Sikorsky SH-60F Ocean Hawk OOB

Frank Krause
Camouflage as shown on the box?

Holger Kranich
All the best, Malte!

Malte D
Thanx Holger! Yea Frank, exactly that scheme! (To increase the sense of achievement) 🙂

Malte D
Enough for today. Added interior colors - without any ambitions as you won't see too much of it on the finished model. As the kit comes without any further cockpit details, I'll add a spare-decal on the center console. (Damn-I already start to increase the kit🙂 )
As soon as this is done, I'll put the interior parts together and go ahead with the fuselage.
Wow, that was quick! my EH-101 already waits a few years to reach that stage!

Frank Krause
Hi Malte, good start! You're back on track! Just came back to continue with chassis.

Malte D
Great! go ahead! 🙂

Philip De Keyser
Great start Malte, this is a fine looking one to build OOB😉

Malte D
Thanx Phil, hat was part of my Plan 🙂

Malte D
Good morning all! This day starts with a great picture:

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Malte D
And some progress again. Interior is done and fuselage is already prepared to glue the windows in place. (some pics added)

Frank Krause
Wow, Malte! The instrument panel looks great. You're sure that's 1:72?

Florian H.
thumbs up! 🙂

Malte D
Thanks! 🙂
Frank, quite simple to get that result: Black basecoat, drybrushing with light grey, the MFD was painted with glossy green and then some details were applied in red and white with a "one-hair-brush". To be honest its a bit "too much" but when you'll like inside later it will be okay I think.
I glued the bottom cockpit windows in place now, also the cabin- and doorwindows found their places.
So I guess I am going to put the fuselage together tomorrow!

Frank Krause
Quite simple, when it's 1:35. This is 1:72! Your progress is great! I'm close to marry the engine with the frame, but the muffler needs to dry first, before I can think about that.

Malte D
Added a pic showing the windows in place on black ground. Frank, the second added pic is for you and shows that the panel looks really cruel in closeup, you can easily see that there's no magic hand needed to realize such a look.
From the outside of the model it looks fine, so it is okay for me.
By the way - the center console is a decal from an old Heller kit, not sure whether it was a Super Puma or SeaKing. For my more serious HobbyBoss-based "Hawks" I'll use a self-printed decal made from an actual picture of it.

Holger Kranich
Hey c´mon, its 72scale! The panel is not bad!

Philip De Keyser
Great progress Malte, keep the pix comming😉

Malte D
Thanks mates! Didn't have enough time for the helo today, but tomorrow I'll make the big step and close the fuselage. 🙂

Malte D
Uploaded pics of the fuselage halves glued together and first sessions of sanding. 🙂
And the bottom cockpit windows already fell out of their position.
What glue do you use for clear parts? I tried a lot - either they are terrible to use or they are not strong enough to keep the windows in place. Any tips for me?

Florian H.
humbrol clear fix

Malte D
Flo, that's what I used. But my Kip-Tape was strong enough to pull them out of place. 🙁

Tim Vereecke
nice work so far Malte! also cool to see you marked the colors you used in your project 🙂

Malte D
Thanks Tim! Yea, this is a cool feature, might also be very useful if there will be any spot that needs some corrections later, so you can easily check the color you took for that part. Very cool!

Tim Vereecke
top! 🙂

Florian H.
I never had any problems with clear fix like you. Yeah the paint feature is still cool, I also jused it at my Comanche, so I will know the colour for the second model 🙂

Malte D
As much I was surprised about the great details of the surfaces, as much I am disappointed about the bad fit of some parts. Okay, not as bad as old Italeri/Revell kits but although I dry-fit most parts, there are many areas that need putty and sanding. Really have to be careful to not destroy the nice surface details...

Malte D
Slowly making some process. Many areas needed putty and sanding, but I am almost happy with the current status. So I applied the first maskings and will slowly come close to the first layers of primer.
I found another spot where I will improve the kit. The main landing gear is shown relieved. But as my Ocean Hawk will stand on his wheels, I have to "lower" him a bit, to show the seahawk-typical nose-down-stance.

Frank Krause
Nice progress, Malte! Tell me that the instrument panel is made with decals, please...! Looks great!

Malte D
Thanks! 🙂
The center console is a decal, the main panel just a drybrushing and some added "Farbkleckse" 🙂

Malte D
A lot of sanding was needed to bring the canopy in place properly. And I did another modification to the kit. Compared to pictures, the main rotor was located a bit too high. I sanded down the mount for the main rotor head about 2mm to fix that flaw.
All clear parts are again in place, used PONAL classic again.
Now I have to mask the bottom cockpit windows and the baby is fine for some layers of paint. 🙂 Pictures of the main gear modification will follow soon!

Philip De Keyser
Nice progress Malte😉

Malte D
On this pic you can see how far the front gear usually caves in - the main gear strut is in line with the little "sponson":
airliners.net/photo/..0df3d34f4705db93ce2b
I'll upload a comparsion-picture of the kit in a minute.

Malte D
Here it is: [img1]
now .... were is my saw? hrrhrr

Vitor Costa
It looks good!!

Holger Kranich
Cool!

Malte D
[img1]
Cut into three pieces, sponson, main strut and shock absorber. Brought sponson and main strut in one line. As soon as the glue dried out, I'll reduce the length of the shock absorber and bring it in place. Then the more difficult part will follow, adjusting the other side in exactly the same angle.

Malte D
First side is done. Now comparing pics of model and actual helo again, pretty close- isn't it?
[img1]
[img2]

Frank Krause
The surgery works out, Malte. Well done!

ice
So nice to see you work on a helicopter again! Wish you the best!

Malte D
Thanks! Stefan, nice to have you watching! Thanks! 🙂

mark de bruyn
looking much better nice progress keep going.

Malte D
[img1] both sides are finished. this is the stance for now. with flattening of the tires and a little modification on the tail gear I'll decrease the nose-down-stance a bit. Should come out exactly how I wanted it to. What a fulfillment! 🙂
So the list of modifications is a follows:
- applied spare-decal on center console
- bended main rotor blades
- lowered mount for main rotor head
- lowered landing gear to correct stance

The last improvement was the biggest - and I guess the only modifications that will follow is flattening the tires. I am really satisfied until now.

ice
I have a little suggestion. The bending of the rotor blades shouldn't be a continuous curve from the root to the tip. On the real helicopter most of the bending takes place close to the rotor head and the rest of the blade is nearly without deformation. Here's a photo to show what I mean:
airliners.net/photo/..a59f44c0ac6461125e08
airliners.net/photo/..a59f44c0ac6461125e08

BTW: The lowering looks great!

Malte D
Thanks Stefan for the hint! 🙂

Malte D
Added two more pics of the slightly flattened tires and reworked exhausts. 🙂