Revell 1/24 'Huey' Gunship

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Revell 1/24 'Huey' Gunship

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I should start by saying that this is my first EVER flying model, and once again my photography skills probably let me down, for my next project I'm definitely making a booth of some description!

This was just a quick build after reading Robert Mason's Chickenhawk book, so I thought I would build a Huey after it sparked my interest. It's a big ol' beast, won't fit in my cabinet, not sure what to do with it now :scratch::

I decided to paint the shark mouth rather than using the kit decals, think it turned out ok. Couple of mistakes here and there, and some silvering of the decals which has annoyed me, the Revell ones seem really thick and impenetrable to any kind of softener, so beware if anyone is reading, you need an ultra glossy coat to apply them to, I used two coats of Klear but obviously wasn't glossy enough.

Fit is ok, not great, plenty of sanding required on the seams but comes together in the end, main colour is Tamiya Olive Drab XF-62. My heavy handed approach managed to break the skids as well....don't ask....I patched them up though....I did want it to look a bit beat up and 'used'! Happy with how it turned out in the end.

On to the WWI group build now :thumb2: where I will be using an actual camera rather than my iphone :wall:

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Re: Revell 1/24 'Huey' Gunship

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Love it mate, love it :thumb1: :th: :thumb2:
I read that book when I made my Vietnam diorama many moons ago. It is a really gripping depiction of life there and blew me away.
You have done a great job on this kit and made a gorgeous helicopter :clap:
Good subject material for a full on diorama :think: :scratch::
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Twokidsnosleep wrote: Mon Sep 03, 2018 5:02 pm Good subject material for a full on diorama :think: :scratch::
Thanks, very generous of you!

As for a diorama, it's a bit too big of a task for me at this scale I'm afraid! I'm going for a dio for the WW1 GB instead :thumb2:
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