New Prints: Bell UH-1H Iroquois

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Edition 08 August 2009 In This Issue: New Prints: UH-1H Iroquois Pt Cook Mustang Modelling Tip: Copying surface patterns with foil Scale Drawings: Huey Floats in 1:72, 1:48 and 1:35 Grubby Fingers

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1 Edition 08 August 2009 In This Issue: New Prints: UH-1H Iroquois Pt Cook Mustang Modelling Tip: Copying surface patterns with foil Scale Drawings: Huey Floats in 1:72, 1:48 and 1:35 Grubby Fingers A3+ prints are only AUD$19.95 ea. (inc GST, + P&H). They make great gifts for pilots and the aviation minded. They are available at various retailers and through the on-line shop. For more information about Grubby Fingers Aircraft Illustration visit the website. To order prints, visit the online shop. PayPal and major credit cards (through secure PayPal portal) are supported. To unsubscribe to this , reply to the delivery and change the subject to Unsubscribe. Our address is: grubbyfingers@ internode.on.net Any comments and suggestions are always welcome. Let us know what you d like to see in the newsletter or as a print. Commissions Don t forget that Grubby Fingers also takes commissions. If you are looking for that special gift or memento, we can produce a print of any aircraft in any colour scheme at very reasonable rates, starting at just $100 including your first print. We also do corporate and publishing work if you are looking for an eye-catching promotional image, have a book in the pipeline or publish a magazine. New Prints: Bell UH-1H Iroquois I ve gone back to my roots this month and completely revamped my Huey renders that I did back in I ve got two ADF examples done with, no doubt, more to follow. I ve also taken a bit of a whimsical path. Two terms often associated with helicopters, and Hueys in particular, are Battlefield Taxi and the idea of Vertical Envelopment. They both lend themselves to my rather literal sense of humour. All on sale at the on-line shop. UH-1H A2-110 in the gloss green and white scheme of the mid-1970s. UH-1H A2-489 on the last official Army flight of the type. Battlefield Taxi Vertical Envelopment

A68-170 painted as A68-750 (VH-SVU) and operated by R.A.A.F. Museum, Point Cook. Here is another new Mustang print as well: The flying example that Point Cook look after.

2 A painted as A (VH-SVU) and operated by R.A.A.F. Museum, Point Cook. Here is another new Mustang print as well: The flying example that Point Cook look after. Back Issues Now Available On-line All the back issues of The Grubby Truth are now available on-line as downloadable PDF s. You can find them at the The Grubby Truth page. Huey Floats Scale Drawings I recently revamped one of the Bell 205 drawings by creating floats for it. While researching the floats, I thought I d go the extra mile and draw up some plans so I could create some scratchbuilt floats for one of my models in the future. The floats were used extensively by Airfast for single-engine helo operations over water, and were also trialled by the R.A.A.F. during oilfield protection excersizes. The floats are circular in section. The 1:72 scale plans are below. The 1:48 scale plans are on the next page. To get 1:35 scale plans, simply enlarge the 1:72 scale plans by 200%. In 1:35 scale you should end up with sponsons around 250mm long, which translates to around 9 scale metres. TOP VIEW Available Prints The range of prints currently available from Grubby Fingers includes: AgustaWestland A109E Agusta MH-68A Stingray Bell 205, UH-1H Huey CAC CA-18 Winjeel CAC CA-27 Sabre Cessna O-2 Cessna 150 Cessna 337 Skymaster Fairey Gannett NA / CAC Mustang Piper Archer Piper Seminole Piper Tri-Pacer Piper Warrior Melbourne Tram 1:48 scale All profiles are available in various colour schemes and variations, and custom orders are not a problem. Retail Outlets Grubby Fingers prints are available in Australia from: Australian National Aviation Museum Moorabbin Airport. Moorabbin Ph: (03) GeeBee s Aerospace Shop Main Terminal Essendon Airport Ph: (03) Hyland s Bookshop L Heffernan Lane Melbourne Ph: Skylines Aviation Supplies Cnr Second & Bundora Parade Moorabbin Airport Moorabbin Ph: Victorian Hobby Centre 21A Swanston Street Melbourne Ph: (03) :72 scale And from the on-line shop.

3 TOP VIEW 1:48 scale Commission a print from only $100 * If you ve got an aviation-afflicted person in your life, why not give them a gift they ll always treasure? A personalised aviation print from Grubby Fingers! Grubby Fingers will create an illustration TOP VIEW of your chosen subject, apply your personal message or copy and the artist will sign the print, all from just $100 *. Additional prints would also be available for $20 each (+P&H) Graeme Molineux 2009 Grubby Fingers Aircraft Illustration *Price is in Australian dollars and does not include postage and handling. Price may vary depending on complexity of subject. Acceptance of commissions and fee charged is solely at the discretion of the artist.

Modelling Tutorial Using metal foil to duplicate a surface pattern I am in the process of doing a What-If?

I thought about different ways to introduce some texture without adding too much thickness.

The size and texture were just what I was looking for, but simply glueing this piece over the original floor would add about 10 scale cm to the height of the floor.

Then I thought of making a rubbing of the M113 floor using that wonderful thin aluminium sheet you get in the top of drink powder tins like Milo or coffee.

4 Modelling Tutorial Using metal foil to duplicate a surface pattern I am in the process of doing a What-If? build on the big Trumpeter 1:35 Mil Mi- 24 Hind, turning it into an Australian Army gunship. The kit cabin floor is simply a blank piece of plastic. Most uninspiring. I thought about different ways to introduce some texture without adding too much thickness. I poked around in my unbuilt kits and dug out a floor from an unbuilt Tamiya M113 APC. The size and texture were just what I was looking for, but simply glueing this piece over the original floor would add about 10 scale cm to the height of the floor. I could cut the M113 part into the Mi-24 floor, replacing a section of the kit floor, but then I lose the part for M113 interior and end up with an incomplete kit. Then I thought of making a rubbing of the M113 floor using that wonderful thin aluminium sheet you get in the top of drink powder tins like Milo or coffee. This material is flexible and malleable enough to press down over another part and pick up the pattern, and stiff enough to hold the pattern in the subsequent construction process. One of these sheets was stretched over the donor floor part and secured at the back with masking tape. The aluminium was then rubbed down over the surface detail of the M113 floor part with a cotton bud to transfer the detail onto the metal.

I then used a toothpick to bring up more detail and push the metal right into the recesses

Once I was happy I d got most of the detail I wanted, I trimmed the aluminium away from the

This metal relief was then glued to the helicopter kit floor and we ended up with a helo

I m sure you ll find a use for this technique and this wonderful thin metal.

5 I then used a toothpick to bring up more detail and push the metal right into the recesses and crevices. Once I was happy I d got most of the detail I wanted, I trimmed the aluminium away from the donor floor. This metal relief was then glued to the helicopter kit floor and we ended up with a helo floor now with texture. I m sure you ll find a use for this technique and this wonderful thin metal. It could be for replacing moulded vent slats with this scale thickness bits. Metal fabrications like map boxes, ammo cans, tin cans, pilot seats etc are all possibilities. Harnesses and belt buckles, ceiling liners, heat shielding, equipment straps, the list is endless! Enjoy your experimenting and I ll see you next time. Graeme.

IMPROVING AND SCRATCHBUILDING AN F4U CORSAIR COCKPIT BY MIKE ASHEY

IMPROVING AND SCRATCHBUILDING AN F4U CORSAIR COCKPIT BY MIKE ASHEY This article presents some basic techniques for improving and scratchbuilding a cockpit. For this project I used Model Technologies photoetch