LyleW wrote:You guys know the history or the venerable UH-1 helicopter. It became the symbol of Vietnam for all of its uses and its ubiquitous presence. This kit was released by Revell in June 2015. I do not believe it is a new tool, but I cannot find the original release date as yet.
Product ID: 85-5536
Overview
Skill Level 2
Scale: 1/32
Length: 15-3/4"
Width: 3-1/8"
Height: 5-3/8"
Parts: 139
Sprues are pretty much as you would expect, all molded in dark OD plastic, except the clear (DUH) parts.
Decals:
The Build:
Interior is minimal at this point. It also has some minor fit issues. Locator pins don’t quite locate, tabs don’t always slide into place. . . and flash. Not much, but it is there as are the mold seams.
I don’t think I’ll do much weathering. One, I’m not very good at it yet and two I’m not very good at it yet. I have gone back and added some “wear” to the floor and will hit it with some additional dry brushing.
Seams and flash – could be a new TV detective show, but alas, no. Still a bit of touch up on the engine:
The choices made for attach points to the mold/sprue are curious in some cases. Below is a pretty fragile part – only one arm supported, hence:
The sprue attachment to the fuselage was down the entire length of the body and they were huge, spilling over into the inside of the seam – I did use the Tamiya sprue cutters and still this is what I got. Not sure it is all my fault.
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***UPDATED August 21, 2015 ***
Bought some clear green. This is the first time I've used this. It is from Tamiya. I even broke out the airbrush. One piece had some off the sprue in the bag, so I held it gently in a pair of pliers....or so I thought.
I have ordered another from Revell and I've not found the other piece of that window.
The interior went together without much fuss.
No seat belts included, so I'm going with what is in the box. . . or not in the box.
The interior assembly fits in place with no fuss and bother, rather nice.
The two fuselage halves fit amazingly well, and there were no gaps to speak of. There were a couple of small gaps, caused by my not clamping the halves together with enough force, but the seams were very straight and flat. Only problem was they were a bit uneven and required some dressing out.
Now to prime, mask or mask and prime. My favorites!
I spoke too soon on the windows. The chin, main windscreen fit very well. The upper left overhead has a gap at the forward edge, the doors and side windows all had those lovely placement tabs. These of course stick out into to the visible area. They are also not very tight fitting. I've made somewhat of a mess, but using the window glue, hoping I can clean up after myself.
Then there are those $%^& hinges on the front doors! And, the ejection marks (see white dot). Used Perfect Plastic Putty.
Got it masked, so to speak. Still no replacement "eyebrow" window for the right side, so I stuck tape to the inside. The front doors will not stay put.
Using a flat white primer from Krylon. Why? That is all I had handy. Ran out of the trusty Tamiya gray.
It looks a bit better than the pic. I had to stop when the door fell away yet again. I've learned to stop for a while when I get frustrated.
