Italeri 1247: Huey UH-1D

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On the home straight. First time using Glue n Glaze and made a hash of it (not shown). Just need to touch up the paint a bit then finish the build and decals.
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Happy to get that transparent green window done not too badly.
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Difficult to see the weathering in these pics. General oil/dirt on the panel lines and behind the exhaust. Didn't want to over do it - it's not a tank!
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Must be more careful with my glue n glaze. You can see the hash I made of the window on the left. The windscreen came out much better.
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The side guns on all the Huey Italeris were a pain to glue. There were no guidelines on the 1D.
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My yellow tips on the rotor were too thin. Here you can see my previous two (hand painted) UH-1B and UH-1C.
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Yes part of the roof is meant to be black. Apologies! Hapy with the clear green skylights though.
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Google enhanced pic.

Comments

2 30 October 2019, 17:33

Oleg Smilyk
Very good painting work!

30 October 2019, 18:57

Histrionics
Many thanks! I'm still very new to airbrushing. Hope to get the cockpit closed by the end of the weekend!

30 October 2019, 19:36

Łukasz Gliński
Great detailing and weathering, will follow 👍

31 October 2019, 13:21

Histrionics
Appreciated. I'm feeling under pressure now! Hope to make some good progress over the weekend.

31 October 2019, 18:45

Kret
Nice job. Observing as well.

9 November 2019, 22:15

Histrionics
Many thanks for the kind words. Things kinda went to pot when I closed her up. Needed to do a bit of filling and didn't sand down sufficiently well so the final paint job on the roof isn't great. I am still very new to all of thing so am learning all the time. Pics to follow.

10 November 2019, 09:07

Histrionics
OK I'm calling this done. More pics have been added. Thanks for looking!

12 November 2019, 19:03

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Italeri 1247: Huey UH-1D

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Bell UH-1D Huey

US Army Aviation (1947-1983)
116 ASC, Wasp Platoon 674
1971 Vietnam War - Vietnam

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