Splash's Kamov Ka-15 ***finished***

[JamesPerrin]

aah but it's so cute!

[PaulBradley]

Yeah, Sharpie will do that.....ask me how I know...!

Looks great, Splash - good job.

[Jagewa]

Nice one Splash, with all your trials and tribulations you've got a little cracker..

CHeers
Jim

[SARowl]

Nice one Splash. I really like these 'obscure' Russian helos.

John

[JohnRatzenberger]

Good recovery ....
Clear all Sharpies from your workbench, it's happened to many of us I'm sure ....

[mightymikeD]

You've emerged from AModel heck with a great-looking helo.. I'll drink to that! Good job, Splash!

[ShaunW]

Well you got there in the end Splash, that little devil certainly put up a fight though. It looks great, a proper little cutie Yes, I'll drink to that too. In fact I am, right now - it is Saturday night after all.

[mightymikeD]

Well you got there in the end Splash, that little devil certainly put up a fight though. It looks great, a proper little cutie Yes, I'll drink to that too. In fact I am, right now - it is Saturday night after all.

wooop!

[splash]

Thanks guys for all your support, without it this would not have been finished.

[ShaunW]

Nice final pictures Splash, well done on getting this model finished and it looks great - in particular I find those Kamov contra-rotors are really eye catching.

[splash]

This is my first attempt at an Amodel kit and I have found it a slight challenge, the quality of the kit is what you might expect from a limited run kit with lots of flash and varying degrees of detail on the parts.

This is not a starter kit for a beginner as the instructions are basic and the rotor head is complex like on the real thing, but if you have got a few classic kits and a bit of scratch building under your belt, it can be a fun build of a very unusual little helicopter.

I suppose the test is would I build another and the answer is a definite YES, now I know the pit falls of the kit I will happily build another in fact I have two more in my stash on a crop sprayer and the other the slightly larger four seat version.

Most of the problems I came across in the build were my doing, if I built the same kit again I would replace all the rods connecting the floats to the body with thin brass rod as the kit parts look over scale and a bit chunky, the rotor blades could do with scratch building as well as the whole of the rotor head.

I think the lesson to learn from my build is don't be put off by Amodel kits they are build-able they just need more work and a bit of scratch building to turn out good.

Regards Splash

[Saxon]

Nice build.

[Barry]

Great looking model there Splash. I know how tricky that kit is and you've done a super job on it.

[SARowl]

What a cute helo Splash, well done.

John