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Maxymilian
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Posted: Monday, May 02, 2011 - 06:55 AM UTC
Hello
As my mh-53 is currently waiting for painting (which will not happen in next 2 or 3 weeks) i decided to start another project.

This time?... well no surprise, another transformer - MV-22 in stowage position

This is the target:

Progress so far:
SGTJKJ
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Posted: Friday, May 06, 2011 - 02:52 AM UTC
Very interesting subject, Adam. It will be a challenge to build the MV-22 in a stowed position.

It will be great to follow your project.
drabslab
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Posted: Friday, May 06, 2011 - 07:22 AM UTC
interesting project, i will follow it with interest
Maxymilian
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Posted: Sunday, May 08, 2011 - 07:10 AM UTC
Hello everybody
Some work done this weekend, folded rotor blades and cut off hump behind central part of wing as that was only on prototype:




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Posted: Sunday, May 08, 2011 - 07:13 AM UTC

nice work on the rotor folding!
Maxymilian
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Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 10:53 AM UTC

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nice work on the rotor folding!

Thanks, it was a bit more tricky than i thought it be.

Dry fit:


And some addition to base i am planning:
Maxymilian
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Posted: Thursday, June 09, 2011 - 10:13 AM UTC
Hello everybody
I am now pulling all the stops out and i will try to finish it shortly.
Almost done with assembly part, i will have to rescribe few panel lines that i lost with sanding, I never done it before so wish me luck.


HeavyArty
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Posted: Thursday, June 09, 2011 - 01:45 PM UTC
That is looking very good. Great job. I like how it looks all folded up.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 11:57 AM UTC
Nice work....cant wait to see when it's completed.....
Maxymilian
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Posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 08:15 AM UTC
Hello
Small update:

SGTJKJ
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Posted: Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 04:37 AM UTC
Looks great, Adam. A unique project and good scratchbuilding skills.

Looking forward to see more.
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Posted: Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 01:47 PM UTC
Nice. Myself and a friend both work on the V-22 Osprey project here at Bell Helicopter. I build the blades and he works on the rotor parts. The only metal part on the main blade is the leading edge and it's a steel color. The rest of the blade is composite. And for 2 years I helped overhaul and repair the blades. So in the field the leading edge does show through the paint. And the blades only have grey stripes. Also any primer you show is a very bright light green.
But she looks great.
Jerry
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Posted: Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 08:41 PM UTC

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Nice. Myself and a friend both work on the V-22 Osprey project here at Bell Helicopter. I build the blades and he works on the rotor parts. The only metal part on the main blade is the leading edge and it's a steel color. The rest of the blade is composite. And for 2 years I helped overhaul and repair the blades. So in the field the leading edge does show through the paint. And the blades only have grey stripes. Also any primer you show is a very bright light green.
But she looks great.
Jerry

Thanks for info, i will try to replicate this effect. I found this picture and i was planning to use as reference:
zoomie50
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Posted: Friday, July 22, 2011 - 11:31 AM UTC
Hello again. The old blades carried the red and white out on the tips. The new blades and recently overhauled blades only carry the grey stripes. I showed one of our engineers your pics. He was really impressed with the details. And he asked me to tell you that the interior is made of molded graphite as is most of the fuselage and wings. If you'd like I could round up a V-22 baseball cap to send your way.
Great job on the plane .
Just so you know. I've fixed bullet holes, 23mm holes,shapnel holes and pulled rocks out of V-22 blades. So they can really take a beating.
Jerry
Maxymilian
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Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2011 - 03:59 AM UTC

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Hello again. The old blades carried the red and white out on the tips. The new blades and recently overhauled blades only carry the grey stripes. I showed one of our engineers your pics. He was really impressed with the details. And he asked me to tell you that the interior is made of molded graphite as is most of the fuselage and wings. If you'd like I could round up a V-22 baseball cap to send your way.
Great job on the plane .
Just so you know. I've fixed bullet holes, 23mm holes,shapnel holes and pulled rocks out of V-22 blades. So they can really take a beating.
Jerry


That is great info, as painting strips like that on blades is on of the things i hate, they never seems to be straight.
I am thinking about building a CV-22 also, do you now by any chance if they fold like Marine version to?, it saves a lot of space on shelf with this configuration.
One last question, do you by any chance have access to pictures of fuselage and mid part of wing when it is folded?, if i will go for CV-22 i would like to build it with option to fold and unfold whenever i need to.
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Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2011 - 05:49 AM UTC
Yes the CV-22 Does fold like the MV-22. They have some different features as far as the interior. The Marines Version from what I hear does not have as much navigation stuff as the Air Force version....


Herky
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Posted: Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 06:34 AM UTC
Hello
Thanks for info Jeremy, i don't usually pay much attention for interiors of aircraft so that wouldn't be a problem, few additional sensors outside can be scratchbuild without any problems.


I managed to get some progress, all decals are done and dark grey wash applied.

I managed to get rid a bit of that big difference in colours with black oil filter.



zoomie50
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Posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 04:10 PM UTC
Hey
I have sent you my friend Glens e-mail address. He wanted me to tell you that he has tons of pics of the Ospreys. Alot of detail shots that the engineers have shared with him. He told me he'd send you any shot he has that you ask for.
Jerry
Maxymilian
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Posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 08:14 PM UTC

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Hey
I have sent you my friend Glens e-mail address. He wanted me to tell you that he has tons of pics of the Ospreys. Alot of detail shots that the engineers have shared with him. He told me he'd send you any shot he has that you ask for.
Jerry


Fantastic news my mate, thanks for all the help you offer. Great stuff.
zoomie50
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Posted: Thursday, August 04, 2011 - 11:38 AM UTC
Adam
Glen wanted me to tell you if you send him your mailing address he will send you a disk of all the pics he has of the Osprey. He tried sending them via e-mail but ran into problems that way. We are both looking forward to seeing the end product.
Jerry
Maxymilian
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Posted: Saturday, August 06, 2011 - 04:15 AM UTC

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Adam
Glen wanted me to tell you if you send him your mailing address he will send you a disk of all the pics he has of the Osprey. He tried sending them via e-mail but ran into problems that way. We are both looking forward to seeing the end product.
Jerry


Hello mate, i have already replied to his email, thanks for all the effort to you and Glen, simply fantastic.
I nearly finished, well MV is finished, only base left, so very soon i will post some gallery pictures.
Maxymilian
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Posted: Sunday, August 07, 2011 - 07:54 AM UTC
Hello all

I managed to pull this one to th end.
I would like to thank you all of the support and watching










short folding sequence:






and family photo:
HeavyArty
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Posted: Sunday, August 07, 2011 - 11:34 AM UTC
Very cool. It came out very nicely. Good job.
zoomie50
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Posted: Monday, August 08, 2011 - 01:34 PM UTC
Outstanding job. Looks like a couple of the ones we've had flying through here. Glen wanted me to tell you he's sent you a disk with about 385 pics on it of the Osprey.
My boss and our engineers all say that it looks real. And that you did an excellent job building and painting the Osprey. Great job.
Jerry
Maxymilian
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Posted: Monday, August 08, 2011 - 08:22 PM UTC

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Outstanding job. Looks like a couple of the ones we've had flying through here. Glen wanted me to tell you he's sent you a disk with about 385 pics on it of the Osprey.
My boss and our engineers all say that it looks real. And that you did an excellent job building and painting the Osprey. Great job.
Jerry


Thanks for that, it's nice to hear opinion from the first hand, specially when it is positive.
I already have one picture form Glen that blow my mind, i can rest to check rest of them.

Thanks for everything
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