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Daniel (halohead)
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Knighthawk

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73 25 September 2021, 12:58
Spanjaard
nice start
25 September 2021, 13:23
Daniel
thanks spanjaard, hope I can keep up the momentum (not the "weekend edition" this one 😉 )
25 September 2021, 13:25
Adam Gudynowski
Nice
25 September 2021, 14:12
Robin (WhiteGlint)
👀
25 September 2021, 14:13
Neil
Me too ๐Ÿ‘€
25 September 2021, 16:25
Daniel
Some more modifications done!

Welcome to the chopper show Adam, WhiteGlint and Neil!
26 September 2021, 20:11
Daniel
finished the basic interior painting, now some weathering and then add some bits and pieces to it
5 October 2021, 19:27
Casey Rupley
The detail is stunning! Well done so far, Daniel.
10 October 2021, 21:19
Daniel
Thanks Casey! (just been blown away by your panther wip)
11 October 2021, 08:41
Eric Thornton
Oh very nice, following
11 October 2021, 10:17
Konrad -
Damn! How cool is that! Awesome work so far Daniel! Looking forward to your next steps!
11 October 2021, 10:25
Harry Eder
Fine interior! 👍
11 October 2021, 10:41
Robin (WhiteGlint)
Nice interior. 👍
11 October 2021, 11:00
Dietmar Bogatzki
Stunning details Daniel 👍
11 October 2021, 17:06
Daniel
Eric, Konrad, Harry WhiteGlint and Dietmar, thank you for your nice comments and welcome!

mini-update: sculpted some cabin accessoires from milliput
14 October 2021, 20:06
Spanjaard
They look quite good
15 October 2021, 10:57
Casey Rupley
Daniel, dude! Great scuplting skills. Contemplated something similar for my Panther, but bailed on the idea. Youre killing it. Looking forward to more.
15 October 2021, 21:10
Daniel
Spanjaard and Casey, thanks again mates 🙂
Casey, in 1:35 everything is easier, I guess I would have shied away from it in 1:48 as well, so my respects to what you are achieving in that scale! 👍
17 October 2021, 17:53
Daniel
last shots of the interior before the main body comes together (hopefully, heard people have had fit problems there )
25 October 2021, 21:51
Renรฉ
Great model! I've build the trumpeter version that came without all the folding options. This one seems much better.
26 October 2021, 08:15
Dietmar Bogatzki
Great sculpting skills Daniel 👍
26 October 2021, 09:39
Villiers de Vos
The interior is looking very good.
26 October 2021, 12:27
Patryk S.
Following! Great outcome so far!
26 October 2021, 18:52
Daniel
Many thanks Rene, Dietmar, Villiers and Patryk and welcome all!

@ Rene: you mean the academy kit? Was a hard choice paying double price for this one๐Ÿ™ˆ ...and I was expecting much less need for scratch building for it...well, the Sea Hawk series and the black/pavehawk by KH seem to be much more accurate and maybe worth all the money, this ones just a hybrid of both kits with a lot of typical stuff missing. This also really shows if you look at the instructions, total mess...many mistakes in the decals as well sadly

@dietmar: it's ok for my first time working with epoxy putty, but I just watched some videos of a japanese guy sculpting photorealistic stuff in 1:72 with just a toothpick as a tool and now this looks more like play-doh "art" to me๐Ÿ˜…
26 October 2021, 19:28
Daniel
got this mother glued together
30 October 2021, 14:35
Michael Kohl
that is my kind of build
30 October 2021, 14:41
Daniel
👍 make yourself comfortable michael! (might take a bit longer...)
31 October 2021, 21:14
Robin (WhiteGlint)
Oh nice. Looks like the fit was not so bad as you feared at first.
31 October 2021, 21:17
Daniel
several lightyears away from tamiya, but I've also had much worse on my table^^
31 October 2021, 21:21
Roland Revolvermann
Wow, That looks awesome so far 👍
โ€žfits with enough pressure" ๐Ÿ˜‚ Sounds like me building the Trumpeter F-14 LOL
31 October 2021, 21:24
Daniel
lol, there might be some similarities, but I can say it fits better than revells 1:32 hornet 😄
But I wouldnt have managed without using super-glued bridges here and there to keep up the tension while the plastic glue dries...
thanks roland!
31 October 2021, 21:30
Dietmar Bogatzki
I will use your building as reference when i built my AH 60 👍
1 November 2021, 07:24
Daniel
its prime-time! got around the construction of the fuselage so far, and starting primer now the doors and motor hatches are just glued with blue tack for later treatment.
Thanks Dietmar, I added some more things now where the kit seems wrong or lacking stuff
12 November 2021, 17:14
Zach Wilson
Looking good so far
12 November 2021, 17:37
Bart Goesaert
Splendid work so far on this beasty...
12 November 2021, 17:39
Daniel
thanks a lot Zach, I recently admired your R-model, real stunner! 👍
thank you Bart, the hairy parts are yet to come (Rotor head and engine compartment...and bending the PE-Ammo-feeders...)
12 November 2021, 17:41
Daniel
primered as promised and preshaded as well
13 November 2021, 17:10
James C
Looking good 👍
13 November 2021, 17:26
Guy Rump
Agree with James 👍
13 November 2021, 17:40
Daniel
Thank you James and Guy!

