The biggest
production helicopter in the world and one of my favorites, I always wanted
to build this helicopter but never had the space to do it. During my stay at my
native place, I have enough space so I thought why not give it a go. It was a
smooth build, however, there were some hard parts as well, I guess that is
partly due to the plastic bending as it was kept on the shelf for many years
with some kits on top of it.
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Being at a far
corner of the world and with pandemic restrictions it was quite a challenge
building it. Firstly, I have run out of paints and getting from abroad was out
of options. So, I bought a bunch of local paints and did some trial and error,
some works some didn't, the main grey paint was a mix of blue+black and white at
a ratio of 10:20:70. After a few coats of paint it came to the grey I was hoping
for. The next biggest challenge was to print the decals, as the shops are
closed it was a big problem, so I went to 3-4 fours places at odd hours to get
it printed and apply the film on it. Well it was fun doing so designing the
decal was easier than printing it for sure. First trial it was meh so I have
removed it and repaint it. Eventually after a few trials it worked to my
satisfaction. I am keeping it closed as most models on the internet are open.
Here
in India it was operated by No. 126 and participated in many operations since
her induction, however, time has come for these mighty giants to retire and it
is being replaced by Chinook.
I really enjoyed
building it and even more I love seeing how she has come out, the biggest and
one of my favorites in my humble collections.
Tom
Thounaojam
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