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

T Bolt · May 9, 2018

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 · May 9, 2018

Looks great Glenn, a real show-stopper!

Crimea_River · May 9, 2018

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

parsifal · May 10, 2018

that's a very impressive multi layered paint scheme glenn

Wurger · May 10, 2018

Airframes · May 10, 2018

That looks the BIZ !
Love it !

Gnomey · May 10, 2018

Looks great so far Glenn!

fubar57 · May 11, 2018

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

T Bolt · May 11, 2018

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 · May 11, 2018

Progress pictures as promised

Wurger · May 11, 2018

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 · May 11, 2018

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 · May 11, 2018

Stunning Glenn

Wurger · May 12, 2018

T Bolt said:
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 · May 12, 2018

Look brill !
Great job Glenn.

Gnomey · May 13, 2018

Lovely work so far Glenn!

turbo · May 13, 2018

Sweet!

Wayne Little · May 21, 2018

Damn that's good....

T Bolt · May 21, 2018

Thanks Wayne, it my be my last for a while

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

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