WOW. Finally finished this beast, and yep, I was working on it all the way to the end!
FIRST: Thank you all for making this such a fun project. I'm usually a reader on forums and not much of a "poster," but I think from here on in I'm going to post my work and be a bit more open and share some of the things I've learned along the way. Everyone that has followed and watched this THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the compliments and encouragement. I'm not gonna lie, there were times when I was really having trouble getting motivated, and you guys pulled me through.
I don't know what possesed me to super detail my first chopper, try to complete it in 9 weeks (my mother in law was visiting for 3 weeks in May), and try out a load of new techniques and products along the way, but I got it finished. This thing is so awesome, I can't wait to hit the airshows later this year and see some of them. I'm dying to sit inside one now.
I still need to work on my photos (my phone takes better macro pictures than my camera), but without further ado..., here are the 5 photos submitted at 11:57pm ET.