##FINISHED## "The first of a new breed" - Sikorsky AR-4D/Hoverfly gunship

frank2056 · January 29, 2022, 11:03:23 AM

Wow - they came out great; now I want to build one with one of those markings. I think the blue in the French tail flash and roundel are a little dark, but it may be my monitor or the weathering.

AndrewF · January 29, 2022, 12:42:25 PM

Thanks Frank! Glad you like them. Yes, the blue is a tad dark - I do these in Adobe Illustrator and the blue is lighter in the Illustrator file. The blending mode I used in Photoshop to put the artwork on the paper effect background has darkened it a bit too much...

Old Wombat · January 29, 2022, 09:58:30 PM

Nice little helicopter!

Would be nice to see a 3D version in styrene.

TomZ · January 30, 2022, 12:11:37 AM

Looks very good!

TomZ

NARSES2 · January 30, 2022, 06:15:36 AM

Stands out with the Armee de l'Air markings

PR19_Kit · January 30, 2022, 09:14:25 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on January 29, 2022, 09:58:30 PM

Would be nice to see a 3D version in styrene.

Didn't Pavla do one of those early on in their life? IIRC it had some vacformed bits as well as injected and resin stuff.

frank2056 · January 30, 2022, 11:58:13 AM

MPM had one and you can still find it at a fair price. But... look at the instructions. Lots of PE and vacuformed canopy!
Fiddler's Green has a paper model. I'd like to build one, but I'm not good with paper models.

PR19_Kit · January 30, 2022, 03:27:04 PM

Ah right, that's the one I was thinking of, not by Pavla.

AndrewF · January 31, 2022, 04:30:11 AM

Thanks everyone for the comments. A 1/72 model of this would be tiny I think.

PR19_Kit · January 31, 2022, 04:43:53 AM

The fuselage would be 5.5" long, that's not too bad, and MILES larger than a Robinson R22.