Knighthawk

1
September 25, 2021
this little "lifehack" will save me ~ half the build time...there are a lot more sprues than seen here...all mixed from Seahawk and Pavehawk, and the parts are distributed totally random it seems. Also there are two different "B" sprues, one of them is supposed to be "K" from the instructions, and so on...
2
September 25, 2021
Knighthawks dont air refuel and they usually carry this extra tank
3
September 25, 2021
there is a blackhawk tank in the kit which is different, bigger, twofold and more pipes. I putty the joint and saw off a quarter or so
4
September 25, 2021
needs to be flush with the doors
5
September 25, 2021
scratched some holding brackets
6
September 25, 2021
I add some canvas whith alu foil
7
September 25, 2021
no tank but I like the canvas overlap over the doorframe (also because the frame does not offer the needed detail...)
8
September 25, 2021
done! I fear not the only portion I have to recreate myself though...
9
September 26, 2021
The kit does include a lot of photoetch meshes, but not where it matters most
10
September 26, 2021
have to make my own
11
September 26, 2021
rather easy to fix, not 100%, but better
12
September 26, 2021
some (i guess older) machines come with this cockpit layout
13
September 26, 2021
as does the kit - the marked parts are my problem
14
September 26, 2021
I need something like this: computer input panel on top, so called "Mission grip" (the ugly mouse thing) and a joystick for the FLIR next to the middle console
15
September 26, 2021
The Pavehawk parts in the box luckily come with 2 large input panels
16
September 26, 2021
which I am stealing
17
September 26, 2021
need to shorten the screens a bit
18
September 26, 2021
preparing the space
19
September 26, 2021
screens installed
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September 26, 2021
and mission grips, or something resembling those from afar
21
September 27, 2021
some cables and rings
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September 27, 2021
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September 27, 2021
24
October 5, 2021
fuel tank, before weathering
25
October 5, 2021
Driverseats
26
October 5, 2021
it does look pretty used in there - which I like 🙂
27
October 5, 2021
trying to replicate it with scratching the grey acrylic off of the yellow lacquer coat
28
October 5, 2021
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October 5, 2021
30
October 10, 2021
as I feared: the tank is not the only thing I have to improvise. This is supposed to be the 20mm ammo container for the M197 + Power Unit. Built from sheet and random stuff.
31
October 10, 2021
painted port side
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October 10, 2021
33
October 10, 2021
weathered the cockpit with beige oil wash and silver abrasion marks
34
October 10, 2021
tank installed, also the shutdown button on the left added
35
October 10, 2021
also built a cute little axe
36
October 10, 2021
progress so far, more to come to get things to look busy inside
37
October 14, 2021
some luggage from milliput
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October 25, 2021
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October 25, 2021
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October 25, 2021
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October 25, 2021
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October 30, 2021
I began with the bottom as the top part is mostly hidden by the engines. quite a bit of warping and tension had to be overcome but with careful step-by-step glueing with extra thin it was doable
43
October 30, 2021
same on the roof, I also used some superglued bridges during the process to keep things together. Needed quite some pressure but it worked out
44
October 30, 2021
Didnt know the gear struts are actually mounted to the roof...think its a great way to absorb a lot of energy in a crash and keep it away from the crew
45
October 30, 2021
here the resin part (which is the M197 gun mount) is actually the wrong way round, I fixed it later
46
October 31, 2021
same for the motor housing...fits with enough pressure
47
November 12, 2021
painted, tinted, detailed a bit
48
November 12, 2021
This quite prominent hole is sadly forgotten in the kit (the pavehawk style part is included)
49
November 12, 2021
time for surgery
50
November 12, 2021
made the hole much bigger later on, nearly to the black line
51
November 12, 2021
covered it with sheet, its not 100% perfect but will blend in better after primer & stuff
52
November 12, 2021
What else did I add? Most MH-60S have these rounded shapes on the MLG "stub wing" (though some dont, check your reference pics) I added them with milliput and also added the little curve on the lower end.
I also shortened the MLG strut by about 5mm, seems to be in the inflight extended position OOB. Same applies for the rear LG, shortened this strut as well.
53
November 12, 2021
Filled this shape with liquid putty and sanded (Now I was quite happy the kit didnt come with raised rivets like the original!)
Also beware the "dent" the kit has on the rear upper spine for the slime light- should be filled for the Knighthawk and the slime lights placed on the sides
54
November 12, 2021
the other side of the tail needs the folding mechanism, some wire and sheet triangles employed here
(The aforementioned dent was under the black area on the spine)
55
November 12, 2021
Filled the round hole and drilled the elongated ones instead. Those are on both sides.
56
November 12, 2021
good pic to see the sensors on the back
57
November 12, 2021
I closed the first bump where the disco light would be installed. Heard they actually dont use those anymore since the MANPADS nowadays are not fooled by this anymore.
The little disc antenna was not in the kit and scratch build from some spare parts
The yellowish disc in the pic before will be installed after painting, also not in the kit...
58
November 12, 2021
Last pic before primer, looks already pretty badass me thinks 🙂
59
November 13, 2021
