Denmark cayuse - Italeri 1/72

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BsYamato
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Denmark cayuse - Italeri 1/72

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Heres my first new wip of the year : the little italeri cayuse that will be in denmark markings.. in some way i'll try as i don't have the decals :giggles:

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No sprues pictures (i think it's a notorius kit..) and i already started some work, as the rotor assembly and cockpit main pieces .

Going to rotor the kit have wrong spin direction, so i glued it upside down and replaced the control beams with stretched sprue

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Glued missing pieces at cockpit

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Le cloche assembly , removing ejector pins and copper wire to simulate IP cables

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Spreading cables and cut'n'glue in place. Added details to the rotor head. the rotor cap is not needed.

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Primer and after black (not pure black) painted
At the windscreen drilled two holes, closed after with plastic strip from inside

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Drybrush

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Complete IP

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Cockpit too

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almost done rotor

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smashed lead as weight

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After glued side windows with clear glossy vellejo used instead of glue , closed fuselage

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Also the windscreen glued with clear glossy

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Some rescribbing not yet finished

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And more elements glued

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At the next :)
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Wow! You blink once and suddenly it's ready for paint! Looking good so far...

What are you going to use for Denmark decals?
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Looking good so far.
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Looking good BSY - It's a funky little kit that. I've built one and have the MD500 version in the stash.
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Very nice
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BlackSheep214 wrote:
What are you going to use for Denmark decals?
I'll solve this minor problem later :hmm: actually no idea
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BsYamato wrote:
BlackSheep214 wrote:
What are you going to use for Denmark decals?
I'll solve this minor problem later :hmm: actually no idea
Stoppel makes an AM decal sheet for Danish cayuses.

https://www.aviationshopsupplies.com/hu ... art=123953
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Re: Denmark cayuse - Italeri 1/72

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Nice work! I really like the last photo of the Cayuse sleeping on its side. Cute.
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Re: Denmark cayuse - Italeri 1/72

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One of the best choppers ever built! You are most impressive in your speed and detail work here BSY. :shoutout:
I actually just saw a civil version of one of these flying yesterday. Quite near to where I was and low... not the later MD series with the "T" tail, but an early model like this with the "V" tail. I was surprised to see the type still around, and also had forgotten how much that it still appealed to me over far more modern choppers I see all the time here. A true classic.
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Great looking build. Just bought one of the MH-6 kits with the T-tail
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