Academy CH-53E US Marines 1/48 Scale Full Build
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 พ.ค. 2023
- Greetings everyone! Today's episode will feature Academy's massive CH-53E in 1/48 scale.
This was an enjoyable build and I hope you'll enjoy the video.
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first thing to see when you're wake up in the morning. awesome.
Glad you enjoy it!
Another great job of painting and weathering, thank you for sharing this build
Thank you!
Awesome job! The Hammerhead decal was a cool touch!
Thank you!
That's a classy looking chopper you've created there 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻
Thoroughly enjoyed that......thanks!
Thanks, thanks for watching!
Looks great nice job mate. You did a really good job simulating the rivet detail, and overall weathering is spot on.
Thank you! Thanks for watching!
Really great build. Thanks for posting.
Thank you!
Way to go Hammerhead! Builds up nice without super detailing. One of thee most inspiring builds on TH-cam; well done bro!
Thank you! But now you got me curious, what are the other two builds?
Thank you for going in-depth with the chipping fluid process. Very helpful! Great job on this commission piece.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Fantastic! Incredible job. Looking forward to constructing my kit.
Thank you, enjoy your build!
Awesome job 🏆
Awesome build, great job and video!
Much appreciated!
Great job. I worked on these in the 80s. Takes me back to some good days. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!!
Great job enjoyed the build. Thanks
Thank you for watching!
Awesome job !
Thank you! Cheers!
Hi Brett, What a beast.Your fake rivet lines worked a treat. I'm going to suggest this vid, to Beckers Models here on youtube as he's building the same kit, and is mad enough to add all the rivets and an after market rotor head.
Thank you for watching! Yeah I noticed he was working on the kit, he should be able to really do well with it!
I have this same kit in storage and I've been sitting on it for a long time. I used to work on these back in the day. The floor inside the aircraft was a non-skid black paint. The "rails" in the cargo area were pretty beat up (along with the rest of the floor) but they were reversable. One side had the non-skid on them and the other side had conveyer rollers for when we hauled pallets and other cargo. The interior sound proofing was a light blue color. The padding on the walls and also the ceiling panels were this color. The center hook on the bottom of the 53 actually hangs down from inside the aircraft. When not in use it is stored inside the cargo area (in a box under the front left crew window). For the exhaust, the sponsons didn't really get as much of that soot as the center engine did. Even when we washed the 53 it was really tough to get that soot off the fuselage. For the base, I'm not saying it isn't possible but the only time we would actually shut down in the dessert was if there was a mechanical issue. 99% of the time we would land at an airport or back to a ship somewhere. Those things kick up so much sand, it's like a sand storm underneath that thing. All that being said, the aircraft looks great! I'm getting heavy nostalgia from this video.
Thanks for watching, I really appreciate the first hand knowledge. Helps me understand the subject all that much better, and if I ever get the opportunity to build this again, I can incorporate all of it! As for the base, that was a request from the client. Cheers!
Really really nice build!
Thank you! Cheers!
This was such a gratifying video thanks for posting
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is a beaut of a build!!!!
Much appreciated!
Absolutely incredible work.
Thank you! Cheers!
Excellent build 👍🏻
Thank you!
So cool, great job.
Thank you!
Large Lovely Lady! Very nice weathering, that rivet line cheat was great!
Thanks, I'm pleased with how it turned out!
Great job! Flew the “E” model back in the day. Watching your build brought back some fond memories.
That is awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Excellent work!
Many thanks!
Nice. Really like what you did for the rivets!
Thanks man!
Impressive Helo. Nice work!
Much appreciated!
Very nice! The weathering looks great! I have the Revell 1/48 CH-53 GS in my stash and it is a really huge model!
Thanks, yes, such a beast of a helicopter!
Thats just jaw-dropping!I built Italeri's 1/72 MH-53E last summer. Even in that scale she turned out to be pretty hefty. I think 1/48 is a little too much for me. All the more respect to you for building this monster!
It certainly is a beast! Fortunately I wont have to worry about where to display this one! That's the clients problem, lol.
Very nice build!!! I really like the weathering on that CH-53. 10/10. Best regards...
Much appreciated! This was a fun project.
Nice build!
Thanks!
Beautiful build
Much Appreciated.
@@HammerheadModelMaking welcome
great work I've learned a lot, style, technique, tools, etc., and I am enjoying the video sequence, thanks, Sir.
Great to hear! I'm glad I can assist in some form or another!
Stunning well done
Thank you! Cheers!
Outstanding build. I am usually afraid of Academy but this built up beautifully!
