Italeri 1/48 Sikorsky SH-60B Sea Hawk

Started by Spiros Pendedekas · 142 · 1 year ago · 1/48, Italeri, Sea Hawk, SH-70, Sikorsky
  • Profile Photo
    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Sanding commenced, a gazillion of "stuff" added all around...

    Thanks for stopping by!

  • Profile Photo
    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Great progress, Spiros @fiveten
    The seams are definitely gone after the sanding.

  • Profile Photo
    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Thanks my friend @johnb!

  • Profile Photo
    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Filling going on...

    Thanks for stopping by!

  • Profile Photo
    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Good progress, Spiros @fiveten
    Although filling and grinding is not the nicest part of modelling to my opinion.

  • Profile Photo
    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Thanks my friend @johnb! Indeed filling and sanding can be a tedious process, especially if it takes several loops.

  • Profile Photo
    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    (I am embarrassed to say, but) Another (hopefully final) filling loop...

    Thanks for stopping by!

  • Profile Photo
    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Hopefully not an endless loop, Spiros @fiveten
    She definitely seems to get smoother after each round.

  • Profile Photo
    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Thanks my friend @johnb!
    Fingers crossed 🙂

  • Profile Photo
    Eric Berg said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Just caught up with your build here, Spiros. Looks like a good kit except for that irritating seam.

  • Profile Photo
    George R Blair Jr said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Looks great, Spiros (@fiveten). I just got done with the fill, sand, and repeat process on my B-17, so I understand your frustration. The tail of my B-17 took 5 cycles. But it will all be worth it in the end. :o) Even with all the stuff sticking out, helicopters look really cool.

  • Profile Photo
    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Thanks my friends @eb801 and @gblair!
    It is an excellent kit, it is only that too many things attach here and there, combined with yours truly less than perfect approach 🙂

  • Profile Photo
    George R Blair Jr said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    There is no perfect approach to building something that has a bunch of stuff hanging off, Spiros (@fiveten). You improvise and adapt to the situation. It does make sanding and smoothing the filler in some places a real challenge.

  • Profile Photo
    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Indeed it does, my friend @gblair! Also, the more you look the more you find discrepancies 🙂

  • Profile Photo
    George R Blair Jr said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Never look too hard, Spiros (@fiveten). It always seems like I check everything 3 or 4 times and everything is perfect. Then I take a picture to post on iModeler and I see all kinds of problems. I think the problems deliberately hide.