Tonys revell 1/72 air ambulance

[rtfoe]

Fits not bad but not brilliant either richard , for example the two fuselage halves dont have any locating pins whatsoever . It looks like an old tooling as theres also a bit of flash in places and some hefty seam lines to clean up .

Yup...symptoms of old Revell molds.

Cheers,
Wabble.

[Jim R]

You've done a fine job with the cockpit, Tony. I do like the blue belts. Even if they weren't blue they should have been. Fits OK too :thumb2:

[Geoffers]

Nice start Tony :thumb2:

Geoff.

[yak face]

Seams cleaned up ok , didnt need any filler and the two engine covers have now been fitted . Ive cleaned up and started assembling the rotor head and blades , this will be placed on loose last off. Ive been looking at the transparencies and dry fitting the windscreen ( not a stellar fit ! ) , all the windows are fitted from the outside so it might make painting a little easier .

[flyjoe180]

Great job Tony. They had one of these at an air ambulance organisation I used to work for an age ago. I have walk around photos somewhere; if you need any sing out, but it looks like you have it well and truly sorted

[yak face]

Great job Tony. They had one of these at an air ambulance organisation I used to work for an age ago. I have walk around photos somewhere; if you need any sing out, but it looks like you have it well and truly sorted

Thanks joe , the photos would be appreciated , mind you theres not a lot of the interior that can be seen so it would mainly be for any exterior details .

[yak face]

Seams now sorted and the tail boom is on . Not far off starting to paint now , a lot of the parts still to be fitted will be best left until after painting to prevent getting knocked off . The windows all go on from the outside so I think I’ll add them after painting ,still got to mask up the openings though . Heres a shot of the chopper and a wide shot to illustrate the chaos of the bench and the obligatory A4 building space !

[flyjoe180]

Thanks joe , the photos would be appreciated , mind you theres not a lot of the interior that can be seen so it would mainly be for any exterior details .

Done Tony, in your conversation messages

[yak face]

The main airframe is together now and the skids are glued on and setting . The masking of the windows was a bit tricky as they all fit in from the outside so theres just a load of holes to mask. I managed to feed some masking tape through the windscreen hole to stick on the inside for the side windows and stuck the windscreen area up after this. The two windows under the nose were filled with sponge . The airframe is going to get a coat of white primer next session .

[Gern]

I notice your jar of Marmite is in the right place giving you easy access to it for masking!

[Jim R]

Looking good Tony. Can't get over how bright that yellow is or how small it is. Sounds a good idea to be able to fit the windows later but masking the empty holes is awkward. Bring on the primer.

[papa 695]

Coming along nicely with the work your putting in Tony.

[adt70hk]

Well at least you get to start off with yellow plastic so you won't need a primer...

My thoughts exactly!

[adt70hk]

Coming on very nicely Tony. Sorry I missed the start of this.

[Guest]

Very nice Tony, do you advise Marmite for filling :smiling4: