Sounds good M., I'll probably do mine with folded wings too.
Well, yesterday (Saturday) I had to sit in the cold and dark, totally inactive, due to a power cut. No electricity or heating for over 17 hours! As I was unable to cut any MDF for a base for the Sabre, I couldn't get the final bits done. So, as I need to get a 'Huey' done for a friend, as a surprise Chrissy prezzy for helping me with my computer update F.O.C., I dragged out the Italeri 1/48th scale kit and started work last night, when the power came back on. Made the most of it, and stayed up most of the night, in order to get the worst bits out of the way. It's a nice kit, but suffers from some vague instruction drawings in parts, due, no doubt, to the internal parts being a base for various other kit versions. I'd made 14 sets of seat belts for the troop seats, but didn't fit them due to b*******g about trying to figure where the seats really should be mounted, as opposed to where the instructions indicated holes should be drilled! Anyway, once that was out of the way, the build progressed rapidly, with the attached pics showing progress to date. The model will be displayed on a plain 'grass' base, to depict a UH-1D of the 'Soc Trang Tigers', the 121st AHC, 13th Combat Aviation Btn., in Vietnam, 1969. My friend is a Vietnam and Huey 'nut', so I hope he likes his surprise! I'll post more pics when it's finished, which should be soon.