Italeri Special Forces Chinook

This is a 1/72 model of a Chinook from Italeri.  It has been the hardest model I have ever put together, by far.  Im not a huge fan of the kit itself....it appears to me that Italeri just took their original Chinook kit, and retooled it by adding some parts.  There were several pieces that had to be totally cut off of the main frame (which was total crap!), parts that didnt fit well, as well as parts that didnt fit AT ALL (!)

However, I love the Chinook as a chopper - its ugly and chunky, but has gotten the job done for 50 years now.  This one represents a US spec forces bird, and will represent the downed chopper on a Takur Ghar board if I ever get around to it.

Next up is masking off the windows and glass (which is gonna be tough), and then a paint job.  Maybe it will be finished up by the weekend

Pilots turned out well too, although you cant see them all that great.  From Liberation minis...