Windmill 123...

[anevilgiraffe]

UNIT helicopter...



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...

[abhorsen950]

Very nice work there.

[Thunderchicken]

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.

[Ray Rivers]

I like the way you've painted the canopy.

Indeed!

Very nicely done!

[majorsmith]

Fantastic! Love the canopy too

[Malamute]

Very, very nice. who makes the pilot?

[anevilgiraffe]

cheers chaps...

the pilot is Gripping Beast Mo-Fo... US downed pilot from the Mogadishu range...

[uti long smile]

You beauty!

[albert hall]

Great job.  Well done.

[Onebigriver]

Great stuff AEG 

[Centaur_Seducer]

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

[anevilgiraffe]

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....

[Gluteus Maximus]

What a great find! It's got a perfect "DIY" look to it that fits in perfectly with 70,s Who    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