discussion Joe's 1/72 Airfix Boeing Chinook HC1

[Geoffers]

Ahh Italeri, don’t you just love them

Poor fitting clear parts seem pretty much par for the course on the few I’ve built.

Hopefully you will be able to sort out that step Joe, the rest looks great

Geoff.

 

[flyjoe180]

Ahh Italeri, don’t you just love them

Poor fitting clear parts seem pretty much par for the course on the few I’ve built.

Hopefully you will be able to sort out that step Joe, the rest looks great

Geoff.

Cheers Geoff. I looked at other builds of this kit online, and some don't have any issues, others have steps that are worse than mine. Quite a few ignored it. I should be able to get the step sorted out. I'll treat myself to something better fitting for my next build.

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Nice work so far Joe. Shame about the fitting issues but I am sure you will be able to smooth things out.

 

[Geoffers]

I don’t blame you, after the A-10 and this you’ve earned something a bit easier

 

[flyjoe180]

Cheers Steve. Yes, should be no problem

 

[flyjoe180]

Well, it took me a long time, but I got that step between the fuselage and glazing sorted. Added a few other bits and pieces including the fuselage windows. I masked the side windows with Humbrol Maskol, which went nicely into the shallow cavities. I also have the rotors assembled.

I think I'm ready to hit this pig with Mr Surface Primer.

 

[Steven000]

Looks like you managed that step between the fuselage and glazing very well Joe, looking forward to the next step, cheers

 

[flyjoe180]

All primed up.



Pretty happy with the front now I have primer on. It needs a tiny refinement but under the camouflage colours it will look respectable.

 

[flyjoe180]

Got the first layers of paint on today. For the black I used Mr Color "Cowling Color", which is the black/blue shade used on Japanese Second World War aeroplane cowlings. It's not as stark as black. I used it on the underside of the Chinook airframe, and on the rotors.