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Because this is meant to represent my Grandfather's seasprite aboard the USS America in 1966, getting the figured correct is very important to me. I'm not confident about this color of flight suit 

 

This step is very important to me as this is meant to represent my Grandfather's UH-2 flying off the USS America during its 1966 med tour. I asked my mother and my aunt, and they decided that the aviator on the left was my grandfather. I'm proud of you Gramps, and I miss you. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i started out believing that I would use toothpicks dipped in paint to individually color and highlight the switches and buttons, but that was... um... overly ambitious. I still dont really understand a lot of painting techniques so im not sure if theres something that would work better. (BTW, the three major insturment panels in the cockpit all come in pairs in this kit, one completely flat for adding decals and one raised with 3D details for painting. Very cool!) 

much to my chagrin, these 1/72 scale pilots dont fit perfectly with the model, so the pilot isnt actually holding the collective or cyclic, also, the beautiful PE 5-point harnesses wont fit around the pilots, so they're also being sacrificed :'( 

 

The aluminum metallic bits was the right call 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the pedals are a really good example of the problems with the two halves of the mold lining up on this kit. 

Honestly... Some of this tooling is... Not good. It's like the two haves of the pieces were not properly lined up when they were pressed together in the mold 

Um... Clear Prop? What the @$#& is with the fitment of these parts?? 

 

 

Any advice on fixing this panel gap is appreciated. 

 

 

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