Bulldog 09
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This has been a project I have been working on now for over three years on and off. I am close to the end but figured I could post some pictures of build. The first set will be of the weapons, M299 Hellfire launchers, drive shaft, and front avionics bay door's. The Hellfire's have all been reworked to include the seeker lenses, clear seeker covers, and new rear fins. They also received all of the stencils found on the actual units, this consisted of 11 decals per missile.
The drive shaft and its bay are part of the CMK kit detail set. This is a great set but it still leaves a lot of room for improvement, and here are some of those improvements. First off I added the cam lock fastener bracket (which is four hours of my sanity I will never get back). This was done by first laying out each fastener hole on a piece of .010 x .020 styrene, then drilled these out with a #80 drill bit. This was then attached to the tail boom and shaped with jewelers files. Next up was the aft shaft hanger bearing, center damper support, and anti-flail support had to be reworked in order to look and fit right. The center shaft had to be lengthened and the dampener added (black band in center of middle shaft). A small data stencil was added to the center shaft and the whole area received an oil wash. As for the covers I drilled out each of the cam lock locations and added small pieces of wire, and that was it.
Drive shaft and covers.
Next up the front avionic bays doors, these to are parts of the CMK kit. These had each of the latch positions drilled out and new latches and their closing mechanisms added. Each latch consist of 3 parts with a total of 7 latches per door. Below you will find pictures of the doors. One is finished(left one)and only needs a cote of dullcoat, the other lacks the final painting of the latches and an oil wash.
Well that's it for right now, I will and try post some photos of the tail rotor next. Please let me know if y'all have any suggestions or corrections.
Dave Fassett
The drive shaft and its bay are part of the CMK kit detail set. This is a great set but it still leaves a lot of room for improvement, and here are some of those improvements. First off I added the cam lock fastener bracket (which is four hours of my sanity I will never get back). This was done by first laying out each fastener hole on a piece of .010 x .020 styrene, then drilled these out with a #80 drill bit. This was then attached to the tail boom and shaped with jewelers files. Next up was the aft shaft hanger bearing, center damper support, and anti-flail support had to be reworked in order to look and fit right. The center shaft had to be lengthened and the dampener added (black band in center of middle shaft). A small data stencil was added to the center shaft and the whole area received an oil wash. As for the covers I drilled out each of the cam lock locations and added small pieces of wire, and that was it.
Drive shaft and covers.
Next up the front avionic bays doors, these to are parts of the CMK kit. These had each of the latch positions drilled out and new latches and their closing mechanisms added. Each latch consist of 3 parts with a total of 7 latches per door. Below you will find pictures of the doors. One is finished(left one)and only needs a cote of dullcoat, the other lacks the final painting of the latches and an oil wash.
Well that's it for right now, I will and try post some photos of the tail rotor next. Please let me know if y'all have any suggestions or corrections.
Dave Fassett