vallejo primer down, only a few little problem areas appeared and got fixed easily
60
November 13, 2021
shading with AK RC022
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November 14, 2021
main colours down
62
November 17, 2021
though they are full of mistakes, the decal quality is great, they work like a charm with all of my solvents and for tricky bits really well with mark fit super strong 👍
63
November 18, 2021
All the time I was like "if only I had a replacement for these incorrect inbox decals"...and now that I am halfway through decaling I read that AOA Decals are coming out with a decal sheet for this awesome chopper. Which is the one I always wanted to do from the getgo...AAAARGHH!! But I dont really see me buying and building another one of these kits.
64
November 26, 2021
topside of stabilator, I really like the art on this
65
November 26, 2021
Underside - had to paint the holes in the "e" and "a" myself
66
November 26, 2021
warpaint applied
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November 26, 2021
all decals down
68
November 26, 2021
those decals really conformed perfectly, every rivet is visible 👍 But it was not easy to get the decal over the bulb without wrinkles...mark fit super strong did the magic. I painted the flag part on the mesh with molotow markers
69
November 26, 2021
I had to improvise a C for HSC-6, I cut up the national insignia decals for a red+white stripe (insignias not used as they come in the wrong blue anyway) carefully painted the gaps with molotow markers.
Also put some highlights on the wave with the white marker and hid the cuts with it:
The wave decal was cut into 3 parts to get it from straight into the round shape - as said: its not the correct art, this was on a different helicopter but I'll live with it
70
November 27, 2021
those doors are another clever design by sikorski and also serve as a maintenance platform
71
November 26, 2021
making the non skid on the engine bay doors
72
November 26, 2021
love this stuff, makes it too easy
73
November 26, 2021
done
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November 26, 2021
silver parts waiting for further coloration
75
November 26, 2021
big resin gatling, looks quite menacing. sure is...
resin quality is mediocre
76
November 26, 2021
50cal platforms (wonder why they sit there all ready to go and dont have ammo feeders connected?)
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November 26, 2021
also used non skid on the 50cal plateau
78
November 26, 2021
WIP
79
November 28, 2021
thats what the instruction says, just bend it, install it, done ...
80
November 28, 2021
... and this is what reality looks like. If you try to bend it folded up its a cuboid - its rigid, does not bend, it breaks (see top right) i had to cut all chain links on each side of the belt so they move freely and then fold them up in small groups. Then bend the whole thing without too much pressure+damage, think I came out victorious in the end but it took some hours of no-fun
81
December 4, 2021
little drybrush with gunmetal always brings quite a boost on this kind of hardware
82
December 7, 2021
washed and first work on the engine
83
December 7, 2021
think its crazy that 1 such small engine can keep this lump of a heli airborne
(Here you can also spot the color transition running between the disco light bump and the disc antenna, subtle and tactical and all that 🙂 )
84
December 12, 2021
Semi-Matt in the morning light
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December 12, 2021
Bee-efff-geeeee!
86
December 12, 2021
This is the orange shader and a dark grey one
87
December 12, 2021
love how you can work ever-so subtle with those shaders, I added dark grey shadows on all "shadowy" parts of the heli, and as before some black and orange on the hatches
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December 21, 2021
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December 24, 2021
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December 27, 2021
checking the blade fold before rotorhead construction to get the right orientation and separation between the blades. there are some orientation issues with the folding if you blindly follow the intended construction. Photos are a much better guide.
91
December 27, 2021
thats how it should look like later
92
December 27, 2021
and this is the dreaded wiring but being a very prominent part on the model...no pain no gain
and I am happy not to recreate the part where the dude is sitting
93
December 27, 2021
rotorhead construction finished (excl. swash plate but thats easy)
94
December 31, 2021
Using a dark background color to get some automatic shadows in the recesses when spraying light gray from the top
Looks like its belonging to the nightstalkers like this
95
December 31, 2021
Finished rotorhead, now the most finicky parts of the build are checked off
96
January 3, 2022
Again using my abteilung "starship filth" oil and the "grime" shader by ammo
97
January 3, 2022
painted the colour stripes with a molotow marker
98
January 5, 2022
Metal-Slime! Never had something this alien-looking on my workbench 😄
Its the FLIR pod with liquid mask and metal powder for shiny nails 🙂
99
January 5, 2022
Decontaminated the metal-slime off
100
January 5, 2022
Always hard to display...
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January 5, 2022
...the iridescent effect in a single photo
102
January 8, 2022
This is how the ammo feed for the 20mm should look like
103
January 8, 2022
Starting with aluminium wire used for bonsai bending
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January 8, 2022
Test fit
105
January 8, 2022
Cover the skeleton with alu foil
106
January 8, 2022
more alien looking stuff on my desk 😄
glad its only milliput and not alive, looking for a host...
107
January 8, 2022
straps
108
January 8, 2022
another test fit, its a bit cramped with all the guns
109
January 8, 2022
Wire added and some repairs done
110
January 8, 2022
looks less like an alien parasite worm in black primer
111
January 8, 2022
also finished the LAU 61

