SAR Special: 1/48th Academy KV-107 Converted to CH-113 Labrador
This build is an homage to SAR crews everywhere past, present and future. In this case RCAF 14 Wing Greenwood, N.S. lost six good men on the afternoon of October, 2nd 1998 - "That Others May Live" - In memory of the Labrador crew "TUSKER 27"
Academy's CH-46 series was well received by model makers when it was released around 2005. External details are nicely done with finely-scribed panel lines and the interior is complete with 2 walls, a ceiling and a floor plus optional seating or stretchers. There are no major challenges presented in the kit build, so I recommend this model to builders of intermediate or better skill levels (unless you plan on buttoning up the interior and painting a basic one-colour scheme, in which case a beginner should still be able to tackle it).
You can see more in-depth detail of this build with additional photos at: https://www.flypastrush.com/post/sar-special-1-48th-academy-kv-107-converted-to-ch-113-labrador
Thanks for looking & good luck on your next build.
Fantastic result!
Thanks Spiros
Excellent result, @flypastrush
The yellow looks really good on it. Yellow is a color which is definitely not easy to apply, did you use a special primer for it.
John (@johnb) Yellow and white are a couple of colours that are particularly challenging to get good coverage on. If I am quite disciplined I will spray an undercoat in vey light gray... but usually I am not and just get there with multiple thin coats of flat yellow. Thanks always for the interest 🙂
Beautifully done, nice choice of color scheme.
Thanks Robert, The Rescue colours really brighten up the military display shelf!
Looks awesome in that livery. Superb piece of work.
Yes Thanks Alfred - there are a few very nice Rescue schemes (One I haven't quite got around to is this 439 Squadron chopper!)
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Those are always colorful schemes - well done.