The blog is back!
This time - back to basics. Pure craftsmanship. No dioramas, no storytellling. Just good, honest modelmaking.
The idea came from the IMSS club's The Tony Foley's memorial kit challenge.
Any model, and scale, as long as it's 'out of the box'. With just over one month to complete the build - chances are I never make it on time (5th December 2016).
The victim is Trumpeter's 1/48th scale Aerospatialle SA365N Dauphin 2 in Icelandic Coast Guard livery.
Nice, sleek helicopter with reasonably straightforward colour scheme. I'm hoping to test some colour modulation techniques, as there isn't much scope for the extensive weathering.
Here’s the Iceland’s Dauphin in full glory.
And here after an engine mishap during 2007 exercise.
Today the helicopter is on display in Icelandic Aviation Museum (Flugvallarvegur, Akureyri, Iceland)
Box. With a box art.
Compulsory shot with newspaper heading to prove that the model was started after the competition's announcement. As clearly visible - it took me almost a week from taking this photograph to blog upload. This does not promise a speedy build.
Kit’s contents. Manual, two grey plastic sprues, one clear plastic sprue and a small sheet of decals.
This kit allows for two colour schemes: Iceland’s Coast Guard and Chinese People’s Republic Harbin Z-9A (build under licence in China).
No surprises there – Trumpeter is after all a Chinese company.
Close-up of fuselage details. Looks promising.
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