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1/72 scale HH-53C; Vietnam Super Jolly Green Giant
Topic Started: Dec 13 2015, 10:23 PM (727 Views)
RJ Tucker
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I'm building a Vietnam Jolly Green Giant using the Italeri kit. I have an MPC kit which is , frankly, a better rendition of the Stallion. But, the clear pieces were so badly cast they made the kit unusable, and , sob, whine, snivel, the clear parts from the Italeri kit don't fit. Go figure. So, the the MPC kit gets to be the details donor.

The kit:

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First order of business it fill in the interior bulkheads where the sponsons are molded into the fuselage.

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Added the framing, overhead & some details to cockpit bulkhead. Green pieces are from the MPC kit. The Italeri kit just has a hole for the main rotor, so I spliced in the MPC part to mount the rotor. I'll fair it in when the fuselage is closed.

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The framing isn't precise; I'm aiming to suggest more detail than is actually going to be in there. Here's the preview of how it will look.


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Interior details are next.
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Olde Farte
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
A nice start RJ.
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One of my favourite helicopter types!

In the Germany of the 70's we used to call this the "Growler" long before the F-18 came along. If you've ever heard a CH-53 going at full speed, you'll know why.
I'll be following this build!
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Olde Farte
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Many, many moons ago we, as a club, visited Lakenheath or maybe Bentwaters can't remember now and had a guided tour of one, did you know that they leak like a sieve when it rains? A-10s were also there.
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Lt Paddy 'Chancer' Boyle
Nice interior work.
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RJ Tucker
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The interior details are finished. They are:

* 2 stretchers: made from plastic angle stock & floral wire. The fabric is a paper towel sprayed with wood sealer then painted with MM enamel. The belts are painted foil from a wine bottle.

* Crew bench: Same as the stretchers. Back webbing is painted foil cut into strips & glued together.

* Jungle canopy penetrator: Made from plastic rod and square stock.

* Ammo boxes: made for plastic sheet & strip; filed to shape.

* Mini-guns & mounts: kit mini-guns in a scratch built mounting made from (ancient) parts out of the old Revell USS Constitution kit & plastic stock. Handles are painted wire. The spent-brass collection bags are painted paper towel like the stretchers. The aft mini-gun doesn’t have a bag; it has a chute to direct the casings over the cargo ramp. The brass chute is wire insulation. I’ll cut it to length after I’ve installed the aft gun mount.

* Ammo fed tracks: made out of nylon cable ties painted metallic grey with the teeth painted brass. A black wash over the teeth provides depth.

Next step is add these details to the helo interior and the cockpit details. Then I can close her up!
Edited by RJ Tucker, Jan 10 2016, 11:41 AM.
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Mark M
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Hawk T1
photo link isnt working mate
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
Photo is there for me and I must say RJ that is one excellent start.
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Whereabouts did they carry the lego bricks, :laugh: . looking good built an italleri stallion a couple of years back, cracking little kit.
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RJ Tucker
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Olde Farte
Jan 10 2016, 12:00 PM
Photo is there for me and I must say RJ that is one excellent start.
Mark was right; I fixed the link.

:redface

Thanks for the comments, guys!
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that detail is fab mate
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Looking very nice.
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Nick 'Token' Jones
Looks excellent, great interior detail.
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RJ Tucker
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Had to rework the ammo belts. Used a smaller width. It took a while to get the cable ties to work. I had to fold and clamp them to hold the shape. They want to straighten out putting tension on the gun mounts. The mounts were too fragile to take the tension. I kept bending & clamping the ties until they “remembered” the proper shape. As a consequence, they’re too short. There should be a long catenary in the ammo feed. Still, I think they look pretty convincing.
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Details glued in place & cockpit is done. Seatbelts are leftover F-4 photo etch.

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Next steps are to close the fuselage, fair in the rotor housing, & assemble & detail the rotors.

:ohmy
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That Ammo feed belt is a brilliant idea for cable ties and the rest just looks so good.
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