The BO-105 is a well known liaison, light support and anti-tank helicopter, so there is no need to say much about it.

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The kit 

The BO-105 kit is available in different versions, from Revell and Italieri, as liaison, anti tank, rescue, police and civilian helicopter.

It is basically the same kit everytime, so there are some shortcomings in detailing and the differences between the civilian and military version.

So I decided to scratch build the interior, using styrene sheet, wire and magic sculp.

Construction 

Scratching the whole interior took some time, in this case nearly 8 weeks. On the nacelle there where also some changes necessary, so I added the Army-specific details, as I did with the rotor system, the doors and the windshield, where the windshield wipers where sanded down and replaced with scratched ones.

As I wanted to show the helo in the Tigermeet-look I had to paint the tiger “free-hand”, as there are no decals for this version, but it was easier than I expected.

I used Gunze acrylics, as usual, and painting the helo took me four days, than it was completed. 

The “outdoor” pictures where taken on a nearby airfield, I think that the model looks nearly as the real thing with the correct background. 

Hope, you like it, 

Thomas

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