Academy UH-60L "Umbrella"

[ApexBuilds]

I'm new to the board, and also have this kit next in line. I love your concept of the Umbrella Corp! I'll be building mine pretty basic out of the box for my Lieutenant. It's my first helo build. I'm looking forward to seeing this!

 

[TBadger]

Filled in the 3mm deep ejector pin marks with some Green Putty

Storage bins for the rear of the pilots seats

Some PE Detail for the cockpit area, I have to straighten those pedals before priming


My collection of primer ready parts, developing a plan to get them set and build the full interior

The current state of my work area : PIG PEN!

 

[TBadger]

Finally got the floor template to fit

Took far far too long to get these turnbuckles sorted

Mounted supports and the interior is ready for priming

My sessions have been fueled by numerous Diet Cokes and these little gems

 

[rookie]

Liking this thread, I hope you dont run out of seaweed snacks and diet coke anytime soon .. ;D

Whats the idea with the floor template ? Forgive me if ive missed something bleeding obvious ..lol

 

[TBadger]

It's a template for putting down the photoetch. It helped get them in just the right spot last year, Myke built this for the BSC and he said he couldn't get his template right. I figured out it had to be printed from eduard's website as "actual size"

 

[Junkie]

Looks great...and man your desk is tidy...I gotta show you mine.

 

[Neo]

My sessions have been fueled by numerous Diet Cokes and these little gems

What ??!! your eating Wood wrapped in electrical tape ?! ;D

 

[TBadger]

They did look quite strange, but at $1 per bag and 0 fat and 100 calories per bag, I had to try them. They come in 7 other flavors which ate harder to find. If you like sushi, you'd love these. Essentially puffed rice noodles wrapped in thin seaweed tape......but I digress. More progress on the chopper to come today!!!

 

[andrei383]

wow, thats some awesome detail with the photoetch! and great choice of snacks too, i love them!

 

[TBadger]

Finally started priming the pieces that were ready


I plan on adding some AK track rust to the floor which I purposely laid the CA a little thick to show bubbling paint pockets and rust damage at the tie down points

Dry fit the whole cockpit area. Not looking too bad, but drilled out the mount holes a bit more anyhow

All my pieces get to sit and dry until after dinner on the grill and some beers

 

[TRM]

Speedy!!! Must be the seaweed snacks : Looking nice there, under the primer!!! Keep it going!!! ;D

 

[Grendels]

Did I hear Chopper???


Nice bit of progress and I think I need to find seaweed snacks now...

 

[TBadger]

Just found this. Prices are very comparable, but if you can go to a military base commissary that's where it's at!

http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/category/rice-crackers

 

[TBadger]

Drybrushed and prepped the console to be mounted

added some Umbrella Corp logos where i thought they could look nice....this one needs a little sharpening before final mount

more dry brush with Tamiya Gunmetal

The ejector pin marks in the center of the seat suited the logos perfectly

Made the floor rather beat up and scratched......plan on doing a decently thick brown mud wash and add some baking soda mix to simulate some oxidation , finally a bit of blood and bootprints to finish it off

 

[TRM]

That's the ticket Badge!! Dash looks especially sweet!!!

 

[andrei383]

great work with the drybrushing! nice detail! ;D

 

[Subhuman1]

Looking good, would be nice to see a picture of the finished beast next to a quarter or something to get an idea how big this kit is in real life.

 

[TBadger]

The full kit measures about 12" and the rotors are about 14"....these little parts are about the size of a 9v battery on average

 

[Mike T.C.S.M]

The logos are looking great

 

[Grendels]

Nice logos! and that site is bookmarked!