**** DONE: GB-37 1/48 Hughes 500D - Helicopters / Military a/c of BoB 1940

[T Bolt]

The masking has been taking a lot of time on this one, making sure the stripes are in the right place and the right width proportionally. To get the widths I took a screen shot of the chopper and resized it so it was the same size as the model and used a caliper to measure and recreate the stripes.
Tonight I did the last big masking job and painted on the brown which was a 2:1 mix of Testors square bottle gloss brown and Model Master flat black.

 

[turbo]

Looks great Glenn, a real show-stopper!

 

[Crimea_River]

Excellent!...........for a helicopter.

 

[parsifal]

that's a very impressive multi layered paint scheme glenn

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

That looks the BIZ !
Love it !

 

[Gnomey]

Looks great so far Glenn!

 

[fubar57]

I've said it before, you are a master at masking

 

[T Bolt]

Thanks guys. Beleave it or not masking is one of my favorite things. There's a lot of satisfaction when you peal off that tape and see a nice paint job.

I did a some touch up painting last night, glued on the landing skids, assembled the rotor and painted the tail rotor, but didn't take any pictures. I'll do that tonight and post them. Getting real close to the finish now and might finish it up Sunday and be able to work on the 190 again.

 

[T Bolt]

Progress pictures as promised

 

[Wurger]

Nicely done.

But are you sure that the colour of the back should be the brown? I would say it should be the black.

 

[T Bolt]

Definitely brown. The only black is the bottom portion of the tailfin and horizontal part the landing skids and of course the rotor assembly. You can see it better in this picture.

 

[Crimea_River]

Stunning Glenn

 

[Wurger]

Definitely brown. The only black is the bottom portion of the tailfin and horizontal part the landing skids and of course the rotor assembly. You can see it better in this picture.

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Now I can see that better. Definitely the brown coat.

 

[Airframes]

Look brill !
Great job Glenn.

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far Glenn!

 

[turbo]

Sweet!

 

[Wayne Little]

Damn that's good....

 

[T Bolt]

Thanks Wayne, it my be my last for a while