Productive afternoon: Got the main colors down
FS36495 on the belly, followed by FS36320 that I lightened up heavily (so more in the direction of light ghost gray) and FS35237 on the upper areas, also ligthtened to nearly look as the other gray. You maybe still see the subtle transition diagonal across the engine doors.
The light blue is a custom mix of three vallejos and the dark blue is vallejos signal blue FS35044. I will tweak the transition to the gray a bit after the decals with white and light blue.
14 November 2021, 16:28
Konrad -
Looking very very nice!
26 November 2021, 21:20
Mark Kane
My god, that's both dedication and talent. Pure modelling gorgeousness. Keep it up! Wow
26 November 2021, 21:27
Daniel
Konrad and Marek, thanks a lot mates. I feared that this model will be .. ehm .. dedication-intensive ๐Ÿ˜…
Speaking of, I am currently bending the PE 50 cal ammo feeders. Or trying to... its a true nightmare ๐Ÿ˜ช
Thank you for the encouragement!

Updates >pic 64
26 November 2021, 21:37
Bruce Huxtable
Are there no limits to your skills? Loved the handmade luggage ๐Ÿ‘
26 November 2021, 21:59
Guillaume Blanchet
Very impressive. I'like the amount of details
26 November 2021, 22:20
Daniel
Thank you very much bruce and guillaume! yeah, you could tinker on forever on this one I guess, theres just a lot going on on a helo compared to the usual jet.
And there still are the engines and the rotor head on the horizon...
27 November 2021, 12:14
Guillaume Blanchet
One thing I like about the current military helicopters is that they have received a tons of add-ons over the years of service. They went from a slick aircraft with the ''A'' version (usually dating from the 70's) into a mess of utilitarian secondary systems (like overs sized engines, extra winchs, radar etc.) in there current form. That makes them very good subject to details builds.
27 November 2021, 12:30
Daniel
true, and a nightmare for research and scratchbuild improvistation ๐Ÿ˜…
27 November 2021, 13:23
Rui S
What and impressive detailling work and paintjob. Great stuff 👍
27 November 2021, 13:54
Daniel
Thank you Rui!
28 November 2021, 16:31
Daniel Klink
That is looking awesomely cool Daniel
7 December 2021, 18:48
Daniel
Got the wash down, a step I always like as it adds a lot of life to the model.
I used abteilungs "starship filth" oil for the first time, really happy with that, I think its the perfect wash for navy models as it has just the right balance of black/green/brown and does not add too much brown as many washes do
7 December 2021, 18:48
Konrad -
Stunning progress an this chopper! 👍!
7 December 2021, 19:25
Roland Revolvermann
Awesome work Daniel 👍
7 December 2021, 19:38
Dietmar Bogatzki
Impressive building and detailing, hope my AH 60 will be only as half so good 👍
8 December 2021, 08:54
Sergej I
what a nice journey 👍 and great model making
8 December 2021, 10:34
Neil
Agreed. WOW! Daniel this is so accomplished - very much enjoyed the album, great detail throughout. Just awesome work 👍 🙂
8 December 2021, 10:44
Eric Thornton
Awesome coming together nicely.
8 December 2021, 20:09
Ryan Jones
Fantastic work, every little detail. Hats off!
8 December 2021, 21:08
Daniel
Daniel, Konrad, Roland, Dietmar, Sergej, Neil, Eric and Ryan: Thank you very much for your kind comments!๐Ÿ™ This is indeed quite a journey and a challenging one. And not about to be finished soon, still some peaks ahead. But always a pleasure to share some steps with you here 🙂 👍
8 December 2021, 22:34
Jos Jansen
What a details...what a dedication to modeling, superb work mate!
9 December 2021, 21:44
Daniel
Thanks a bunch jos! yeah, being my first cargo heli I can now see why our scratchbuild-gurus like bernhard and ronan love this topic.
Still love to work on it, but I am really not made for half year long projects and I catch myself eying the jet stash next to me more frequently...Not this year.^^

