thanks for the comments chaps.
Had to scratch a few items like antenna and the Wire Strike assemblies as the kit parts were a little too mis-moulded to salvage.
Got the base coat on and have all the doors etc attached, have given it a drybrush of gunmetal and dark brown to simulate a tough mission, but not too much as to make it look like its been battered about.
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Have reclaimed an old diorama base and tidied it up to make it suitable for this chopper to sit on... it'll be sitting there doors open with some apparatus on the tarmac ready to be loaded on board.
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Am scratching a few extra bits for the diorama .. wheelchair, rescue-board etc.
There seemed to be lots of bits for this kit but when you get down to building it there are lots of parts that aren't used (in fact one sprue with over 60 parts has only three bits used in this model).
The good thing is there'll be loads for the spares box and there's stuff such as gas bottles etc that i can use in this build.
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