1/48 Italeri CH47 (Chinook) "Big Wokka" RAF

[mtaylor]

On 10/21/2020 at 4:57 AM, Canute said:

Nice looking red seats, OC. Do you have lap belts for those seats. They're usually strewn all over the seat bottoms. The pax just up and leave them wherever and the crews in the cabin have enough other duties to worry about neatness. You're doing great work on this beast, sir.

 

Seat belts.. novel idea.  I don't recall outside of the US, anyone except the pilots in our -34's and -53's using them.  The crew sure didn't.  We just hung on for take-offs and landings.   For a hard landing you knew was coming, lay on the floor (head towards the stern) and hope for the best.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   next stage in my  train build - I mean  wokka build  is the inner side wall details  -   this starts  with applying a few  decals  for the emergency exit  and  first aid boxes, after these were on I put a few coats of micro sol on to settle then down in to the curves of the padding on the walls,  then I  worked on the last section of bench seating - this was constructed to represent then in a folded up position (they needed a bit of chopping here and there)  they were then painted  then glued in place.

They are not glued to the floor yet  - just placed to show how they will look.

 

OC.

[oneslim]

Really Nice Paint Job.

 

BobW

[Old Collingwood]

11 minutes ago, oneslim said:

Really Nice Paint Job.

 

BobW

Thank you so much Bob.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,    I  got some  good progress done today  - I finished  off attaching the the other folded seats  - then I glued both side walls  to the floor,   this was a fiddly operation getting the position right while not damaging the seats, I left them to set for a few hours  then I  located the roof part  - this was dry fitted and I soon dicovered it needed a bit of wiggling to get it to lign up with the lugs and wall edges,  after moving the side walls slightly  I was able to glue the roof down  - while positioning it while the glue was setting.

So this is the inner section boxed together   just needs some detail painting to the inner ramp roof area, before I can fit both outer sides.

 

OC.

[lmagna]

On 10/22/2020 at 1:32 PM, mtaylor said:

Seat belts.. novel idea.  I don't recall outside of the US, anyone except the pilots in our -34's and -53's using them.  The crew sure didn't.

Same here Mark. Heck, sometimes we didn't even bother with seats! And doors? Who needs stinking doors? (Well I do have to admit that we didn't often actually take them off.)

 

But the two times I did fly in a Sh**hook it had not only jump seats just like these but belts as well. You also have to remember that as this is an OC build it is British and will be properly shipshape and Bristol fashion at all times!

 

Looking nice OC

[Edwardkenway]

1 hour ago, lmagna said:

Same here Mark. Heck, sometimes we didn't even bother with seats! And doors? Who needs stinking doors? (Well I do have to admit that we didn't often actually take them off.)

 

But the two times I did fly in a Sh**hook it had not only jump seats just like these but belts as well. You also have to remember that as this is an OC build it is British and will be properly shipshape and Bristol fashion at all times!

 

Looking nice OC

Of course,  nothing out of place here in Blighty, old chap!!😁

As Lou said,  coming along nicely 😀

 

[Old Collingwood]

8 hours ago, lmagna said:

Same here Mark. Heck, sometimes we didn't even bother with seats! And doors? Who needs stinking doors? (Well I do have to admit that we didn't often actually take them off.)

 

But the two times I did fly in a Sh**hook it had not only jump seats just like these but belts as well. You also have to remember that as this is an OC build it is British and will be properly shipshape and Bristol fashion at all times!

 

Looking nice OC

Thank you Lou,   yep it was probably  a requirement  to amke sure they were tidy inside.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

6 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

Of course,  nothing out of place here in Blighty, old chap!!😁

As Lou said,  coming along nicely 😀

 

Thank you Edward.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   I made some good progress today  -  I started on the rear roof area above the ramp, this area in the kit is a little bit bare of any detail, so after looking at some photos online  - some scratch building was called for,  so some card and a few other pieces  later  and I had a  plate to be glued to the roof,  I also added another one slightly smaller  - then a few coats of paint and a bit of shading  and this is the result.

 

OC.

[Canute]

Lots of small details that make it come alive. Good job, OC.

[Old Collingwood]

1 hour ago, Canute said:

Lots of small details that make it come alive. Good job, OC.

Thanks Ken,   yep  the rear roof area  in the kit is a bit  "basic"   you can get  update sets that include that area  - but just as good to fo it  yourself.

 

OC.

