Click here to 
view the 
centerfold
shot from 
Rotory Modeler
Magazine. 
 
 
 
 

Also featured 
on the cover
of the IRCHA
Bulletin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This is my most recently completed project. The fuselage is a scale Bell 206L-3 LongRanger by Miniature Aircraft. Inside the fuse is an XCell 60 with a Webra 61 engine and Airtronics radio/gyro. The landing gear was scratch built with true to scale tubular aluminum stock (see photo below). All the scale detail items where also scratch built, including the working nightsun, detailed dash and all external antenna.

* Click on 
photos to 
view larger images. 

This is the kit right out of the box, 
now the work really begins.

Here is a photo of the model before I had started on any of the real scale detailing (rivets). About the only thing completed at this point, other than the assembled tail-drive system, was the landing gear made out of flat aluminum stock, which has since been replaced. The wire strike kit was also scratch built out of aluminum. The tail boom was secured in place with tape for this photo.

Here are 
photos of the 
full size VSP
Bell 206L-3
 

Measurements where taken from the real Bell 206L-3 landing gear and this 1/7     scale set was built from those dimensions. Once all the tubing was cut to the correct size and then bent to the correct shape, 
the next step was to braze it all together. 

This is a photo of the fuse with the  base coat and blue paint applied. The vertical fin is covered in red and white Monocoat, the blue is left over vinyl from the lettering.

Photos of 
my other R/C
helicopters
 

1/6th scale
static models 
 
 
 
 
 

Links
 
 
 

Checkout 
my R/C boat
project. 

  Hovering the hanger queen out at the local soccer field. Note the back windows are removed, this is essential for proper engine cooling. I installed the rear windows in a "channel" making it very easy to remove them before flight.