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Retro WWII Apache whopper chopper

Started by kerick, January 20, 2022, 08:07:36 PM

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Old Wombat

#150
May 01, 2022, 12:30:46 AM
 :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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NARSES2

#151
May 01, 2022, 06:37:38 AM
This is coming together rather nicely  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Steel Penguin

#152
May 01, 2022, 06:42:36 AM
looking better each time  :thumbsup:
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Wardukw

#153
May 01, 2022, 12:26:33 PM
Quote from: Steel Penguin on May 01, 2022, 06:42:36 AM
looking better each time  :thumbsup:
Totally agreed  :thumbsup:
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DogfighterZen

#154
May 02, 2022, 07:16:31 AM
Looking very good indeed! :thumbsup:
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kerick

#155
May 02, 2022, 12:50:19 PM
Thank you all!
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kerick

#156
May 19, 2022, 08:04:11 PM
Well I cut the canopy open with much anxiety for fear of breaking it. Glued on the main portion and I'll paint the opening parts separately. I also painted the area on the tail boom for the invasion stripes white. I'll mask off for the black next.





I had to add foot pegs on the right side as it seems only the right side of the Apache cockpit opens. Seems kind of stupid if the chopper crashes and ends up on its right side. Maybe I'm wrong.  :rolleyes:
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Wardukw

#157
May 20, 2022, 11:36:02 AM
Man thats comin along nicely and yup not a fan of canopy cutting  :lol:
Im only guessing here but i think they open to the right cause of rotor blade rotations ..the spinning direction will throw the fuselage onto its left side when the poop goes sideways ...but thats only a idea.
The Mil 24 Hind canopy opens with the pilots opening to the left and gunners to the right..looking from the front..so yep im guessing  :lol:
If it aint broke ,,fix it until it is .
Over kill is often very understated .
I know the voices in my head ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas.
Theres few of lifes problems that can't be solved with the proper application of a high explosive projectile .

kerick

#158
May 27, 2022, 06:44:03 AM
Put some paint on the Apache in the last couple days. Tamiya neutral grey and model master 1911 olive drab. Model paint and no problems! Imagine that! Now to see what glosscoat will do. Wish me luck!
Oh, and pics to follow later tonight.
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kerick

#159
May 29, 2022, 09:56:27 PM
Here's the pics as promised. A little touch up on the neutral grey since the pics were taken. Next is gloss, decals and a couple black stripes. I might use some of the Flying Tiger markings from the P-40B kits I used to make this. Let's say some AVG vets ended up transfering to Britain and trained on how to fly these crazy new machines!





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Wardukw

#160
May 29, 2022, 10:40:08 PM
Now thats looking the part bud..the paint is really bring it to life now  :thumbsup:
If it aint broke ,,fix it until it is .
Over kill is often very understated .
I know the voices in my head ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas.
Theres few of lifes problems that can't be solved with the proper application of a high explosive projectile .

Old Wombat

#161
May 30, 2022, 02:16:07 AM
Looking good, mate! Very good! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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kerick

#162
May 30, 2022, 10:07:32 PM
Thanks! Definitely better than the first time around. Sprayed on some good old fashioned Testers gloss coat and it looks good. I'll need to mask off the black stripes and spray them gloss black. Then ready for decals. The A-10 version is waiting in the wings.
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Captain Canada

#163
June 05, 2022, 07:49:24 AM
Woah ! Check this thing out ! I like it !

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kerick

#164
June 06, 2022, 10:52:17 PM
Added a little black tonight.



A good use for those dumb plastic bags that are always laying around.





Nothing a tiny brush can't fix. I'll have to touch up as not even the most ham fisted mechanics would have gotten a stripe that crooked!





The black paint stuck better on the satin white I used as primer on the A-10 version compared to the Apache version which had a layer of glosscoat already applied. I'll have to watch the order in which I apply paints! Apache is almost ready for decals!

The A-10 version will be British so I plan to apply standard fighter camouflage with the airbrush using acrylic paints and silly putty for masking.

I don't know which would have been more of a PITA to apply, the paint or decals but here it is and that's where it will stay.
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