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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: anevilgiraffe on September 05, 2010, 08:25:15 PM

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Post by: anevilgiraffe on September 05, 2010, 08:25:15 PM
UNIT helicopter...

(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/roweller/drwho/IMG_1451.JPG)

1/48 Corgi diecast Bell 47 that was one of many bargains from Salute (cheers Karl)... basic repaint over the existing job - made easy as the plastic/metal used the same olive green as me (although have noticed a blip in the pic on the top of the skid which stands out, may have rubbed some paint off without realising...), the danger sticker was on the original (carefully painted around) and homemade UNIT decals were added...

couldn't for the life of me remove the bubble canopy to paint the interior (the single screw did nothing when unscrewed) so it was either paint it or have a crappy plastic interior... on the plus side, it matches the Mobile HQ and Lanny windows and will never look like it's piloted by the invisible man...

speaking of which a flight stand is in hand...
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Post by: abhorsen950 on September 05, 2010, 08:28:34 PM
Very nice work there.
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Post by: Thunderchicken on September 05, 2010, 08:37:19 PM
Very nice crisp paint job, very nice indeed. I like the way you've painted the canopy. I'll save that pic as a tutorial if you dont mind.
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Post by: Ray Rivers on September 05, 2010, 09:32:32 PM
Quote from: Thunderchicken on September 05, 2010, 08:37:19 PM
I like the way you've painted the canopy.

Indeed!

Very nicely done!
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Post by: majorsmith on September 05, 2010, 09:57:06 PM
Fantastic! Love the canopy too
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Post by: Malamute on September 05, 2010, 10:25:21 PM
Very, very nice. who makes the pilot?
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Post by: anevilgiraffe on September 05, 2010, 10:28:13 PM
cheers chaps...

the pilot is Gripping Beast Mo-Fo... US downed pilot from the Mogadishu range...
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Post by: uti long smile on September 05, 2010, 10:46:22 PM
You beauty!
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Post by: albert hall on September 06, 2010, 11:27:07 AM
Great job.  Well done.
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Post by: Onebigriver on September 06, 2010, 11:34:26 AM
Great stuff AEG  :-*
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Post by: Centaur_Seducer on September 06, 2010, 11:42:52 AM
Love it! :) Same heli I had in mind when I went looking for downed pilots ;)
How did you do the green? Mine turned out grey and I really lost interest in painting my model after that :(
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Post by: anevilgiraffe on September 06, 2010, 12:09:43 PM
the green is Tamiya Nato Green (I had three pots and mixed and mid and highlight in two and used the base colour as the shade)... turns out, it's not a million miles away from Catachan green...

I just painted it over the base colour already on the model - wasn't overly thorough as it was a close enough match... the cockpit had a camo pattern if memory serves, so that saw the most paint - I think the tail got more of a drybrush....
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Post by: Gluteus Maximus on September 06, 2010, 08:34:01 PM
What a great find! It's got a perfect "DIY" look to it that fits in perfectly with 70,s Who  lol  Didn't they use one of those in The Daemons?

Great paintjob - instant transformation from toy to high quality wargames model.

Yes, I'd love to have one of those  :D