Komentáře

73 25 September 2021, 12:58

Spanjaard
nice start

25 September 2021, 13:23

Daniel Autor
thanks spanjaard, hope I can keep up the momentum (not the "weekend edition" this one 😉 )

25 September 2021, 13:25

Adam Gudynowski
Nice

25 September 2021, 14:12

Robin (WhiteGlint)
👀

25 September 2021, 14:13

Neil
Me too 👀

25 September 2021, 16:25

Daniel Autor
Some more modifications done!

Welcome to the chopper show Adam, WhiteGlint and Neil!

26 September 2021, 20:11

Daniel Autor
finished the basic interior painting, now some weathering and then add some bits and pieces to it

5 October 2021, 19:27

Casey Rupley
The detail is stunning! Well done so far, Daniel.

10 October 2021, 21:19

Daniel Autor
Thanks Casey! (just been blown away by your panther wip)

11 October 2021, 08:41

Eric Thornton
Oh very nice, following

11 October 2021, 10:17

Konrad -
Damn! How cool is that! Awesome work so far Daniel! Looking forward to your next steps!

11 October 2021, 10:25

Harry Eder
Fine interior! 👍

11 October 2021, 10:41

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Nice interior. 👍

11 October 2021, 11:00

Dietmar Bogatzki
Stunning details Daniel 👍

11 October 2021, 17:06

Daniel Autor
Eric, Konrad, Harry WhiteGlint and Dietmar, thank you for your nice comments and welcome!

mini-update: sculpted some cabin accessoires from milliput

14 October 2021, 20:06

Spanjaard
They look quite good

15 October 2021, 10:57

Casey Rupley
Daniel, dude! Great scuplting skills. Contemplated something similar for my Panther, but bailed on the idea. Youre killing it. Looking forward to more.

15 October 2021, 21:10

Daniel Autor
Spanjaard and Casey, thanks again mates 🙂
Casey, in 1:35 everything is easier, I guess I would have shied away from it in 1:48 as well, so my respects to what you are achieving in that scale! 👍

17 October 2021, 17:53

Daniel Autor
last shots of the interior before the main body comes together (hopefully, heard people have had fit problems there )

25 October 2021, 21:51

René
Great model! I've build the trumpeter version that came without all the folding options. This one seems much better.

26 October 2021, 08:15

Dietmar Bogatzki
Great sculpting skills Daniel 👍

26 October 2021, 09:39

Villiers de Vos
The interior is looking very good.

