Italeri 1/48 Sioux (Luftwaffe)
A very straightforward build that I treated as a mojo restorer...I sometimes find myself going down a rabbit hole with an excessive amount of detailing (most of which can't been seen anyway) when I'm building some kits which sometimes result in them becoming 'shelf queens'.
I have such a kit on the table at the moment and I needed a quick build to overcome my modellers block and this kit provided that.
Enough of my rambling, the kit was painted with Tamiya XF's and weathered with pastels and was a very quick, simple and enjoyable build!
Nice way to break your modeling drought.
Been there many times with a shelf full of models that end up collecting dust incompleted. This year I am trying to finish them and so far I've managed to finish two of them, but the others are still rough.
Thanks Dan...it doesn't happen very often but when it does I find a quick build often restores my mojo!
Fantastic result on this mojo restorer, Kevin @kevinrowbotham
Although helicopters are not the easiest builds around, you did an amazing job here.
Very kind, thanks John! I seem to be an a 'rotary' mission at the moment I have a 1/32 Wessex on the bench.
Very nice! Looks great.
Many thanks Robert, much appreciated!
Looks great Kevin! I just picked this kit up, and while I plan to build the US scheme, I was eyeing the Luft scheme in the booklet thinking how cool it looks in that bright red color. Your build validates that yes indeed, that looks cool. 🙂
Thanks very much Andrew! There are some lovely schemes in the box and I didn't want to do a green version so I went with this scheme (although tempted by the Italian version!)
Excellent job, Kevin! What an amazing way to restore your mojo!
Many thanks my friend, much appreciated!
Nice one. I have worked with the Sioux quite a bit and have just built the same kit. It's a shocker as much of it is either out of scale or missing.
If there is one helicopter that desperately needs and deserves a decent kitting, the 47 series is it.
Sadly, it's all we have.
If you build one again, drop me a line for some pics👍😎
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Thanks very much Chris and I appreciate your kind offer! If you have experience of the Sioux you certainly have an advantage in identifying the anomolies of the kit. I guessed the tail was out of scale but oblivious to other issues (I really built the kit at a fast pace)
Nicely done version built by yourself!
I know the feeling, Kevin!
Think we all suffer “building blues” at times, this is sure a nice way to getting you mojo back.
Lovely build and paint job. Thanks for sharing this mojo restorer!
Thank you very much Alfred...much appreciated!
Thanks for sharing your experience, Kevin, you got a cool looking result here despite the kit’s deficiencies.
Very kind, thank you George!
Great job, Kevin (@kevinrowbotham). The Sioux is the first helo I think of when someone is talking about helicopters. Especially nice in a color other than OD.
Thanks very much George, very kind!