Thats some pretty damn serious dedication to this build Frank and the results were well worth it..damn nice work mate 
The placement of things is a real pain aint it and like you they might be wiffies but i still base my builds around some form of realism and that part is a massive PITA.
You'll get there mate 

Looks fantastic!

You are exhibiting a commitment to Whiffing which is above and beyond.  Carry on.

 

Thanks, guys. I'm pretty pleased with the way the 3D printed rotor head came out. It looks fairly close to the grainy image I used as a reference for the CAD work. Maybe I should make a Yak-EG next ("NO!" says one of the saner voices in my head. "Absolutely not!")

Quote from: frank2056 on August 25, 2022, 10:10:19 AMThanks, guys. I'm pretty pleased with the way the 3D printed rotor head came out. It looks fairly close to the grainy image I used as a reference for the CAD work. Maybe I should make a Yak-EG next ("NO!" says one of the saner voices in my head. "Absolutely not!")

So absolutely not!! ..is more like "yeah it will probably happen " if your head is anything like my head when it comes to wiffy building 

I was looking at other early helicopter designs and I found the Polish GIL BŻ-4 Żuk, which I'd never seen before yesterday. It looks familiar:



Cousin?



Here's a video (in Polish, with English subtitles) about the BZ-4:


His channel has other interesting aircraft, including a jet powered AN-2

Second cousin perhaps  , but I can see where you're coming from

Since Poland used to be a commie country and were pretty much russia i think a new design was ordered  for a new light helicopter and the BZ-4 was one design put forward and yours was the other Frank .
Two competing companies coimg up with the same ideas which havent seen each others designs has happened before with two very simlier looking aircraft.

Almost done with this one - just need to fix some paint and weathering issues and add a mailbag and some gear.

It's hard to get the body of the helicopter and the full span of the rotors in one shot:



The rotor head transmission is a random part from what looks like an old Tamiya tank. I used some styrene to match the curve of the roof. On the main landing gear, I extended the range of the former ski struts by adding a styrene rods to the pistons and connectors. The wheels/tires are from some ancient, anonymous 1/72 aircraft kit. The nose gear is from an old 1/48 Monogram Me-262, mated to the nose ski attachment. It rides a lot higher now. The external cargo area at the end, under the engine is just some lined styrene sheet and PE mesh. I figure it could be used to hold tools, oil cans, etc. :



I may add a step since the door is a pretty far off the ground:



The instrument panel is basically the same R44 helicopter IP that I used on the KM-4 helicopter:



More pictures tomorrow in sunlight.

Nice work 

Will it have any fins at all?

Thanks! The Yak-EG (which I'm using as this helicopter's "spirit animal") had a tail and fin, but they found that the combination made it difficult to control.
My NKL-6 Aerosan Helicopter looks more like a larger version of the Hiller XH-44 or the Hiller X-2-235:

Thats looking pretty damn good so far Frank..its not going to take much more before shes finished ..its gonna look surpurb mate 

Beautiful build. And the idea too.

Quote from: loupgarou on September 01, 2022, 11:51:20 PMBeautiful build. And the idea too.

Totally agree   

Sweet, and very retro-looking!