Thanks for watching, this build went far smoother than I was expecting. Its a shame the kit is no longer in production.
Enjoyed much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is magnificent
Many thanks!
Awesome build my friend keep up the good work
Thanks, will do!
beautiful kit - glad you built it ! best wishes from Wales !😍😍😍😍
Thank you very much!
Awesome work! I have ALWAYS wanted to build the CH-53 in 48 scale and got my chance about a month ago. I found one at a local hobby shop and pounced on it!😂😂😂. It’s the old Revell kit, with the howitzer and the Jeep. I plan on building mine as a Vietnam War era Super Jolly. I got a Skyraider to go with it, but will not be doing either of them for a while. Also managed to snag a set of South East Asia Theater (SEAT) camo masks. Can’t wait to see your next build!
Cheers!
I'm glad you were able to snag a kit, sounds like you have a sold plan! Good luck with your builds when you get to them!
I don't know that kit but be aware that the CH-53E model didn't deploy until after Vietnam (1983). If you are going with a Vietnam era make sure you get the right kit. The Super Jolly only had 2 engines and the tail was straight up and down. FYI
@@Brian-WolfmanJack99 Its an HH-53 i built it in 2011
Great work on that monster of a helicopter. I thought it was big in 1/72:nd scale. Fantastic job with the oils.👍
Thank you! Thanks for watching!
Mid to late 80s never found a CH53. I'm glad the see one. Nice job.
Thank you!
I think that this is fantastic. Well done. It looks amazing!
Thank you so much 😀
@@HammerheadModelMaking Do you mind if I ask, I've been told that Alclad takes a long time to dry and harden. What is your experience with that product?
@@mgeyer1 The Alclad metallics are dry to the touch pretty quickly, within 10 minutes. But I generally try to give them a good 24 hours to cure. The Alclad Aqua gloss, is pretty similar, dry to the touch in about 15 minutes, but again, I leave it 24 hours just for good measure.
Cool video great build
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
Great work! I built this more than 10 years ago. I wish Academy will release this again. I'll be the first to jump at it.
I really wish they would re-release this kit!
They did, they repackaging it with MRC label
@@HammerheadModelMakingthey did now
@@haparcheledupwar Interesting, do you have a link?
@@haparcheledupwarIs that the Sea Dragon version though?
Hi Brett, cracking build well done. I had the Revell one a few years back when i was sort of coming back more serious in our brill hobby. It just sort of fort me every step and when your learning this was perhaps a step to far to early and i used to hate having projects started and not finnished. Its the Vet in me i think.,
Great job of yours here, keep doing what your doing, ive always loved your vidoes `and work. Stay safe to you'and your family ! Regards, Motty .
Hi Motty, thanks for watching. This was an enjoyable build. Yeah, that can be rough when getting back into the hobby to have a kit the fights you every step of the way. Cheers!
Brett
👏👏👏 I’m watching your videos in random order. The model making is next level in itself, but the filming and editing must be another mission altogether 😂
I'm glad you're enjoying them! Thanks for watching!
I’ve used EDUARD photo etch…it’s a challenge
This is a big kit, I rode helo’s in the ARMY… most of the insides were just plain aluminum…
Going to watch more later
I subscribed and enjoy your work, learned a lot from your channel…
CHRIS from OHIO 🇺🇸
Hi Chris from Ohio, thanks for watching and thanks for the Sub! Yes, Eduard PE can be a challenge!
What a great build. I'm just returning to modelling after a few years out. This 1/48 is out of my league just now....but some day I'll be up there with the big boys.
Loving yhe Hammerhead logo decal.
Welcome back to the hobby, its always good to welcome wayward souls back into the fold!
i worked with this monster. its so huge
The model is large enough, I can't imagine the real thing!
Quel travail,un chef d'œuvre 👍👍👏👏😍😍🇫🇷
Merci beaucoup!
Amazing work 👍
Thank you!
That glue is really really good. A little bit goes a long way. Good quality and bang for the buck.
Cheers mate!
I do regret never getting this kit when it was available in my local hobby shop back in 2008 or 9. Now it's so rare and expensive to find
Yeah, I really wish Academy would reissue this kit. I wouldn’t mind building another.
watched it again and still stunning 🙂
Thanks again! I appreciate the repeat viewing!
BRUH!! I can't like this video enough. I want this kit so bad and I am thinking of selling some of my stash to get it.
Thanks man! I hope you find one, it’s a fun kit to build!
