My second chopper.
1March 20, 2022Its the old Dragon kit, box art looks great but lots of details lacking when you get into the build.
2March 20, 2022That's 1/144 scale for you!
3March 20, 2022The parts are nicely moulded and little flash to clean up.
4March 20, 2022Cockpit detail was sparse, to say the least! As everything is rather visible through the canopy glass I added seat protection to the sides and rear of the seats using card stock from my old business cards.
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6March 20, 2022Instrument panel fabrication
7March 20, 2022Panels & instruments installed.
8March 20, 2022I couldn't fit the canopy because of interference from the fuselage top......
9March 20, 2022So decided to cut the offending area - this also allowed me to open up the engine intakes later.
10March 20, 2022Canopy now fits perfectly (I had dipped it in Pledge/Klear earlier to ensure maximum clarity).
11March 20, 2022Drilling out the upper air intakes in progress.
12March 20, 2022Opening up exhaust diffusers.
13March 20, 2022Another missing auxiliary cooling hole
14March 20, 2022Filled the gap and reattached the piece removed earlier.
15March 20, 2022masking the canopy using my usual method - foil from soup/sauce flavor cube with inner waxed layer removed to expose adhesive sided foil.
16March 20, 2022Acrylic filler applied.
17March 20, 2022After painting, clearcoating, applying the few decals and another coat of dulled Pledge/Klear I started detailing the panel lines.
18March 20, 2022Finish wasn't particularly dull so I used lots of weathering pigment to get a bit closer to the desired look.
19March 20, 2022Cleaned the canopy glass of foil adhesive with alcohol.
20March 20, 2022This is the look I was after ?
21March 20, 2022IR jammer turret added. By this point in the build I had decided OOB would look pretty sparse, so the scratchbuilding commenced.
22March 20, 2022Drilled more holes for rotor links and Air Data System arms.
23March 20, 2022Runners from brass photo-etch sets utilised for the rotor links.
24March 20, 2022Rotor links fixed in place; rather fiddly so lots of patience is required!
25March 20, 2022More drilling.
26March 20, 2022Various sensors and aerial added.
27March 20, 2022Also fabricated a front screen wiper.
28March 20, 2022ADS arms ready for fixing - lots of cyano used for all the extra bits.
29March 20, 2022ADS Sensors coming along nicely.
30March 20, 2022You need a steady hand and good eye for this!
31March 20, 2022The missing sensors........
32March 20, 2022Another dive into the PE sets found appropriate parts
33March 20, 2022The naked gun! Definitely doesn't look ok, so more wire fettling is required.
34March 20, 2022Looking better, also added the wire cutters to the landing gear.
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44March 21, 2022Here's the Havoc for comparison - the tail rotor went MIA during one of the intercontinental moves ?
45March 21, 2022Mil-28 was built in the early 90's, all gloss Humbrol, no Klear coats but at least by then I was using Micro Set/Micro Sol.
46March 21, 2022I wasn't really into weathering back then, let's just say it dropped in from an airshow display ?
47March 21, 2022Two variations on the same theme, in the end!
48March 21, 2022That's it, folks!
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It's the old and not-so-detailed Dragon kit which I bought many decades ago to sit beside the Havoc in my "Red Storm Rising" collection.
Planned to just do a quick OOB exercise, but as it progressed I couldn't resist adding here and there!