[Canute]

As your modeling skills grow, you get more comfortable with kit-bashing and scratchbuilding. Welcome to the Dark Side, mate.

[Old Collingwood]

31 minutes ago, Canute said:

As your modeling skills grow, you get more comfortable with kit-bashing and scratchbuilding. Welcome to the Dark Side, mate.

Thanks Ken.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Right then  everyone,   I'm going to put a little hold on this  - Just when it was getting interesting, as I  want to do somemore work on my Waterloo  project   - see you over there😉

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

looking really good OC........the interior looks awesome     you're really tempting me to start the Osprey.......the interior is almost the same!

 

nicely done!

[Old Collingwood]

2 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

looking really good OC........the interior looks awesome     you're really tempting me to start the Osprey.......the interior is almost the same!

 

nicely done!

Go for it Denis  -  you know you will have an audience😉

 

OC.

[lmagna]

3 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

you're really tempting me to start the Osprey

You should build it Denis. You just reminded me that I also have one in my stash as well. But it is WAY down on the list of builds to come. 

[popeye the sailor]

I have the dashboard pieces on my desk........thinking what I can do about instrumentation.  gotta clear the Fokkers first  

[Old Collingwood]

36 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

I have the dashboard pieces on my desk........thinking what I can do about instrumentation.  gotta clear the Fokkers first  

Tell you what I have seen some do with the instruments/dials  - drill them out  and use a paper template  drawn or painted  and a piece of clear perspex  to simulate dials   - or the raised details molded on being hand painted vs  pe  ones that are pre-painted, preaty much varied what you can do.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

yep......seen it too.   I have a few instrument panel decals from the bombers.....I'll cut them to fit.   of course,  once together,  it might not be very visible.

[Old Collingwood]

5 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

yep......seen it too.   I have a few instrument panel decals from the bombers.....I'll cut them to fit.   of course,  once together,  it might not be very visible.

Yep  - they are decals on my Chinook panel  looks Ok  with a few coats of clear over the top.

 

OC.

[Canute]

Yep, a dot of the clear over each of the gauges works really nice, but the trade-off is will it be visible to the casual observer.

[Old Collingwood]

I have  scrapped this  after a disastrous  attempt to fit the cabin  windows  - they supply twice as many  round windows as is needed  (can understand why now)   anyway first attempt  drop them in then carefully apply liquid poly (as its the only glue I have)   but it was so thin  it ran down and hazed the  glass, so I was able to push them out,  second go  but using even less glue  - I gave them a couple of hours before deciding to attach the one outer shell to the inside unit, that went well  glued and secure,   but...................the  (enter rather cross word here)  windows had not secured and had pushed in  with absolutley  no way of getting to them to push them back or  re glue as it would have gone over the glazing  - so I have no choice but to scrap it  and put it down to one that beat me.

 

Oh well - back on with my figures.

 

OC.

[Landlubber Mike]

Sorry to hear OC.  Sometimes you have to wonder if the kit designer actually tried putting the kit together.  Seems a bit ridiculous to make things harder than they need be.

 

[Old Collingwood]

2 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Sorry to hear OC.  Sometimes you have to wonder if the kit designer actually tried putting the kit together.  Seems a bit ridiculous to make things harder than they need be.

 

Indeed Mike,   trouble with this  was  - the galzing windows are slightly undersize  so they need a reasonable amoubt of glue to hold them,  then when its bolted up  - theres nothing taht can be done if they are loose.

 

OC.

[Canute]

Sorry to read that, OC. Stuffing 10 pounds of stuff into a 5 pound sack. 😞

[Old Collingwood]

4 minutes ago, Canute said:

Sorry to read that, OC. Stuffing 10 pounds of stuff into a 5 pound sack. 😞

Thanks Ken, oh well  win some loose some   - I used to bin far more when I was younger.

 

OC.

[marktiedens]

Are the windows small enough to use some of that Kristal Klear window maker?   I think you can also use canopy cement for that also - pretty much the same stuff.  Seems a shame to bin the whole kit for a window problem.

 

 

Mark

[Old Collingwood]

10 minutes ago, marktiedens said:

Are the windows small enough to use some of that Kristal Klear window maker?   I think you can also use canopy cement for that also - pretty much the same stuff.  Seems a shame to bin the whole kit for a window problem.

 

 

Mark

Hi Mark,    trouble is I only have whats to hand  and thats only revell poly.

 

But......................

 

Read below.

 

OC.