26 October 2021, 12:27

Patryk S.
Following! Great outcome so far!

26 October 2021, 18:52

Daniel Autor
Many thanks Rene, Dietmar, Villiers and Patryk and welcome all!

@ Rene: you mean the academy kit? Was a hard choice paying double price for this one🙈 ...and I was expecting much less need for scratch building for it...well, the Sea Hawk series and the black/pavehawk by KH seem to be much more accurate and maybe worth all the money, this ones just a hybrid of both kits with a lot of typical stuff missing. This also really shows if you look at the instructions, total mess...many mistakes in the decals as well sadly

@dietmar: it's ok for my first time working with epoxy putty, but I just watched some videos of a japanese guy sculpting photorealistic stuff in 1:72 with just a toothpick as a tool and now this looks more like play-doh "art" to me😅

26 October 2021, 19:28

Daniel Autor
got this mother glued together

30 October 2021, 14:35

Michael Kohl
that is my kind of build

30 October 2021, 14:41

Daniel Autor
👍 make yourself comfortable michael! (might take a bit longer...)

31 October 2021, 21:14

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Oh nice. Looks like the fit was not so bad as you feared at first.

31 October 2021, 21:17

Daniel Autor
several lightyears away from tamiya, but I've also had much worse on my table^^

31 October 2021, 21:21

Daniel Autor
lol, there might be some similarities, but I can say it fits better than revells 1:32 hornet 😄
But I wouldnt have managed without using super-glued bridges here and there to keep up the tension while the plastic glue dries...
thanks roland!

31 October 2021, 21:30

Dietmar Bogatzki
I will use your building as reference when i built my AH 60 👍

1 November 2021, 07:24

Daniel Autor
its prime-time! got around the construction of the fuselage so far, and starting primer now the doors and motor hatches are just glued with blue tack for later treatment.
Thanks Dietmar, I added some more things now where the kit seems wrong or lacking stuff

12 November 2021, 17:14

Zach Wilson
Looking good so far

12 November 2021, 17:37

Bart Goesaert
Splendid work so far on this beasty...

12 November 2021, 17:39

Daniel Autor
thanks a lot Zach, I recently admired your R-model, real stunner! 👍
thank you Bart, the hairy parts are yet to come (Rotor head and engine compartment...and bending the PE-Ammo-feeders...)

12 November 2021, 17:41

Daniel Autor
primered as promised and preshaded as well

13 November 2021, 17:10

James C
Looking good 👍

13 November 2021, 17:26

Guy Rump
Agree with James 👍

13 November 2021, 17:40

Daniel Autor
Thank you James and Guy!

Productive afternoon: Got the main colors down
FS36495 on the belly, followed by FS36320 that I lightened up heavily (so more in the direction of light ghost gray) and FS35237 on the upper areas, also ligthtened to nearly look as the other gray. You maybe still see the subtle transition diagonal across the engine doors.
The light blue is a custom mix of three vallejos and the dark blue is vallejos signal blue FS35044. I will tweak the transition to the gray a bit after the decals with white and light blue.

14 November 2021, 16:28

Konrad -
Looking very very nice!

26 November 2021, 21:20

Mark Kane
My god, that's both dedication and talent. Pure modelling gorgeousness. Keep it up! Wow

26 November 2021, 21:27

Daniel Autor
Konrad and Marek, thanks a lot mates. I feared that this model will be .. ehm .. dedication-intensive 😅
Speaking of, I am currently bending the PE 50 cal ammo feeders. Or trying to... its a true nightmare 😪
Thank you for the encouragement!

Updates >pic 64

26 November 2021, 21:37

Bruce Huxtable
Are there no limits to your skills? Loved the handmade luggage 👍

26 November 2021, 21:59

Guillaume Blanchet
Very impressive. I'like the amount of details

26 November 2021, 22:20

Daniel Autor
Thank you very much bruce and guillaume! yeah, you could tinker on forever on this one I guess, theres just a lot going on on a helo compared to the usual jet.
And there still are the engines and the rotor head on the horizon...

27 November 2021, 12:14

Guillaume Blanchet
One thing I like about the current military helicopters is that they have received a tons of add-ons over the years of service. They went from a slick aircraft with the ''A'' version (usually dating from the 70's) into a mess of utilitarian secondary systems (like overs sized engines, extra winchs, radar etc.) in there current form. That makes them very good subject to details builds.

