Mountain Rescue Alouette III

Pieces of Hellers kit in a very strange light - almost transparent - blue, Brenguns PE set and some Whirly Bird bits destined for the interior.  

Parts for the engine. 

The Whirly Bird skis assembled and soldered. 

That Whirly Bird piece looked way too coarse. 

The tail guard was replaced by one made from brass wire as I didn't like neither the plastic nor the PE one. 

Further details of the rotor head. Even at Brenguns PE set important pieces are missing. My spare box provided them. 

 

Lets put some color on. Quite happy with the blue-grey I was looking for. 

Interior is black all over 

 

The first steps to color the engine. 

I found the kits main gear too coarse and its detail too soft. So I decided to build it anew. 

Not sure yet whether to use the sitting... 

... or the kneeing guy. 

So let's paint them both. I used brown instead of black as base. 

After the highlights the orange looked too pale (left figure) so that I gave the guys a wash/filter with highly diluted red (right guy). 

Hm. Somehow the pics do not show the effort that went into those figures. But that will have to do and they will populate the cockpit soon. 

Started to build a little diorama for the chopper. It will land on a glacier with a crevasse. A box was build from Balsa wood. 

Filling for the box 

Next step will be to cut the crevasse into it.