@@HammerheadModelMaking i found a few...just wish is was in 1/35 scale LOL
@@HammerheadModelMaking got both of the Academy's CH and MH for 225. i do have some of the Archer rivets but do they go on before or after primer? I am not sure what stage to add them.
@@memphisusmvmc6620 I've never used the archer rivets personally, but as I understand, they should be applied before priming, directly to the plastic.
Given the fact that this helicopter was the first time showing a transformer in the transformers movie
If I can find another one of these kits I'd love to do one up with the Decepticon logo.
Another great build. My Academy 1/35 Ah-1Z "Viper" and the rotors are long and wide and I'm not sure how I'm going to display it!
I don't doubt it, this Stallion is huge, fortunately I'm not the one who has to worry about displaying this one!
I just saw the Stalion on static display near Eglin AFB and it's a giant helicopter.
Somehow “giant” seems like an understatement 😂
Helicopter soundproofing blankets can have a yellow color as the cloth fibers start to fray and show through the grey. Also, sometimes they are spray painted grey at the Depot Level repair shop.
I appreciate the additional info!
FYI on the real aircraft, the entire rear third to half of the aircraft is covered in black soot. They don’t call them “shitters” for nothing.
Yeah, I noticed that in a lot of the images I saw. The client for this build didn't want it that dirty, but it would have been fun to do!
What a monster!
It really is!
@@HammerheadModelMaking looks awesome, nice work on the paint!
@@jeffallen3382 Thank you!
@@HammerheadModelMaking you're welcome!
Absolutely gorgeous work, pity seeing it only now.
But I was wondering if you would like to answer a couple of technical questions…
1. at about 13:16 of the video you declare that to prepare the interiors for the weathering phase you cover everything with a layer of transparent. Having used several brands of colour, last I seem to remember Tamiya, what brand is that clear?
2. More generally: for transparent coatings which brand, or brands, do you use?
If you want to answer I will be grateful.
Thanks for watching! At the 13:16 mark I am using Alclad Aqua Gloss to prepare for weathering the interior.
In general, I use Alclad aqua gloss for gloss coats and Vallejo Matte for the flat coat.
@@HammerheadModelMaking Thank you.
That is a fantastic build and finish of this beast of a whirly bird. I would have liked to have this kit but I've missed out. I didn't know it was discontinued. I do have two 1/72 scale of this type so your work gives some pointers for even a smaller scale. At least I did buy an Academy 1/35 scale Super Cobra Attack helicopter. I was lucky. It was a bid item I won! Great work on a nice model.👍🇭🇲🦘🐨from down Under.✌️
Thank you for watching, yeah, I really hope Academy straightens up and re-releases this kit, I'd really like to have one to build for myself!
@@HammerheadModelMaking It's a monster of a model in 1/48 scale. I hope it does get rereleased. Alternatively there is a 1/48 scale Revell German Airforce version that's also massive.👍 Nice work.
I subscribed bc u explained it so good (the build)❤
Thank you for your sub!
Gr8 build 👏👏💯% do the rotor blades fold up 🤔
Yes, the kit gives you the option to have the rotor blades folded, however, the engineering of the folded rotors seams like it wouldn't be very strong.
Très belle réussite , beau camo ...
Merci beaucoup!
Thats a great job you did on that. I have the mine hunter MH-53E 1/48 scale. The only thing about this kit and some of these other kits are they lack no interior details whatsoever. Just a big open space.
Thats unfortunate, and in 48 scale, thats a lot of empty space!
hey watching from provo good job the 53 is my favorite helo
Hey, a local!
Nice hand drill. Where did you get it???
Here you go:
www.amazon.com/General-Tools-75801-Pin-Vise/dp/B000OR0TIC/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=general+pin+vise&qid=1698789780&sr=8-5
Very nice!!! I prefer academy kits . They are usually nicely detailed
I agree!
Man, I have this kit, but kinda afraid to make it. Great built. Just one suggestion. Try and limit the use of the word ''um''
I too was nervous going into this kit, but it really isn't as bad as one would think. Its rather well engineered, just about everything fit where it was supposed to, and has a decent level of detail.
Thank you for the feedback, I do struggle with trying to consciously eliminate pause words from my recordings, I've tried going with a more scripted narration, but I end up sounding real robotic (just watch some of my earlier videos). But I will continue to strive to have cleaner narration, thank you for watching!
I can’t stop thinking about him saying um 😂
@@HammerheadModelMakingI think your narration sounds quite natural. I wouldn’t overthink, but striving for improvement is never a bad thing. Keep up the good work 👌
Did you put the collectives in backwards?
