I have got the main fuselage and interior parts together.
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To make this a late NZ Huey I've so far added to the basic kit:
1. Replacement side doors and windows - from an Italeri AB412
2. Wire cutters - from an Italeri AB412
3. Scratch built the small air vents at the front of the cabin (these are prominent and shown on the box and instructions but Italeri provides no such parts) - from the noses of spare 'missiles'
4. The retractable landing light under the nose beside the lower cutter (masked off for painting) - a clear lens from the spares box
5. The roof-mounted square panel (I think this black panel might have something to do with a GPS aerial?) - made from scrap plastic card
6. The maintenance bar across the forward fuselage ahead of the engine cowl area - made from brass wire
7. The VHF blade aerial atop the engine cowl - spares box
8. Small blade aerial ahead of anti-collision light - spares box
9. The steps on each side of the fuselage (these seem to be unique to the Iroquois in NZ service) - from brass wire
10. A lower rear aerial - from the spares box, trimmed from a missile tail fin
11. HF aerial prongs on the port side (the original zig-zag HF aerial was replaced in the 90's by a straight wire on these prongs. I'll add the wire later) - brass wire inserts
12. Port fuselage strake (a later modification) - plastic card attached using CA glue
Primed up:
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