Quickly! Get to the Chopper!

Hi, All!

Looking rather nice, if I say so myself...

I am pleased to report this week that work is going well on the British Hydrothermicopters. The first one is almost finished - although cockpit detailing may prove to be a little fiddly...

The two flyers, sans-rotor blades, during early stages of painting. Metalwork is painted black, highlighted silver, then ink-stained.

Engine details... Gold paint will be added next to highlight the brass parts.

Since my last post, I've been concentrating mainly on the first Hydrothermicopter. I'm considering whether to duplicate it, or make the second a slightly different configuration. Time, experimentation, inspiration and alcohol will tell...

Lightning Cannon - almost finished. Guitar strings are added as conduits.

Cockpit details are painted in at this stage. More will be added and painted as the model progresses.

More guitar strings are added to complete the finished engine.

I decided on yellow for the first flyer. I may do the same for the second, although I'm undecided. I've already got red, green and blue vehicles in my British force - and black seems too sinister for Her Majesty's Imperial Air Corps... I'll give this a little more thought...

Upholstered chairs, ready for the crew...

For the next stage of detailing, I have constructed some simple upholstered chairs from plastic and greenstuff. These will be painted and glued in, whereupon the crew will be added and controls will be built in around them. I expect this to take a little time...

Rivet Count:  246! (For the yellow 'un, anyhow...)

Flunks... Almost a happy family.

Work has also continued on the female Flunk and her calf...

Most of the detailing on the cow flunk is done. A blanket and straps will be sculpted soon, before adding a howdah and warriors...

Calf - almost painted. Ain't he cute?

I will soon be able to add the howdahs to the bull and cow, along with baggage for the calf to bear. Then it will finally be time to work on the warriors of the Wutha F'Kahwi...

Just as a rather fun aside, I thought I ought not waste the trunks I cut from the toy elephants that became the above Flunks... Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...

Scagworms! Disgusting!

Scagworms! Not a pleasant thing to blunder across in the untamed depths of the Lost Continent... These took only minutes to complete. I simply glued the trunks to washers, tetured the bases, painted the trunks and finally coated them with water effect for a nice slimy finish. I think they're sufficiently horrible...

Scagworm attack... There is no known medication...

And that's it for another post, folks. Next up: more on the Hydrothermicopters and Flunks... Soon to be followed by Lancers, Warriors of the Wutha F'Kahwi and God-knows-what-else!

Keep watching, folks!

All the Best!