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Before I start, I'd just like to say that this project has been inspired by Badfrog on the HF site, thanks to him I'm now doing my own.
I have posted this on the mCPX section but thought others may like to take a look so here it is
For a few months I have been thinking about using the mcpx for a scale project and lately have been doing a lot of research which kit to use, military or civilian.
Well, I made the decision and ordered Revell 1:48 Huey Hog kit,
kit arrived and I spent an hour preparing the mcpx, taking boom and tail rotor off, removing blades etc ready for 1st fit...not much left!!!
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2 fuselage halves put together to gauge the amount of room the 'mechanics' need and where needs trimming and by how much.
Clearance has been made, quite a large part of the roof had to be removed.
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After a bit of trial and error, fitting, marking, trimming, re-fitting, mechanics fitted in the fuselage.
Main rotor blade from kit used to make a 'plank' on the fuselage floor, two holes drilled through to fix mechanics to floor, 2 bolts through fuselage into landing skid holes
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Placed 2 halves together, removed the lug on the end of the tail and drilled a hole to attach the tail rotor, I removed tail boom and cut c.25mm piece of rod off to glue to tail rotor case, fed wires through the hole for the boom and into fuselage.
heli is 90% finished, painted and decals fitted.
I've seen a couple of these builds and the nose and windscreen are removable to allow battery changing. I decided to glue in place and have the roof detachable which allows me to fit batteries and also undo 2 screws under the body and the whole mechanics can be removed easily.
DSCF8163.jpg
I made a mould to cover the inerds which follows the line of the original canopy roof, just need to devize a method of making the roof detachable and add the rocket pods and machine guns
DSCF8165.jpg
Any thoughts or comments would be very welcomed
I have posted this on the mCPX section but thought others may like to take a look so here it is
For a few months I have been thinking about using the mcpx for a scale project and lately have been doing a lot of research which kit to use, military or civilian.
Well, I made the decision and ordered Revell 1:48 Huey Hog kit,
kit arrived and I spent an hour preparing the mcpx, taking boom and tail rotor off, removing blades etc ready for 1st fit...not much left!!!
IMAG0183.jpg
2 fuselage halves put together to gauge the amount of room the 'mechanics' need and where needs trimming and by how much.
Clearance has been made, quite a large part of the roof had to be removed.
IMAG0185.jpg
After a bit of trial and error, fitting, marking, trimming, re-fitting, mechanics fitted in the fuselage.
Main rotor blade from kit used to make a 'plank' on the fuselage floor, two holes drilled through to fix mechanics to floor, 2 bolts through fuselage into landing skid holes
IMAG0187.jpg
Placed 2 halves together, removed the lug on the end of the tail and drilled a hole to attach the tail rotor, I removed tail boom and cut c.25mm piece of rod off to glue to tail rotor case, fed wires through the hole for the boom and into fuselage.
heli is 90% finished, painted and decals fitted.
I've seen a couple of these builds and the nose and windscreen are removable to allow battery changing. I decided to glue in place and have the roof detachable which allows me to fit batteries and also undo 2 screws under the body and the whole mechanics can be removed easily.
DSCF8163.jpg
I made a mould to cover the inerds which follows the line of the original canopy roof, just need to devize a method of making the roof detachable and add the rocket pods and machine guns
DSCF8165.jpg
Any thoughts or comments would be very welcomed
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