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Revell Aerospatiale Alouette II FINISHED
- Thread starter paddy
- Start date
Man, what a mess. Sending modeling zen.
RichB
Well-known member
A couple of builds.
Describes the steps to assemble the cockpit bubble, no in pogress pictures though.
Modelling Madness Build
A second with some pictures showing the bubble build. It is in German so may need to be run through a translator.
Modellversium
Cheers,
RichB
Describes the steps to assemble the cockpit bubble, no in pogress pictures though.
Modelling Madness Build
A second with some pictures showing the bubble build. It is in German so may need to be run through a translator.
Modellversium
Cheers,
RichB
Looks like the German guy tackled the cockpit first.
RichB
Well-known member
Death or glory. If the bubble goes together without a disaster, the rest of the build should be easy.
Cheers,
RichB
paddy
Well-known member
ha ha , i was thinking the opposite, do the bubble first then if it goes south you haven't wasted your time on the rest 
Thanks again Rich. I forgot about modelling madness , i have done about a dozen reviews for them in the past about 20 years ago.
Thanks again Rich. I forgot about modelling madness , i have done about a dozen reviews for them in the past about 20 years ago.
Put a couple of JATO rockets on it and some rail road wheels and you're supersonic!
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
So far so good!
paddy
Well-known member
Spoke to soon Paul ;-)
On reflection i did this wrong. now i am trying to get the doors to fit in their holes..
What i should do is remove the back or the cockpit, fit the doors then re fit the back to fit the doors...so thats what i did.
Back of the cockpit removed and doors taped in place above
Back now refitted as above and doors that obviously fit in the gap
Painted the door frames then put them back and they hold themselves as they are now a good fit then balanced the roof or "lid" in place.
That looks better. positioning of the hinges is hyper criticle if the doors are going to open and shut, as they will be glued to the clear panels there will eb no second chance and i wont really know if i have it right till the glue is dry and i can try them....is this game supposed to be stressful
oh and i had to fill a gap at the front because the glass is taller than the centre section.
On reflection i did this wrong. now i am trying to get the doors to fit in their holes..
What i should do is remove the back or the cockpit, fit the doors then re fit the back to fit the doors...so thats what i did.
Back of the cockpit removed and doors taped in place above
Back now refitted as above and doors that obviously fit in the gap
Painted the door frames then put them back and they hold themselves as they are now a good fit then balanced the roof or "lid" in place.
That looks better. positioning of the hinges is hyper criticle if the doors are going to open and shut, as they will be glued to the clear panels there will eb no second chance and i wont really know if i have it right till the glue is dry and i can try them....is this game supposed to be stressful
oh and i had to fill a gap at the front because the glass is taller than the centre section.
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
looking good now....
paddy
Well-known member
Just a quick round up
This is one of those kits that if you were building for a living/job............ you would go bankrupt
As i have said it has no location points and i think just about every part has been glued and unglued so far as you find several steps down the line they are in the wrong place. Nearly ever part of the frame needs to be repaired, it looks complete on the sprue but when you remove them they just fall apart. Some parts i just cant even fathom how they fit or where they should fit from the poor instructions.
Its a shame as the basics are quite good re: detail and clean mouldings but really the damage problems just come down to the totally inadequate end opening soft skinned box.
Now we know why the guy made it out of brass?
paddy
Well-known member
hoping to get an hour on this today, never been so busy in my life now i am retired
We have the makings of an engine . I have remade most of the frame work around it using 0.8mm plastic rod as its easier than trying to piece together all the broken bits in the bag
The rotor head is tricky because i want it removeable to save space but because its all exposed its not easy to see where to make the join as its not just a shaft, there is all the tilt mechanism as well.
We have the makings of an engine . I have remade most of the frame work around it using 0.8mm plastic rod as its easier than trying to piece together all the broken bits in the bag
The rotor head is tricky because i want it removeable to save space but because its all exposed its not easy to see where to make the join as its not just a shaft, there is all the tilt mechanism as well.
Starting to look like a choppa! 
