Under Fire | Phuoc Tuy, Vietnam 1969
Bell UH-1 Super Huey
- Skala:
- 1:48
- Status:
- Fullført
- Påbegynt:
- January 15, 2020
- Tid brukt:
- To long.
A painting of Don Greer gave me the idea to make a diorama of a Huey that just crashed in a rice field.
It was a a hell of a build, it's also my last Kittyhawk kit, nothing did really fit.
Trees and plants are made from 10 cent plastic plants for an aquarium.
The rice was a problem, I did want to make a full field and after some calculating I needed 2.300 bundles of rice plants 🙁 I came up with the Idea to use cheap 15 cent brushes (36 in total.)
Also I couldn't find VC soldiers in 1/48 so I came up with the plan to put a invisible snipe under the bushes, you only can see his gun.
It was fun to make the heavily modified soldiers, I love to chop off arms and legs 🙂
Took a lot of time and modifications but I'm happy with the result.
Prosjektinnhold
Byggesett
Figurer
WWII U.S. Army Infantry GI Set (Note Hauler HLX48081 US Infantry Set PE Accessories)
Tamiya 1:48
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Kommentarer
8 28 February 2020, 13:36
Jac FlemingThis will be my first and last Kitty Hawk kit, loads of flashing, lot of misfits, bad instruction manual, to soft plastic. grrrr
19 February 2022, 02:58
MonaI bet the plastic of a Mini Art kit would make you scream too ,good luck with your project 👍
1 19 February 2022, 05:06
Jac FlemingYes I know what you mean, although I do like the MiniArt kits, very nice fit and good detail, but yes the plastic needs some special attention, when I start a new MiniArt I need to get used at the soft plastic.
4 March 2022, 12:13
Jac FlemingIt's well known that the plastics from MiniArt models are very soft.
There a few things I do when I work with those models.
1- Be 2x more careful cutting the parts especially the small parts, make sure you use a new blade.
2- Those thin beams are much easier to fit or glue when you make a copy from copper wire.
3- If you have to cut fragile parts give them a brush with Tamiya fast cement.
5 March 2022, 12:35
Marc Le BayonYou have US Vietnam figures from mlbmaquettes.com
There's weapons ( M16A1, M60, M79, M14...) gears webbings on the site
1 5 March 2022, 13:36
Jac FlemingHi Marc, thanks for the tip but I live in Thailand and these sets can't be find here. I use the US infantry set from Tamiya now and modify the soldiers.
6 March 2022, 01:50
Marc Le BayonI know you can't find them in any shop in Thailand... I'm a tiny productor. I don't have retailers
Contact me direct, we will see how to help you.
1 6 March 2022, 09:55
Jac FlemingHi Marc, Next time, I already have my soldiers made from a kit, heavily modified.
1 7 March 2022, 07:16
