Post by ZacYates on Oct 23, 2008 17:49:03 GMT 12
Hi all!
Just got back into the styrene after a small hiatus, and starting off with this:
zk-htm-dc-yates_0005_40791044305_o by Zac Yates, on Flickr
zk-htm-dc-yates_0009_40791046115_o by Zac Yates, on Flickr
zk-htm-dc-yates_0010_40791046485_o by Zac Yates, on Flickr
zk-htm-dc-yates_0015_40791048235_o by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Dave Yates photos
This is Wanganui Aero Work's (WAW) ZK-HTM, as she appeared until about 1998. She now wears a veeeeeeeery bland all-white scheme. If you can call that a scheme.
Why this chopper? My father was loader driver/general assistant for pilot Charlie Anderson, working specifically with this aircraft. He went for a helicopter licence but unfortunately medical reasons came up. Dad and Charlie have remained good mates though, and consequently I spent several hours flying around the place in TangoMike with Charlie, from age dot until his retirement a couple of years back. Today, I am a trainee aircraft engineer at WAW, and I see HTM most days. Ain't it great to have your subject aircraft at your workplace? :thumbsup: BTW Charlie flew for MANY MANY years as an ag chopper pilot, then "retired" into selling rural real estate.....then this year chucked it in to become CEO of a local air charter company!
DSC06800 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
It was interesting to read of an Aussie modeler in another thread struggling to obtain the Tamiya 1:72 OH-58A, as NZ hobby shops generally have them in stock. So, after a trip to my LHS to pick up this and a UH-1D (more of which in a coming thread), I set about civilianising this tiny wee thing. As you can see, I need to sand the driveshaft fairing on the tailboom, but I'm confident of a decent representation. I thought about enlarging the rear cabin windows too, but in this scale I'm not fussy (funnily enough I scrounged a collective for the model, though!).
DSC06801 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
The idea is to model TangoMike in the same configuration as in the header picture - ie, with spray gear. For the main booms I've sacrificed a Revell 1:72 DH2, and my current job is figuring out a way to build up the tank. I have a selection of drop tanks to choose from and blend.
Only one thing bugs me at the moment - skids. I NEED high skids. I don't fancy my chances of using stretched sprue to do it, tho. Ideas?
Just got back into the styrene after a small hiatus, and starting off with this:
zk-htm-dc-yates_0005_40791044305_o by Zac Yates, on Flickr
zk-htm-dc-yates_0009_40791046115_o by Zac Yates, on Flickr
zk-htm-dc-yates_0010_40791046485_o by Zac Yates, on Flickr
zk-htm-dc-yates_0015_40791048235_o by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Dave Yates photos
This is Wanganui Aero Work's (WAW) ZK-HTM, as she appeared until about 1998. She now wears a veeeeeeeery bland all-white scheme. If you can call that a scheme.
Why this chopper? My father was loader driver/general assistant for pilot Charlie Anderson, working specifically with this aircraft. He went for a helicopter licence but unfortunately medical reasons came up. Dad and Charlie have remained good mates though, and consequently I spent several hours flying around the place in TangoMike with Charlie, from age dot until his retirement a couple of years back. Today, I am a trainee aircraft engineer at WAW, and I see HTM most days. Ain't it great to have your subject aircraft at your workplace? :thumbsup: BTW Charlie flew for MANY MANY years as an ag chopper pilot, then "retired" into selling rural real estate.....then this year chucked it in to become CEO of a local air charter company!
DSC06800 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
It was interesting to read of an Aussie modeler in another thread struggling to obtain the Tamiya 1:72 OH-58A, as NZ hobby shops generally have them in stock. So, after a trip to my LHS to pick up this and a UH-1D (more of which in a coming thread), I set about civilianising this tiny wee thing. As you can see, I need to sand the driveshaft fairing on the tailboom, but I'm confident of a decent representation. I thought about enlarging the rear cabin windows too, but in this scale I'm not fussy (funnily enough I scrounged a collective for the model, though!).
DSC06801 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
The idea is to model TangoMike in the same configuration as in the header picture - ie, with spray gear. For the main booms I've sacrificed a Revell 1:72 DH2, and my current job is figuring out a way to build up the tank. I have a selection of drop tanks to choose from and blend.
Only one thing bugs me at the moment - skids. I NEED high skids. I don't fancy my chances of using stretched sprue to do it, tho. Ideas?