Revell 1/32 AK-1 (EC-135) from "Helicops" tv series

[wacek85]

Hello,

 

In late '90 german TV producers had short "romance" with "Airwolf", "Knight Rider" and "Streethawk" - style series.

"Helicops - aktion uber Berlin" appeared in TV in 1998. Main "star" of the series was ultramodern EC-135 helicopter. In series it was called AK-1 and was bulletproof, heavily armed with missiles and EMP cannons. Like Airwolf , AK-1 had additional jet engines. I have no idea why it was painted like space shuttle but to be honest. it looked stupid and nice at the same time

 

Revell released AK-1 model in 1/32 scale. It was normal EC-135 with additional sprue and decals.

Not great model in terms of fitting but doable. Worst part was decalling. It took me a week. Instructions weren't helpful. Finally, I put them away and placed decals where I thought they should be.

 

Now Aoshima should release Airwolf in 1/32 and Revell should re-release Blue Thunder again

[Old Wombat]

Know nothing about the TV show & don't care that I don't know anything about it.

The build, on the other hand, is excellent! And, apart from having gone a bit crazy with the grey lines (duct tape? ), the scheme is very cool!  

[su27rules]

      

[kerick]

Great job on a difficult model. It looks the part. I can see why decals were taking so long with all those grey strips. It does look like someone went nuts with rolls of duct tape. I'm sure I would have done the same as you and put the decal instruction aside and just finished it. I'm saving these pics for future reference.

[DogfighterZen]

I've never heard of that show but it doesn't matter, that looks very cool! Nice job!

[Rick Lowe]

Nice work. 
Yeah, those markings would have had me reaching for the headache pills...

[chrisonord]

That looks really good, and kudos to your patience.