"A1-H Skyraider and UH1-B/C" Topic

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miscmini	27 Aug 2014 4:42 a.m. PST
I recently completed a commission for painting three 1/48 scale models. These are bound for the gaming battlefield The Skyraider is a very nice Tamiya kit. It went together nicely and was a pleasure to build and paint. Modifications I made include: reinforcing the fuselage floor with plasti-card; replacing the kit's plastic cannon barrels and pitot tube with wire; and modifying the gear doors from the kit's gear-down only position to gear-up. The UH1s are Revell-Monogram kits and they were not as builder friendly as the Tamiya kit. The forward fuselage, windshield, chin windows, and fuselage top did not fit together well and required lots of filing, epoxy putty, and patience. The most significant modification to the UH1 kits was replacing the kits' plastic rotor shafts with 6D steel nails. More pics at: link Thanks for looking, Kevin miscmini.com
Garryowen	27 Aug 2014 4:47 a.m. PST
Beautiful work. Tom
ordinarybass	27 Aug 2014 6:15 a.m. PST
Really great work. I almost thought the skyraider was a source pic rather than model at first glance.
Patrick Sexton	27 Aug 2014 8:00 a.m. PST
Excellent work.
Mardaddy	27 Aug 2014 12:57 p.m. PST
I have a cool half-dozen of those Revel UH-1 kits and can verify – for veteran modelers only. Myself, I made them so they can be broken down into three parts for storage. The rotorshafts are magnetized at the connection to the engine itself & the flight stands are magnetized. Ease of removal and storage. You definitely put more quality work into them than I did mine despite the magnetizing!!
miscmini	27 Aug 2014 5:17 p.m. PST
Thanks for the many kind comments. Kevin
D A THB	27 Aug 2014 5:45 p.m. PST
OOH I like them. I have four of the UH1's stored away to paint so the tips are handy. Thanks.
LostPict	27 Aug 2014 8:13 p.m. PST
These babies are mine! So exciting, Daddy gets his new toys Saturday. Not mentioned is that an OV-10 is in the works. All headed to 28mm Charlie Company gaming in the Mekong delta with Marines, Sailors, and Uncle Charlie! Great WORK Kevin!!! Lost Pict PS my job with the Navy took me to NAS Pensacola today and the 1:1 scale Skyraider in the Naval Air museum almost looks this good!