RCAF 100th 1/144 Bell CH-118 Iroquois CH-135 Twin Huey 14 May 2022 - 5 Apr 2022

[lastvautour]

New project on the bench are two small Bell helicopter in 1/144 scale. Just something to take those few slack moments waiting for paint or glue to dry on other models.

Lou

[Boomerang]

 Lou,

Looking forward to progress on these two.

Cheers

Gordon

[Gearup]

Will be fun to make the rotor blades at 1:144 I'm sure🙂
Fraser

[lastvautour]

I hit a snag with my Hueys. All drawings show the CH-118 Iroquois having a shorter tail boom than the CH-135 despite there only being 5/8 inch difference in the total length. Back to the drawing board as I await confirmation of the drawings I have.

[lastvautour]

Drawings sorted out. Rough carving and sanding in progress. Rotor partially assembled with stabilizer bar attached. I used white glue drops for the counter weights at the tips. The rotor is two blades and a center piece. Swash plates are glued to the straight pin masts. Rotor details will be low but suitable for my 1/144 needs.

Lou

[Boomerang]

Coming along nicely Lou.

Gordon

[lastvautour]

Thank you Gordon.

Lou

[lastvautour]

Skids are copper wire and attached with superglue. Rotor are done except for a bit of clean up and paint.

Lou

[Boomerang]

Looking forward to the finished models.

Gordon

[lastvautour]

Getting there.

Lou

[Boomerang]

They look great. You gauge the size of the model by the peg in the background.

Terrific work on the rotors.

Gordon

[lastvautour]

Thank you Gordon. The grid lines are 1cm squares.

Lou

[lastvautour]

Paint booth time.

Lou

[lastvautour]

United Nations white Twin Huey is in the paint shop. The yellow Search and Rescue Iroquois will follow tomorrow.

Lou

[Boomerang]

Two very nice small models. Looking forward to the finished models.

Cheers

Gordon