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Bell UH-58D Kiowa 1:72 04938; Build Review
Topic Started: Mar 6 2016, 10:09 PM (281 Views)
Johni044
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Construction of this little chopper starts by building up the three-piece instrument binnacle.

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Which is then painted black and the instrument decal applied.

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Instructions then tell you to build up the front cockpit but I deviated here and attached the rear seats in the back cabin, applying plastic weld down the join and dry fitting the two fuselage halves together to act as a jig whilst the glued right side cured.

Once dried the rear cabin and benches were painted black and the process repeated for the front cockpit wall. The seats and the cyclic controls were painted (there are no collective controls provided.

The left side cabin interior was painted black, the fuselage seams cleaned of paint. A bit of blue tack was attached behind the rear cabin bulkhead just in case it was going to be a tail sitter and the fuselage halves joined. The seats and cyclic columns were cemented in place.

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The lower nose glazing was then attached using formula 560 as followed by the instrument binnacle which had some formula 560 where it contacts the clear glazing and CVA where it attached to the centre console in the cockpit. The remaining glazing was attached with formula 560 and it was also used to fill a few gaps between the two glazing parts also between the main glazing and the engine pod.

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Next came remaining fuselage and control surface components were attached. Perhaps the worst fitting parts of the kit were the main doors, unfortunately one of the door windows popped out after attaching.

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Construction then turned to the main rotor, which went together without any issues.

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At this point the seams received some attention and painting started. I first painted the window frames freehand in black going over them in NATO Olive afterwards. It took 4 coats to get a good density of colour but using Aquacolor means than coats can be applied in quite quick succession.

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The fuselage was then cleared in preparation of the decals to be applied.

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Application was done in quick time as they are neither numerous or large. They were applied using Humbrol Decalfix as I have run out of Decalsoft and my LMS isn’t stocking it anymore. The decals were then left to dry and settle.

Once dry the main rotor and mast sight installed, a further coat of Clear then sealed in the decals. Instructions call for Fiery Red for the strobe lights which I did not have to I first applied a touch of silver which I then put some clear red on when dry.

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Once dry thin washes of darkened NATO Olive and black were applied and cleaned up using a cotton bud (Q tip)

Everything was sealed in with Humbrol Matcote, and dirtied a little bit more with Humbrol Dust Wash. The first time I’d used a product like this, I thinned it and it looks more subtle in the flesh than it does with the flash, I’ll try and post some pictures in natural light in due course. (now done that)

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Didn’t realise how small this is until I put it next to my Lynx.

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P.S. I set myself a challenge to see how far I could get with this kit in 24 hours. Started at 11pm on 5th March and finished it at 21:00 on the 6th. Durring this time I spent about 5 hours making it, Obviously this will affect the finished standard and a little more time on the glazing would most likely pay dividends.

Many thanks to Revell for the review sample.

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Edited by Johni044, Mar 7 2016, 12:43 PM.
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CPNGROATS
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on the "double quick"......... :yipee:

So, did this energize your modeling mo-jo ?

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ggc

Edited by CPNGROATS, Mar 6 2016, 10:32 PM.
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Johni044
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Cheers,

The answer is yes-well sort of, it hasn't increased the number of hours in a day unfortunately..

It also shown me to steer clear of dust washes.
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Super job John, in the time.


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