The Bell Sioux

Well, from that family anyway. This is an old Italeri kit of the slightly later A47 variant.

The pilot is a heavily modified Esci figure from the NATO ground crew set

 

A few of the parts were broken but for the most part it went together well 

It came with machinegun options for quad .30s or twin M60s. I went with just a pair of .30s in the end. Including a crew figure pushed the bubble canopy out slightly, and I will patch this area with some green-stuff later

The air frame has a couple of different shades of green over a green/black base with some black details on the engine parts

  

The landing skids required major repairs

Mostly a recon and spotter unit for my Korean War collection but will also feature in other theatres and other eras. In service from the late 1940s and probably still in use somewhere; this aircraft was eventually adopted by over thirty nations.