Splash's 1/48 Virgin HEMS Air Ambulance ***finished***

Clashcityrocker · Post by **Clashcityrocker** » November 17th, 2014, 4:24 am

Looking very good Splash.

Nigel

Dirkpitt289 · Post by **Dirkpitt289** » November 17th, 2014, 5:58 am

Nicely done Splash. Looking good.

SJPONeill · Post by **SJPONeill** » November 17th, 2014, 6:27 am

splash wrote:At last I have made a start on the three centre sections.

Splash

I can already see the helo approaching a small steamer in distress in heavy seas...

Post by **splash** » November 22nd, 2014, 10:45 pm

Sorry for the lack of progress updates, I have got to the stage that I'm not looking forward to and that's the windscreen and nose that is quite a complex shape.

Dirkpitt289 · Post by **Dirkpitt289** » November 23rd, 2014, 2:09 pm

Bravo Splash. This is looking great

Post by **splash** » November 23rd, 2014, 3:07 pm

Dirkpitt289 wrote:Bravo Splash. This is looking great

Cheers Dirk.

It's a steep learning curve working with card, I have learnt that accuracy cutting the parts out makes the job a lot easier and finding the right thickness of the card makes a huge difference.

The design of this model makes life a lot easier than I thought, having just started the difficult cockpit and nose, the parts are going together a lot better than I thought they would

Post by **splash** » November 23rd, 2014, 3:21 pm

Post by **splash** » November 23rd, 2014, 8:03 pm

The hardest part is next so I'm letting it dry over night before the next move.

Post by **jssel** » November 24th, 2014, 12:47 am

WOW, Alan. Very nice indeed.

Clashcityrocker · Post by **Clashcityrocker** » November 24th, 2014, 4:27 am

Very nice. You can even draw your crew on the windows if you wish

Nigel

Molly-new · Post by **Molly-new** » November 24th, 2014, 4:13 pm

Coming together very neatly.

SJPONeill · Post by **SJPONeill** » November 24th, 2014, 6:44 pm

The forward fuselage has formed up really well, Splash...a credit to both the designer and the builder...

Post by **splash** » November 24th, 2014, 9:35 pm

Cheers guys.

The nose is now finished. I'm not totally happy with the final pointy bit so I'm going to let it fully set before trying to do anything about it.

Nex stage is the engines and tail

Post by **JamesPerrin** » November 24th, 2014, 11:17 pm

Nice curves Splash

Post by **splash** » November 30th, 2014, 1:08 am

I'm surprised how easy it is to get quite complex shapes with card, the rear of the engines are made up of two skins and four formers, I thought the pen nip fairings would be difficult but the clever design of the kit made it a relatively simple task.

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