Retro WWII Apache whopper chopper

[Old Wombat]

Coming along nicely!

I still like the first effort, it looks like a Navy/Marines version.

How is the SeaHog? Haven't seen her for quite a while, now.

[kerick]

Stuck in needs to be painted limbo. Soon on a day the spousal unit is out of the house for the day I'm going to have a paint fest. Hopefully nothing ends up against the wall!

Needs a back story. Either fighting the Chinese around Guadalcanal and the "slot" or picking off Russian cruisers in the Black Sea or the Med in the 80s. Seems they burn quite nicely. Maybe toe to toe with a "Black Sea monster" ekranoplane. The choppers are going to be a little after D-Day pushing across Belgium and France. Maybe General Patton is so impressed by "this new fangled gadget" he takes them all into his Third Army when no one else wants them. Hmmmmm...  Maybe some more recognition markings on the rotor blades!

[Scotaidh]

Stuck in needs to be painted limbo. Soon on a day the spousal unit is out of the house for the day I'm going to have a paint fest. Hopefully nothing ends up against the wall!

Needs a back story. Either fighting the Chinese around Guadalcanal and the "slot" or picking off Russian cruisers in the Black Sea or the Med in the 80s. Seems they burn quite nicely. Maybe toe to toe with a "Black Sea monster" ekranoplane. The choppers are going to be a little after D-Day pushing across Belgium and France. Maybe General Patton is so impressed by "this new fangled gadget" he takes them all into his Third Army when no one else wants them. Hmmmmm...  Maybe some more recognition markings on the rotor blades!

What about a Flying Tiger mechanic with an Idea and lots of P-40 spare/salvaged parts for toys?

[kerick]

I was thinking a little more as if Igor Sikorsky and Barnes Wallis got together. Definitely could throw in some people with good imaginations and high end mechanics skills! Along with lots of aircraft parts laying around.

[royabulgaf]

Bondo glazing putty.  A man after my own heart.

[kerick]

Bondo glazing putty.  A man after my own heart.

You bet!, I've been using it for years. I gave up Squadron green putty after I got tired of it shrinking so much. I also find that if I brush on some thin glue it soaks in and acts like a sealer otherwise you can tell the putty from the plastic if its only one coat of paint.

Glued on a few small details like wire cutters and boarding steps.





I've been thinking about invasion stripes and if I wanted to do them on both aircraft. I measured out on the wings how much the stripes would cover. At 7.5' of stripes it would cover most of the wing on both aircraft. So I came up with this idea. How about invasion stripes on the rotor blades? I know they did this in Vietnam and I'm sure other places. The white stripes turn into white rings as the rotors spin much like the yellow tips on propellers.



It's either this or little narrow stripes to make room for national insignia.

[Wardukw]

You might have to paint the stripes on the fusealge too ..i love the blades and from above lookinh at the ground you couldnt miss em but looking from below up the white might just disappear into the sky .
Hell even in the real WW2 the stripes still didnt stop some allied aircraft being shot at and i think down too.
So do both..it will look cool on the fusealge and since the blades are so thin it wont like its to much from the sides and now thr bird being so new to allied forces you'd want to mark it to death.
Ive seen a pic of a US M18 Hellcat tank destroyer with 9 US Stars painted on it ..one way to hopefully not get shot at by your own guys 

[Tophe]

update:

[kerick]

I was definitely going to paint stripes on the tail booms. I have some white for primer that will serve this purpose too.

[Tophe]

tail booms.

Wow!: twin-tail-booms?
No alas: only one boom per model
But this is good anyway

[kerick]

tail booms.

Wow!: twin-tail-booms?
No alas: only one boom per model
But this is good anyway

Well I was having a wild thought last night about what would a B-17 with twin tail booms look like. You can take it from there if you like.

[Tophe]

Thanks, I will do it (in reco version as I dislike bombers), Copyright: kerick Inc.!

[kerick]

Sounds great!

[Tophe]

Here are they in 3 versions! (Thanks)



= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/b-17tb-k.jpg
+ http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/b-17tb-k2.jpg
+ http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/b-17tb-k3.jpg

[kerick]

Love it!