27 November 2021, 12:30

Daniel Autor
true, and a nightmare for research and scratchbuild improvistation 😅

27 November 2021, 13:23

Rui S
What and impressive detailling work and paintjob. Great stuff 👍

27 November 2021, 13:54

Daniel Autor
Thank you Rui!

28 November 2021, 16:31

Daniel Klink
That is looking awesomely cool Daniel

7 December 2021, 18:48

Daniel Autor
Got the wash down, a step I always like as it adds a lot of life to the model.
I used abteilungs "starship filth" oil for the first time, really happy with that, I think its the perfect wash for navy models as it has just the right balance of black/green/brown and does not add too much brown as many washes do

7 December 2021, 18:48

Konrad -
Stunning progress an this chopper! 👍!

7 December 2021, 19:25

Dietmar Bogatzki
Impressive building and detailing, hope my AH 60 will be only as half so good 👍

8 December 2021, 08:54

Sergej I
what a nice journey 👍 and great model making

8 December 2021, 10:34

Neil
Agreed. WOW! Daniel this is so accomplished - very much enjoyed the album, great detail throughout. Just awesome work 👍 🙂

8 December 2021, 10:44

Eric Thornton
Awesome coming together nicely.

8 December 2021, 20:09

Ryan Jones
Fantastic work, every little detail. Hats off!

8 December 2021, 21:08

Daniel Autor
Daniel, Konrad, Roland, Dietmar, Sergej, Neil, Eric and Ryan: Thank you very much for your kind comments!🙏 This is indeed quite a journey and a challenging one. And not about to be finished soon, still some peaks ahead. But always a pleasure to share some steps with you here 🙂 👍

8 December 2021, 22:34

Jos Jansen
What a details...what a dedication to modeling, superb work mate!

9 December 2021, 21:44

Daniel Autor
Thanks a bunch jos! yeah, being my first cargo heli I can now see why our scratchbuild-gurus like bernhard and ronan love this topic.
Still love to work on it, but I am really not made for half year long projects and I catch myself eying the jet stash next to me more frequently...Not this year.^^

So today I semi-matt coated it which I always like as it makes the wash-effect "pop".
Aaaand then I tried my new ammo shaders. First I thought they were absolute rubbish, then I experimented, got the hang of it and now I think I need to add another layer to my usual weathering routine. Good stuff!

12 December 2021, 15:33

Konrad -
That looks to cool! Like all those details and this heavy gun😬!

12 December 2021, 15:33

Daniel Autor
Thanks Konrad, honestly I got sold on this kit just because they had this big bad gatling on the cover 🙂 Still the same buy-it-triggers as 15 years ago^^

12 December 2021, 15:43

Konrad -
Ahhh understood 🙂!! Those things will never change (hopefully) LoL!

12 December 2021, 16:02

Daniel Autor
into the turbine wiring now, there are a lot of them, I will try to replicate the bigger ones 😅

21 December 2021, 19:01

Dietmar Bogatzki
Great job on the turbines, daniel 👍

22 December 2021, 18:09

Villiers de Vos
I agree with Dietmar. To my eye, the turbines came out very good.

23 December 2021, 05:30

Neil
Daniel, this is an educational and entertaining build story to keep coming back to. I'm in awe of your work here. To me it looks both realistic and awesome! Very cool chopper! 😎

23 December 2021, 09:34

Daniel Autor
Dietmar, Villiers and Neil, thank you for your very kind words!🙏🏻 I wish you and everyone else around a very merry christmas and many new kits under the tree 😉
Calling the engine bays done now on to the next stage, small steps but we're getting there🙂

24 December 2021, 19:17

David Taylor
One hell of a build.

24 December 2021, 21:03

Daniel Autor
Thx David, yeah I feared that it would take a lot of time and dedication 😅

Finished the rotor head construction, I repeat above said 🙂
Though the kit rotor head is pretty good and detailed you have to watch out and re-check everything with photos, there are multiple mistakes, biggest being one pitch actuator arm molded on one side on the upper half and on the other side on the lower part to be glued... I again harvested the included pavehawk parts to get the correct counterpart 🙂

27 December 2021, 22:56

Spanjaard
Beautiful rotorhead

27 December 2021, 23:43

Jos Jansen
I love picture 91...absolutely great, man what a awesome build. You're a top notch model builder my friend...👍.

