Yep, its a kit made in 1983... it's not good.. but I had to build it as I built one a LOOOOooong time ago...
I scratched a seat for the pilot (driver?) out of sprue and putty, with a styrene sheet edge to tidy it up. I added some shock absorbers to the legs. I'm added foot pegs for the pilot ( and I'm also adding a lap belt), who I haven't finished yet. I also completely changed the pose of the pilot. In the original kit the pilot sits with his feet INSIDE the front of the machine, completely at odds with the box art ( which looks SOOOO much better). So I 'dismembered' him and reposed him into a more dynamic position, with his feet on the foot pegs on either side of the machine. Sorry, no pilot pics yet.. ( I'm terrible at figures )
This is the first time I've tried preshading. It turned out better than I expected. Also tried salt chipping for the first time on the rotor blades.
As the kit came with no decals, I've raided my measly parts box and scrounged some up, everything from a 1/100 sci fi robot, to a 1/72 Handley Page 0/400, to a 1/48 A-10... didnt turn out too bad.
Still got bits and pieces to go on here and there. More pics when I get some more done.
Thanks for looking.
I scratched a seat for the pilot (driver?) out of sprue and putty, with a styrene sheet edge to tidy it up. I added some shock absorbers to the legs. I'm added foot pegs for the pilot ( and I'm also adding a lap belt), who I haven't finished yet. I also completely changed the pose of the pilot. In the original kit the pilot sits with his feet INSIDE the front of the machine, completely at odds with the box art ( which looks SOOOO much better). So I 'dismembered' him and reposed him into a more dynamic position, with his feet on the foot pegs on either side of the machine. Sorry, no pilot pics yet.. ( I'm terrible at figures )
This is the first time I've tried preshading. It turned out better than I expected. Also tried salt chipping for the first time on the rotor blades.
As the kit came with no decals, I've raided my measly parts box and scrounged some up, everything from a 1/100 sci fi robot, to a 1/72 Handley Page 0/400, to a 1/48 A-10... didnt turn out too bad.
Still got bits and pieces to go on here and there. More pics when I get some more done.
Thanks for looking.