Just double checked the instructions and my reference material, I'm pretty confident they are correct.
I find it interesting you work with alot of commisions. How do you go about advertising/getting clients? Ive been building models all my life and would love to be able to sell them or take commisions
Almost all of my commissions have come through Instagram. Its in my profile and in the description of all my videos that I'm available for commissions. If its something you are interested in doing, you just gotta put out examples of your work, just about every commission I've had chose me because they like my style.
75cm long 🙂and very nice!!
Thank you! 😊
What product you use for chipping?
I use MIGs Heavy Chipping Fluid.
Hey Brett! I know you used to/still do commission builds, and I’m thinking of starting something like that. What would you do if someone decides they don’t like the finished product and won’t take it?
Thats a great question, so here is my process: it starts at the beginning when writing up the quote for the client. Gather as much information about what the client wants, and spell it out in the quote, detail the clients expectations on markings, weathering, finish, box stock or aftermarket/scratch building, things like that, make sure you both agree on what the desired outcome is in writing. (additionally, do not start a project without first receiving a non-refundable deposit that at least covers the cost of the kit and materials/supplies) Then, I provide my clients with up to date work in progress pictures/video clips as the build progresses, with the aim that they can provide feedback on how it is going, making small changes as needed. Finally, when I have completed the project, I will send the client a series of hi res images of the model from all different angles and request final approval. At this point, it is still possible to make small changes, but generally, if you've been communicating with the client through out the whole process, any changes made should be very minor.
Finally, with customer approval, I request the remainder of the balance on the project and ship it out. Now, if for what ever reason there was a complete breakdown with the client and they refused to pay the remaining balance, I would just keep the completed model, and because of the deposit, I'm not out the cost of the build, just my time. It would suck, but at least financially, you're not hosed.
Hope this helps.
I'd love to see this in 1/35
It would be gigantic!
@@HammerheadModelMaking exactly!! :-) I like to build big.
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Thanks!
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Hey when did you start making models?
I worked on models with my dad as young as 6-7 years old, but I started doing them on my own in my early teens. Took a break during college, and picked it back up as an adult about 15 years ago.
@@HammerheadModelMaking Amazing
Got a question.... Can you compare the size of the build with some 40k stuff ? (if you got some)
I don't have any 40K stuff on hand to show in an image, but I think the best comparison would be that its about the size of a Storm Raven in girth and about two and a half times as long.
Thanks my man... I'm trying to see if i can put it in my Astra Militarum army....
What do you think about the 1/72 one ?
I/72 would certainly fit better on the table top, but I think it would look grossly under scaled. I think perhaps you could get a way with the 1/48 version, if you did some 40k conversions and got rid of the rotors, and instead kitbashed some repulsor tech or something, that would help reduce its size somewhat. Assuming you can get a hold of one of the kit, they are currently out of production, @@Fenrrisyyan
Thanks for the tips....
Will try to what could I do
Shame Academy discontinued the Ch-53e, Mh-53e, and most of their helicopter kits.
I agree, it would be nice to see these molds show up again. Its not a bad kit.
@@HammerheadModelMaking😊😊
Helicopter models were always my favorite, but that's not a common opinion unfortunately.
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✌Thanks for watching!
That whole sprue kit needs to be scanned & reprinted with every detail that the real one has. That rotor head is a nightmare, not to mention the rivets.
I would love to see an all new tool of this helicopter. But I don't see that happening anytime soon.
They actually did had a poll on facebook by one of the designers on doing so, but my account was sold to a third party so I'll never find out.
Was it just the camera or did the “MARINES” decal disappear into the paint?
Not the camera, the decals ended up being very close to the color of the paint, so it ended up blending in, plus weathering on top of it. Its there, just a little hard to see.
@@HammerheadModelMaking that’s unfortunate.
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Awesome! could you do a YF-23 by Hobbyboss?
The YF-23 is definitely on the list of kits I want to do!
@@HammerheadModelMaking Whats on you're list? if you dont mind me asking
@@dianaweidler5001 It would probably be shorter to share what's not on it! Just kidding. I have a series of commissions I'm working on at the moment, just wrapped up the 3 Marine Corps helicopters, I've got a Top Gun F-14 coming up, a Honduras P-61, I'm also currently working on an Australian S-2 Tracker. Beyond that, I've got quite a collection to work through, including a B-17, B-26K, some new Eduard kits, a Tamiya P-38. In short the list is quite long. But I've always preferred the YF-23 to the F-22, so It's definitely one I've wanted to do for a while. Perhaps I'll work it into the rotation sooner.