28 December 2021, 00:40

Villiers de Vos
Great attention to detail.

28 December 2021, 07:14

Lillo
Amazing job !!

28 December 2021, 07:21

Guy Rump
Great modelling 👍

28 December 2021, 09:35

Daniel Autor
Spanjaard, Jos, Villiers, Lillo and Guy, thanks, you guys are far to kind, looks quite crude next to some rotor heads I have seen here in 1:72 😅 But appreciate it!

Yeah, pic 91 is by far the coolest in my reference collection and very inspirational, I am thinking of maybe adding some crew as well.

I have now painted the whole thing and will carefully apply some pin wash tomorrow, will update then. Cheers and thanks for watching🙂

28 December 2021, 21:02

Olivier
Again, another world kit ! Impressive to say the least...

28 December 2021, 21:07

Daniel Autor
Very kind Olivier, thanks a lot🙏🏻

Rotorhead painted and washed, on to the blades

31 December 2021, 15:47

Konrad -
I don't know the word for more impressive… Anyhow it is more than impressive 🤘🏼.
Happy New Year to all of you!
See ya next year🤘🏼

31 December 2021, 16:01

David Taylor
As previous,one hell of a build.HNY

31 December 2021, 19:35

Daniel Autor
Big thank you Konrad and David, Happy New Year mates!

31 December 2021, 19:50

Bart Goesaert
Happy New year to all off you too. Fantastic piece of modelling

31 December 2021, 22:29

Tommy Agne
Outstanding 👍👍👍!

1 January 2022, 11:06

Neuling
A masterpiece.

1 January 2022, 11:10

Sy Bar
Outstanding

1 January 2022, 16:22

Michael Kohl
Now that's what I call a rotor head.

3 January 2022, 11:17

Daniel Autor
Bart, Tommy, Neuling and Sy, thank you for your nice comments 🙏

As promised the blades are painted, weathered and its basically just small steps to the finished helo.
But still a lot of them ... antennas, radomes, pitots, struts to different parts, different lights, RWR and missile warning sensors, little climb-up-the-tail steps. also I need to sculpt a 20mm ammo feed (its wrapped in a nylon sleeve)...more weathering... journey continues

3 January 2022, 11:18

Daniel Autor
And thank you Michael!

3 January 2022, 19:39

Dietmar Bogatzki
A Masterpiece 👍

4 January 2022, 08:30

Tino Delgado
OMG!! This is Outstanding, a true piece of art in miniature!! Thank you for sharing with us all those gorgeous photos... keep them coming!!

4 January 2022, 12:02

Daniel Autor
Dietmar and Tino, thank you guys, I am very happy you enjoy this build doc! (though it got pretty long...)

Update on the FLIR pod

5 January 2022, 11:54

Konrad -
OUTSTANDING!

5 January 2022, 12:01

Neil
Hi Daniel, this is an album that deserves a long build log imo. It's a pleasure to follow when the update pops up. I am highly impressed 👍 it's awe inspiring work. 🙂

5 January 2022, 12:22

Daniel Autor
Another alien looking update! 😉

Konrad, Neil, very kind, I am glad you enjoy!

8 January 2022, 11:33

Robin (WhiteGlint)
It's fun to watch and great to see what can be done with a kit when you put in the extra effort.

Keep it up, Daniel. 👍

8 January 2022, 11:40

Daniel Autor
Alright, finished the small stuff and this journey is complete:
MH-60S HSC-6 Screamin' Indians | Album by halohead (1:35)
Feels good to finally have beaten it!
Many thanks for joining in, commenting and liking, really appreciate it!

14 January 2022, 18:28

Project info

Knighthawk

144 obrázky

1:35

Dokončeno

1:35 MH-60S "Knighthawk" (Kitty Hawk KH50015)

1:35 SH/HH-60 Seahawk Sagged Wheel set (Def.Model DW35122)

Sikorsky MH-60S Knight Hawk

US Navy (1794-now)
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