beast! 🙂
20 April 2022, 17:28
CuajeteLooks great, Roland! Fantastic job and very nice result 👍
As always the pics gives a plus and extra realism to the finished model.
Congrats!
20 April 2022, 17:58
Robin (WhiteGlint)An unusual but great looking chopper. Especially the hangar shots. 👍
20 April 2022, 20:12
Derek HuggettA 'rara avis' indeed Roland - Splendid build and finish (and great photos as well) 👍 😄
21 April 2022, 09:14
Roland SachsenhoferYour comments are really incredibly motivating and encouraging, a real joy for me! I am very happy that the AH-56- yes, a "rara avis" indeed- is well received, thank you all, mates!
21 April 2022, 09:42
Bill GilmanGreat job Roland! I've had my eye on this kit ever since it was re-released and it's good to see how it looks in the hands of a master modeller. I'm also looking at the resin Cheyenne from Anigrand - does anyone have experience with that one?
22 April 2022, 14:35
Roland SachsenhoferYour comments are really uplifting, thank you both so much for that! Anigrand's resin version is unfortunately only represented here on scalemates with one review, which you will know anyway: cybermodeler.com/hob..i/kit_ani_2085.shtml
22 April 2022, 19:25
Juergen KlinglhuberInteresting bird and you really transfered that kit into a beautiful, nice model. 👍
25 April 2022, 06:33
Brian NOne of the few kits in my stash that I have not unwrapped to "fondle the plastic" because I want to do it justice or "do it right."
I keep hoping one of the aftermarket firms will step up and do a resin upgrade.
Thank You, Roland, you have shown us the way. Looks marvelous.
17 August 2022, 03:00
Roland SachsenhoferThank you for your motivating words Brian! In fact, it took me some time out of respect for these peculiar parts before I dared to try them.
17 August 2022, 08:31
