This was my Christmas gift from the family 2014



I'm not going to lie about this model , For a 1/48 scales this is a monster beast. This will start in about week or two .
I been working on this for bit , not much finished .

I know Gino from different form . I am going post my build here . I will try to get it caught up

Enjoy

Rick



Big Ed's eduards photo etch set

The rotor head is getting all plastic parts installed . The hinges work great . I can fold them in or out .. Now I need to start some basic piping ..

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Rick

Body length

Rick




Working little on the rotor head piping .
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primered

I started the IP wiring

Rick

I route the IP wiring ..

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Rick

I have the interior painted black . Needs a lite dry brush with silver .

I need to install Photo etch IP dash .

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Rick

I did some dry brushing .

Try to lighten top of the IP for some fade look . Not sure how that came out , but I tried

I sprayed the rear cargo floor . Still needs weathering here . . I still have cargo crates to paint for this area .

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Rick

I applied alclad aqua gloss several days ago . Yesterday I applied 502 MIG Oil weathering black and brown mix oil paste colors and thinned with MIG Productions Odorless Turpentine . i really like . I let that still for a day . .Tomorrow I will respray with Alclad or vallejo Matt clear ..

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Rick

I'm finishing up the headliner .Not spending a lot on interior , due to may never be seen .

Almost ready to prime .

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Rick

I applied alclad aqua gloss let that sit for several days .
I applied 502 MIG Oil weathering black and brown mix oil paste colors and thinned with MIG Productions Odorless Turpentine . i really like . I let that still for a bit

Enjoy

Rick

I have the floor Clear Matt coat and top or headliner ..

Still need to install photo etch seatbelts .

i also try to fade the front area



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Rick



Top headliner



Rear cargo area

I started the outside body rivet process . This model has no rivets . This bird has a lot rivets . Only issue I see with this model . No problem

I'm not sure if my rivet tool is right size , but its for 1/48 scale . I was not going to order a new rivet tool .

I had to use chalk to high light the rivets , so excuse me for the miss . I have washed off the chalk

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Rick

I finished only right side body of my rivet project . Still have bottom top and left side . This is a long process . Eyes do get tried .I cleaned the body up

So far it looking pretty good .

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Rick

Hai,

You certainly go for detail.

I'll watch this with interest as I have such monster in my stash as well

this is looking cracking

Great job so far, I will be watching this build for sure.
Doug

Looking good so far Rick, I'm going to follow along and take notes as I have one of these beasts in the stash.

Thank you all

The left side finished the rivets .. I will need to finish the interior now ..

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Rick

I have the cargo area seats installed and gloss clear coat . I will let this set for couple days , then use Mig oils to weather it up a tab bit

Then i will install seat belts and some case of Cokes and Mt Dews .

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Rick

I laid down some Mig oil this morning .

this evening I cleaned up little bit . I will let this set for day or two . Then spray some matt clear ..

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Rick



this morning





This evening

I have the cargo interior walls Mattt Clear coat finished . I mocked up the interior just to see what it look like .

I need to install seat belts, photo etch IP and couple decal labels

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Rick

Work has been very busy . But that has slow down a bit .
i been working on a paint rack

Here is my paint rack I'm building ..I could not find any paint racks. So I thought , lets build one .

This is a basic rack . I will primer , then paint with enamel black

You can see my two Alclad bottles . That be the pale gold and chrome ..

Rick

I finished my paint rack yesterday .. I'm going let paint cure for few days before installing this to the wall ..

I use oil base enamel paint , Sprayed this outside with HVLP gun ..

I used scrap wood , only the peg board was new

Rick

Below is my tailgate that I mess up . I glued photo etch upside down .I removed the photo etch , the part wrinkled . I did not have another replacement part . I glued it back down in the correct direction .

Now I went and built a skid that will hold cases of sodas and water bottles . This will sit on the gate .

Skid not finished yet .

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Rick







I started the first stage paint job on the skid . Then i will get the wood grain look next stage .

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Ric k

Here is my skid in the wood look ..

I'm happy with it , now just need to make a lot more soda cases

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Rick