Hi all, this is my first scale model I’ve worked on in years. I’ve always loved this tv show and helicopter and built a few of the old Ertl versions as a kid. I figured this would be a nice model to start off again with.
The model I chose was an Asigawa 1/48 scale. The version with the extra clear body halves. The detail and fit so far look to be pretty good but there are a lot of things I plan on changing to get it closer to reality.
I started off with the cockpit first. Although it’s well detailed some minor adjustments were made. For instance the seat post are round and not square, and the seats have four brackets holing them on. So I decided to work on that first.
Since I was going to cut the new brackets out of styrene I went ahead and decided to add a lap belt. Just to see if my hands were still steady.
Since I went this far I figured why not a full harness?
That’s it for tonight. I’ll get the other seat done tomorrow and then figure out my next step.
Are you going to use the clear halves? Then you can float visible areas much better and just fog over areas you don’t want or need to Show. That’s what I did with Tamiya’s M.E.262. I fogged color only in areas I couldn’t detail or needed decals in that area.
The rest is fully visible. That bird get a lot of looks and questions. I bet It would be fun on a chopper.
