1/48 Italeri Bell UH-1H Huey
from the Chilean Air Force, FACh
Hello ARC friends.
Here's my contribution to commemorate the Chilean's National Day with one of our
most venerable classic-veteran chopper ;)
This particular one
is based at Puerto Montt airport belonging to the "Grupo de Aviación
Nº5" (Air Group Nº5) and serving in many duties like transport, recco and
rescue missions.
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This kit has very
good engraving details and I spent some time building up. The windshield didn't
fix very well so I had to apply a good amount of Cristal Clear to filled up the
gaps. I improved some interior details making the seatbelts, fire
extinguisher and medical kits. Also I did some other things like the cargo lifter, the GPS
antenna in the middle of the roof and a radio antenna on the left side of
the top.
I painted it using
Model Master enamels and for the decals I made my own ones using the Testor's
decal set.
For the weathering
process I applied pastels, oil washes and finally a matt varnish cover to
seal the job.
I hope you enjoy it
and have a big hug from Chile.
Viva Chile y feliz
18!! :)
Regards,
Rodrigo Rejas -
BlackLight
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