Airbrush Step by Step – July 2019

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STEP BY STEP | Alouette

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Left side

The left side was principally airbrushed the same way

as the right side with the difference that “Grimming" moun-

tain was not mirrored in the picture, but rather the image

like the one given to the right side. I also had the Austrian

flag swaying a bit differently due to the mountain etc. In

total, I needed a good two weeks for this project.

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The “50“

The 50th anniversary came a good half year later.

Seeing as how I had already pre-sketched the number the

previous year and put varnish on it too when clear var-

nishing the aircraft, all I really had to do was tape things up

and start airbrushing. I originally intended to use the color

white here, which is how I kicked things off in this step. But

at some point, I decided to add in some green and this ul-

timately led to me making the "5" green on the right side

of the helicopter. The digit “0“ was then painted green on

the left side. Cool! This little extra touch created more of a

connection to Styria.

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Finished helicopter

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the squa-

dron commander Udo Koller and technical officer Christoph

Rohrer for their support and most of all, for their having

entrusted me with this project! I’d also like to very much

thank all of the participating technicians at the construction

site and the squadron, namely Bernd Hummerlechner, Mi-

chael Griesebner, and Gerald Steiner!