NAVY & MILITARY Planes in 1/200

[WallPaper]

His collection is amazing and inspired me to ride my own. Thanks to: you and Bruno to encourage us to do this hobby, all models are incredible and very detailed for the small scale. I`m working in a new project: 1:200 scale Principe de Asturias aircraft carrier paper model and LPH 10 Tripoli assault carrier paper model. Now I need CH53 Stallion and AH1 Cobraa models to do my carriers air wing.
Thanks a lot friends!

[cafe]

I think it should be OK now. What do you think? I'm not doing the badge on the tail.

ETA: or maybe I will since it seems to be the HC-8 badge and I've found something I could trace.

[papermate]

Thanks, Carlos, for your repaint. Before I move on to build it, Bruno's other helo, a tadpole, I would like to describe it, jumped the queue. It becomes the No.91 in this series of 1/200 Navy planes. It's the Aerospatiale SA 319B Alouette III, a French Navy helo, enlarged from 1/300 to 1/200. I couldn't agree more with Bruno that if you do it at 1/300 or even smaller and have a will to do it right, you'll probably go nuts. Even at 1/200, it's quite hard to do, especially the nose compartment of the helo. I put it a little fishing lead bead in the nose and have unexpectedly made it "nose" heavy. Anyway, it's done with the best of my effort. The props and rotor can spin and the rotor guard (in yellow) cautiously trimmed out from the template and glued to the tail boom.

A BIG THANK YOU to Bruno before we move on to view the pics.

Papermate

[Vermin_King]

Wow! Were you able to get the rotor guard on your first attempt?

[papermate]

Yep, steady hands I've got though no brain. I have made 3 sets for the other two helos.

Papermate

[elliott]

Are you sure you're not nuts? Nothing personal, just checking.......

Seriously, your excellent work in such a small scale is astonishing. Looking forward to the next one.

[papermate]

elliott, you're right. I've gone nuts ever since I started this series of 1/200 planes.
I've seen masters doing this scale and I envy them. So I'm just trying to keep up.
And, the next one will be obviously one of Bruno's helicopters.

Papermate

[cafe]

Wow! Such a nice result. Congratulations!

[Sven]

Papermate,I do not know what to say, your helicopter are just great!!!

[papermate]

Carlos and Sven, thank you very much. Well, I'm just a builder and without good designs,
like Bruno's, I won't be able to get there.

Papermate