Hi guys,
The Heller kit of the ALOUETTE III is not an easy build and lacks detail but I tried to enhance it, spending a hundred hours of work on this project.
First, I added scratch built seats at the rear of the cockpit where they were missing, also fitting seatbelts made of masking tape.
Cutting the canopy enabled me to open the left rear door and using KV Model masks was a great help.
The power plant, the winch and the rotor were detailed with copper and lead wire; lenses gave a more realistic look to headlight and navigation lights and I used guitar wire to modify the antennas and Pitot tube.
Period photos helped me to scratch build a portion of the landing deck of the Clemenceau Aircraft Carrier used as a display base, to which I added two modified CMK figurines.
