1966 CH-47A Chinook Helicopters

I'm waiting for a Chinook CH-47A model 1/35th scale which should be coming in the mail sometime before October 31. This Helicopter has a purpose. That purpose is to carry a 1/35th scale Joint Light Tactical Vehicle JLTV-GP (M1278) into the Military Careers Office and display a new camouflage that I came up with for the JLTV-GP.

I'm using a Vietnam age Chinook diorama to carry a JLTV-GP Slung loaded under the Chinook. I am also buying Vietnam pilots. to bring in the new age. I kept trying to find bigger models bigger than 1/35 scale JLTV but there wasn't any. There were a few videos of remote controlled vehicles online but couldn't ever find the JLTV-GP RC for sale.

One day my social worker came over and she gave me an F-15 plastic model. I she gave me some of the slowest curing cement you could imagine but it eventually set one wing at a time. I had already drawn pictures of JLTV-GP camouflage and I wanted to present it to the Career Center and then I had an idea... instead of showing the Military pictures I could paint a scale model. This seemed like a good idea to me and when my social worker came over she looked on her phone for the JLTV and we THOUGHT she found one. Sometime later my Caregiver took me to the Sidekick Toy and Scale place and they didn't have the model there but had it at another store of theirs in another state. I thought maybe it would be work looking around anyway and came across this Helicopter called an 1/72th scale CH- 46 Sea Knight. I realized that I could suspend the JLTV from the bottom of the Sea Knight and I bought the kit for $25 U.S. Dollars.

I took the model out of the box when I got home and was sorely disappointed with the teeny tiny itty bitty helicopter! It was WAY too small, but I decide to build the kit anyways. I showed off the tiny little landing gear and wheels that i had to assemble and walked out to the living room to show it to everyone everyonce in a while. Then when my Sea Knight was nearly complete I was cementing the rotors to the helicopter and managed to drop it. The tiny little thing fell to pieces!!! After discussion with my Caregiver we decided that I could buy a bigger model that wouldn't break so easily. So, here I am waiting for helicopters and pilots and JLTV in the mail. I got paints and stuff in the mail and expect more things in the near future.

Some questions have arised. Is there a primer that can be brushed on with a hair brush? Should I just not do primer because I can't be having overspray? Has anyone here used 1/35 scale pilots before?
It's time for my meds talk to you later

Somehow I have two threads that are the same. How do I delete the one with 7 views and keep the one with 18 views?

If it hasn't been too long since you posted it, there should be a Delete link below your messages, but that will only delete your own, not my reply here. Best option is to click the Report link instead and explain to the mods that you would like this thread deleted because you accidentally posted the same thing twice.

Jakko said:

If it hasn't been too long since you posted it, there should be a Delete link below your messages, but that will only delete your own, not my reply here. Best option is to click the Report link instead and explain to the mods that you would like this thread deleted because you accidentally posted the same thing twice.

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YAY!! my Social Worker just brought me a magnifying glass thing that has a ring light on it. She says she doesn't ever use it (She is the person who gave me the F-15A

I tried to fit both halves together and it was Very difficult! So I started with the tabs on the back rear and used Gorilla tape and worked really really hard with the fitment of the pieces using Gorilla tape and worked my way forward to the where the front Rotor is going to be. My caregivers didn't want me using the stove to gently heat and straighten the Fuselage. So, I decided to see how hot the faucet in the bath tub would get and it got hot enough to where it hurt my hands so ran the hot water over the whole fuselage. I hope I have not made things worse... So help me God!! (Literally)



Also, I was going to buy a pallet thingy but Scalehobbyist sent my order of paint to me in these thin plastic cases that hold 6 jars together. You can see that I'm using the clear plastic for a yellow pallet. It's cool except that you can't ever get ALL the paint out. I THOUGHT I made a mistake and buying Lemon Yellow but it looks like the florescent lamp on the magnifying glass makes it look like a glow in the dark tennis ball. LOL the light in the kitchen makes it look more plain.

you can see where i ran out of H304 olive green... (on the top behind the front rotor)