OH-58D Kiowa
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1 15 December 2015, 18:37

The first step, a dryfit of the complete Pavla resin interior for this kit. The pilots will have to be adapted to their different airframe. The cargo door needs rescribing.
25 December 2015, 17:50

Cockpit finished, passenger door excised and struts installed. The pilots may be omitted.
29 December 2015, 01:33

Thats a interesting Little Project, i wont take my eyes from it. Keep up the nice work, Steven! I love the Kiowa😢
29 December 2015, 07:34

Thank you, Holger. It's one project I'll know where to put down afterward...
29 December 2015, 09:34

The cowling has to be adapted, most Kiowa Warriors have a central intake. Some metal foil did the job.
5 January 2016, 19:03

I got the decals and the weaponry now, this build can go on.
22 November 2016, 22:27

A modest beginning has been made on the Humvees, but I have some issues with the CAD-style instruction sheet. It just isn't as straightforward as the traditional approach.
20 March 2017, 20:49

All PE for the Humvees is used. For 1/72 the level of detail is unexpected.
1 April 2017, 22:32

The Kiowa resurfaces with a layer of dark green primer, topped with a post-shade of slightly less dark green. It had been damaged during moving and I still can't find the tail rotor.
1 May 2018, 21:50

The decals went very well. The Punisher decal seems up to scale and I added an existing identification number with spare decals. The ALQ is scratched from punched rounds, painted with Humbrol copper. Navigation lights done with Revell clear red.
5 May 2018, 08:29

Now the Humvees are painted Sand Brown. I must admit I hate the rubber tyre system, it's fitting badly if you don't severely adapt the hubs.
7 May 2018, 21:29

The interiors have been painted NATO green. One Humvee got a replacement engine hood.
10 May 2018, 23:23

The chopper is now weathered with flat earth, so the masking could go.
14 May 2018, 22:33

The rotor is fixed to the helicopter. I'll have to scratch a new tail rotor, it is lost for a while.
16 May 2018, 20:56

Thanks, Es-Haq! I rarely build 1/72, though, it seems I work for hours on a few square inches.
16 May 2018, 20:58

Nice job 😄
Spent many many hours in the PC game Janes Apache Longbow 2 - this was one of the flyable choppers and it was damned hard work. Spotting and hiding as you had a tiny weapons load. Very challenging.
17 May 2018, 11:54

The tail rotor is found and fixed. Now finishing the HMMWV's with Flat Earth. Reshaping the PJ pilot to make him stand near the chopper.
27 August 2018, 18:03

Thanks! I almost finished the Humvees and built a dio base of plaster and pigments. In a week it will probably be visible in Scaleworld.
1 September 2018, 00:21

Some of the last things have been done: fixing everything and spraying it matt. But suddenly I can't choose photo 129 as the teaser, it's stuck on "first photo". Is this a bug?
6 September 2018, 22:36

I'm still stuck on the album photo, but it should contain the final pictures now. Enjoy!
25 September 2018, 17:55