1/48 Academy CH-46 Sea Knight

Gallery Article by Shawn "Phantom" Weiler on Apr 27 2015

 

      

This is my 5th big banana.  But the first time I am doing a CH-46D.  The other 4 were of course CH-113 Labradors / Voyagers. This time the model is out of the box with the exception of Eduard photo Etch. You know I love that Eduard stuff, but this kit really does not NEED it. You can not see any of the photo etch once the kit is completely built. Only trouble I had with this build was the paint. After removing the tape the grey peeled badly. Turns out the touch ups (slightly darker then the base paint) added to the weathering effect.

 

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I have one more of these helos in the stash, but that last one will not bother with the photo etch. The difference in this build of course is it,s not Canadian for a change. I built the oddly colourful US Navy rescue version. Who would have thought dark grey could be part of a "Colourful" scheme?

Enjoy the photos.

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Photos and text © by Shawn "Phantom" Weiler