Just finished my Italeri 1/48 Bell OH-13 (pics)

I considered scratchbuilding a tail boom out of Evergreen plastic tubing, but I couldn’t be bothered [:D], so I detailed the kit a bit instead. I added some wires to the cockpit, scratchbuilt a little headset (with my newly-acquired Waldron punches - don’t know how I’ve done without those for so many years!), added a distibutor and wires to the spark plugs, added control wires in the tail boom, a new air intake duct from a bit of wire insulation, stretched sprue antennas, fuel tank lids and retaining wires, and I drilled out the gun barrels and added photoetched ammo belts. Pity it all doesn’t show up in my rather cruddy pics, but hey, I tried [:D]

Looking good, well done. I particularly like the fact that it appears the canopy needed no masking??

this build looks good, even in 1/35 scale its fiddly!

I lke the addons, adds to the overall appeal of the old girl!

well done

David

Nice “Heli” [8D]

Nice work. It looks a fiddly thing to build. Good job. Does that tail come in individual pieces or does it come in one section?

Rich

That’s a sweet looking OH-13! [tup] All the little “extras” really make it come alive, thank you for showing it!

Take care,[:)]

Frank

Very nice build!

Lee