1/35 RC UH 1C Huey (indoor)

[MonsieurTox]

Hello guys
I put the body shell of the Academy kit of the Huey on my indoor RC heli
I have some more markings to add and to put a dullcoat. I didnt use primer due to the weight of it My first thought was to vacform the kit to get a light body shell (that's why I glued quickly the clear parts and you can see glue marks).
Here the pics :

It should be more olive drab, but I did with the paints I had
I did mask for the shark mouth and the "united states army" marks. Only the 'surfer girl' is a decal

 

[Kuhn Global]

SWEET!! That is SOOOOOOO KEWL Julien!

I really like it!

 

[Ramiel]

Killer paint job!

 

[tobiasrichter]

kewl idea - and great execution!

does is still fly? These things tend to be very sensitive to weight change. But very resistent to crashes - well, not anymore now, I guess :lol

Tobias

 

[propcollector]

is that the 1/35 scale

 

[RShanko]

It sez in the title 1/35 scale.

I always liked the big Huey, nice work making a flying model of it!
The tail might be heavy flying it? A touch of weight in the nose would balance it.

"Runnnn fur ta choppar....if you want to liv...."

 

[GrenadeKing]

Did anyone else suddenly hear ride of the valkyries in their head when looking at this? :lol
Awesome job though. The paint on that is superb. You're going to fly it right? Arent you worried that you might scratch up the paint? Though I suppose it might add some nice "battle damage"...

 

[101radioman]

What is the base r/c chopter?
This little thingy looks SWEET.

 

[MonsieurTox]

Thanks guys !

The base is an Esky V3 Lama.

Rshanko, yeah the tail is a bit heavy, I cant add more weight in the nose to balance it so I just change the settings of the main rotor and it's just fine

Im not so worried about flying it, it's just plastic and paint, it took me 3 hours to do it so it's not very important... I will just add dullcoat to protect a bit more the paint, but I guess it will not be enough

 

[FLUKE]

That is cool! :thumbsup

 

[Skidmarks_Diecast]

:thumbsup Very very cool. Even cooler would be a vid of it in flight. And even cooler than that would be a vid of it in flight chasing the family pet around the house.

 

[mjhenks]

Very cool. How much overall weight did the conversion add?

 

[MonsieurTox]

Thanks guys

I dont know, Ill take an eye on the balance I did it 4 months ago when I had the idea. If Im correct the original shell with tail etc wieghts something like 30 gr and the 2 halves of the kit is something like 100 gr (so 70 gr more) but I had some details on the shell and I painted it so... maybe something like 110 or 120 gr...

Unfortunatly I still dont have any charger for my li-pos I cant fly it