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Kevin FarrellI just opened the parts bags this afternoon and am starting it again. I just this week got my brand new Paasche airbrush kit but may practice (a lot!) before I start splashing paint on a kit. I am doing this Apache in Euro I Gray and will try to add some O.D. hi-lites by dry-brushing. Either that or I'll put on a Future coat and see if I can mist-on a mixture of O.D. and a (light) neutral gray. On most of the walk-arounds I've seen, the skins look like they came through re-entry! I guess there are no points for pretty while you are yanking & banking through the mountain passes in Ka-Boom!-istan So, I'll just probably leave it the hell alone and call it "close enough!" The poor excuse for a paint guide calls for O.D. everywhere. However, Floyd Werner says (and I'm Really paraphrasing) that O.D. on helicopters went out with Saigon. All post-'Nam helos are a shade of gray-green (FS34031) "Army Helo Drab" - Testor's (acryl & enamel)
Regarding "fit & finish" it IS after all an old R/M kit with a long fuselage. (I think this particular kit is 20+ yrs in the box.) Get out the putty & clamps and borrow some extra clamps. The other thing I DO recall through the narco haze was the *&#^$ canopy!! I'm geared-up for a Texas cage match this time. Only one of us will walk out but we'll both be bloody. (Where's Wolverine?)
Please stay tuned and I'll let you know how the adventure plays out. And thanks for the cheering section!
Kevin
p.s. My daughter told me that the Apache in my grandson's room had a failed auto rotation onto the floor. The plastic pilot let the rotor speed decay. It's in the hangar for repairs.
22 December 2012, 07:12
mark de bruynLooking forard to see this build.
Have also one over here bud i dondt know when to start this beast.
22 December 2012, 08:37
Kevin Farrell autorWord or warning to those of you who are considering the Revell 1/32 AH-64. You need to look for the Revell-Deutschland issue. You can identify the Revell-Germany version by the box art - The Revell-De has red lettering on a white background. (The image shown above is R-De) The US & De share the same part #4575 - but the German issue is much more recent, has a better set of decals and most importantly - better instruction sheets. The old Revell-US that I have has zippo in terms of paint guides. Since we now have walk-around images at our fingertips, I suppose paint guides would be sorely out of date anyway. So, if your box lettering is white-on-blue with an Eagle in the corner ("Birds of Prey"😢 - you have the geezer version.
And with all the kits where Revell has archived downloadable instructions - this one is missing - from both countries! Go figure!
23 December 2012, 03:37
Steely Chiajust checked mine, yup - its the oldgeezer version ..... vintage ...
27 December 2012, 15:19
Holger KranichOh, this is looking like an interesting project! For a long time i´m watching out for that kit. A friend of mine build that Helo in mid 90´s but unfortunately it ended up with some firecrackers in the fuselage...
27 December 2012, 15:37
Kevin Farrell autorI posted this elsewhere, but my original build was given to my grandson to hang from his ceiling. Evidently it fell from its suspension lines and the little plastic back-seater allowed the rotor speed to decay and his autorotation failed. The helo is in the hangar.
27 December 2012, 16:56