@@HammerheadModelMaking thanks! yes the YF-23 is the better Aircraft I would say
did you sell it
Yes, this one was a commission.
Hello, can you explain this sipping to me step by step to apply it? I only speak Spanish but I translate in English.
Are you referring to the chipping?
Here is my process:
Apply first layer of paint (aluminum)
Apply a layer of chipping medium (I used Ammo MiG Chipping Fluid)
Apply next level of paint (Zinc Chromate)
With a wet stiff brush, gently rub certain areas of the paint and it will begin to remove the top layer, revealing the aluminum color underneith.
Hope this helps.
very good job 👍👍👍 Abo? YES 😎👍
I would like to build two of these: 1) update the kit to the latest variant: the CH-53K, then accurise and super-detail it as much as practical (some tend to go round the bend with it; to each their own, I suppose), especially the interior, the rear ramp and the side doors open. 2) to build one airborne, rotors turning, and the helicopter refueling from a Lockheed Martin KC-130 Hercules USMC Transport-Refueller, its own propellers spinning; this would require Italeri’s 1:48th-scale kit of the C-130E/H (No. 0843).
I detest the usual means to support models of airborne aircraft for the obviousness of a grotesquely oversized telephone pole stuck into the belly. I borrow from the crane-cradle method the special effects crew of Superman: The Movie (1978) used to simulate Superman (Christopher Reeve) in flight, where 1) the actor lay upon a cradle formed to fit his body, covered in the costume; 2) the technicians attached it to a modification of the Chapman Crane; 3) this they positioned behind the performer.
Adapting this to a model airplane, a sturdy apparatus extends from a point farthest from the viewer’s position (ideally, the far wingtip), to a backdrop painted in azure to simulate the sky. A length of metal thin enough to fit within the narrow opening (as well as to eliminate its visibility), yet amply robust enough to bear the weight of the replica without strain or sag (likely steel) passes into and along the length of the miniature’s wing interior (which wing this would be is conditional upon the overall arrangement of the miniature in the display) to insert into a corresponding receptacle designed (scratch-built) to receive it in a snug fit. This arrangement in turn extends back to the azure backdrop, passing through it to connect into a crane mechanism with mass sufficient to counterbalance the weight of the replica.
To spin the propellers, one must fit small electric motors into the nacelles, their wiring passing out this support arm, which therefore likely would have to be a hollow steel tube, eventually leading to a power source.
One applies the same process to the helicopter model. Given the lack of a long wing, however, this part would be trickier to obscure. Perhaps covering the support arm in the same sky-blue material as the aerial mise en scène might serve.
I also would apply this process to a forced perspective airborne diorama with models of the same aircraft in descending sizes. For example, several Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress Heavy Bombers in a bombing run over Nazi Germany, the nearest replica the HK Models kit in 1:32nd-scale, the Revell Monogram 1:48th-scale kit, a couple in 1:72nd scale, and maybe three or four in 1:144th scale.
If any of these ideas appeals to you, I would take great delight to see your efforts, for you are in a better position to implement the more technical aspects of what I outline above, and to work out the various problems inherent in such a complex endeavour.
Just some ideas I have had.
That would be amazing to be able to do all that and would definitely looks epic. I hope you are able to procure a copy of the kit to realize your vision!
where did you find that kit? its a unicorn
This was a commission build and the Client was able to track one down, not sure what he paid for it, but I imagine it wasn't cheap. You are correct though, they are something of a unicorn.
@@HammerheadModelMaking You are one lucky man to be able to work on that kit and I must say you did justice to such a nice kit.
@@joserizal9845 I'll be the first to admit, I'm very fortunate.
Holy Moly is Blackout!!
My mistake, is GRINDOR!!!!
lol
it's Decepticon Blackout
I really should build one with the decepticon logo.
Cool build. I just got into helo models. I have the same hand drill but mine squeaks like a banshee. Don't like it.
Sorry to hear that!
Lucio kleitom❤🎉🎉🎉
good video lots of *ands and uhs* but good video
Yeah, I'm working on trying to eliminate those from my speaking, its getting better.
If anyone knows where to find a kit of these. I would like to buy one and build it. Marine corps 2002-2006. Would like to build one and display it on my desk. Was my favorite ride in Iraq and Afghanistan.
They occasionally pop up on Ebay, but they're not cheap. Really wish Academy would reissue this kit.
@@HammerheadModelMaking yeah I saw that. Pretty expensive for a kit that retailed for like 80 bucks