So today I semi-matt coated it which I always like as it makes the wash-effect "pop".
Aaaand then I tried my new ammo shaders. First I thought they were absolute rubbish, then I experimented, got the hang of it and now I think I need to add another layer to my usual weathering routine. Good stuff!
12 December 2021, 15:33
Konrad -
That looks to cool! Like all those details and this heavy gun๐Ÿ˜ฌ!
12 December 2021, 15:33
Daniel
Thanks Konrad, honestly I got sold on this kit just because they had this big bad gatling on the cover 🙂 Still the same buy-it-triggers as 15 years ago^^
12 December 2021, 15:43
Konrad -
Ahhh understood 🙂!! Those things will never change (hopefully) LoL!
12 December 2021, 16:02
Daniel
into the turbine wiring now, there are a lot of them, I will try to replicate the bigger ones ๐Ÿ˜…
21 December 2021, 19:01
Dietmar Bogatzki
Great job on the turbines, daniel 👍
22 December 2021, 18:09
Villiers de Vos
I agree with Dietmar. To my eye, the turbines came out very good.
23 December 2021, 05:30
Neil
Daniel, this is an educational and entertaining build story to keep coming back to. I'm in awe of your work here. To me it looks both realistic and awesome! Very cool chopper! ๐Ÿ˜Ž
23 December 2021, 09:34
Daniel
Dietmar, Villiers and Neil, thank you for your very kind words!๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป I wish you and everyone else around a very merry christmas and many new kits under the tree 😉
Calling the engine bays done now on to the next stage, small steps but we're getting there๐Ÿ™‚
24 December 2021, 19:17
David Taylor
One hell of a build.
24 December 2021, 21:03
Daniel
Thx David, yeah I feared that it would take a lot of time and dedication ๐Ÿ˜…

Finished the rotor head construction, I repeat above said 🙂
Though the kit rotor head is pretty good and detailed you have to watch out and re-check everything with photos, there are multiple mistakes, biggest being one pitch actuator arm molded on one side on the upper half and on the other side on the lower part to be glued... I again harvested the included pavehawk parts to get the correct counterpart 🙂
27 December 2021, 22:56
Spanjaard
Beautiful rotorhead
27 December 2021, 23:43
Jos Jansen
I love picture 91...absolutely great, man what a awesome build. You're a top notch model builder my friend...👍.
28 December 2021, 00:40
Villiers de Vos
Great attention to detail.
28 December 2021, 07:14
Lillo
Amazing job !!
28 December 2021, 07:21
Guy Rump
Great modelling 👍
28 December 2021, 09:35
Daniel
Spanjaard, Jos, Villiers, Lillo and Guy, thanks, you guys are far to kind, looks quite crude next to some rotor heads I have seen here in 1:72 ๐Ÿ˜… But appreciate it!

Yeah, pic 91 is by far the coolest in my reference collection and very inspirational, I am thinking of maybe adding some crew as well.

I have now painted the whole thing and will carefully apply some pin wash tomorrow, will update then. Cheers and thanks for watching๐Ÿ™‚
28 December 2021, 21:02
Olivier
Again, another world kit ! Impressive to say the least...
28 December 2021, 21:07
Daniel
Very kind Olivier, thanks a lot๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

Rotorhead painted and washed, on to the blades
31 December 2021, 15:47
Konrad -
I don't know the word for more impressiveโ€ฆ Anyhow it is more than impressive ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿผ.
Happy New Year to all of you!
See ya next year๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿผ
31 December 2021, 16:01
David Taylor
As previous,one hell of a build.HNY
31 December 2021, 19:35
Daniel
Big thank you Konrad and David, Happy New Year mates!
31 December 2021, 19:50
Bart Goesaert
Happy New year to all off you too. Fantastic piece of modelling
31 December 2021, 22:29
Tommy Agne
Outstanding ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘!
1 January 2022, 11:06
Neuling
A masterpiece.
1 January 2022, 11:10
Sy Bar
Outstanding
1 January 2022, 16:22
Michael Kohl
Now that's what I call a rotor head.
3 January 2022, 11:17
Daniel
Bart, Tommy, Neuling and Sy, thank you for your nice comments ๐Ÿ™

As promised the blades are painted, weathered and its basically just small steps to the finished helo.
But still a lot of them ... antennas, radomes, pitots, struts to different parts, different lights, RWR and missile warning sensors, little climb-up-the-tail steps. also I need to sculpt a 20mm ammo feed (its wrapped in a nylon sleeve)...more weathering... journey continues
3 January 2022, 11:18
Daniel
And thank you Michael!
3 January 2022, 19:39
Dietmar Bogatzki
A Masterpiece 👍
4 January 2022, 08:30
Tino Delgado
OMG!! This is Outstanding, a true piece of art in miniature!! Thank you for sharing with us all those gorgeous photos... keep them coming!!
4 January 2022, 12:02
Daniel
Dietmar and Tino, thank you guys, I am very happy you enjoy this build doc! (though it got pretty long...)

Update on the FLIR pod
5 January 2022, 11:54
Konrad -
OUTSTANDING!
5 January 2022, 12:01
Neil
Hi Daniel, this is an album that deserves a long build log imo. It's a pleasure to follow when the update pops up. I am highly impressed 👍 it's awe inspiring work. 🙂
5 January 2022, 12:22
Daniel
Another alien looking update! 😉

Konrad, Neil, very kind, I am glad you enjoy!
8 January 2022, 11:33
Robin (WhiteGlint)
It's fun to watch and great to see what can be done with a kit when you put in the extra effort.

Keep it up, Daniel. 👍
8 January 2022, 11:40
Daniel
Alright, finished the small stuff and this journey is complete:
MH-60S HSC-6 Screamin' Indians | Album by halohead (1:35)
Feels good to finally have beaten it!
Many thanks for joining in, commenting and liking, really appreciate it!
14 January 2022, 18:28

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