Well, i've just spent some time thinking about the story and i decided to keep it down to the general idea which goes something like this...

"After the end of the colonial wars in Africa, the Portuguese air Force went through a modernization effort and began acquiring new aircraft with the help of the Military Assistance Program.
When the time came to chose a light attack helicopter, the AH-1Q Cobra was the choice but the shortage of funds kept the choice reduced to a small variety and number of airframes for peace time operations.
In 1975, US officials came up with an offer of older airframes with a low number of flight hours that were being replaced in US Army cavarly units with more modern versions.
The Portuguese accepted the offer in 1976 and acquired several airframes of 3 different types, the UH-1C, the AH-1G and the OH-6A."

Here are the Cayuse's pics...
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And now the PoAF's combat helicopter family pics...  

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And that's it for this project, a PoAF "Pink Team"...    Hope i'm not disappointing anyone but i just don't have the time to write a long back story at the moment. Gotta go make snow for the kids at a local fair.  

Thats a nice trio.   

Quote from: zenrat on December 08, 2024, 03:40:54 AMThats a nice trio. 

Glad you like them, Fred! 

        All of them are nice!!

Quote from: su27rules on December 08, 2024, 07:34:33 AM       All of them are nice!!

Thank you! 

I can't help but hear "Ride of the Valkyrie" when looking at those photo's.


Wonderful trio!    

Quote from: Old Wombat on December 09, 2024, 02:38:12 AMWonderful trio!    

It is indeed   

Quote from: Old Wombat on December 09, 2024, 02:38:12 AMI can't help but hear "Ride of the Valkyrie" when looking at those photo's.


Wonderful trio!    

Wasn't on purpose but i see what you mean, epic movie moment...
Glad you like them, Guy! 
This was something of a test run, i wanna build a similar trio in 1/48 but it will be a bit more modern than the Vietnam era birds...

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Quote from: Old Wombat on December 09, 2024, 02:38:12 AMWonderful trio!    

It is indeed   

Thank you, Chris! 
There's still one other chopper i'd like to add to this family, the OH-58A Kiowa. I have the 1/72 Italeri kit and i think it would be a nice addition to the family.
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/italeri-195-oh-58a-kiowa--120540

Bit late to the party Rui mate but we'll worth the visit..love em bud 👍 😉
Wait till ya see what I'm doing with mine 🤪

Quote from: Wardukw on December 11, 2024, 01:00:18 AMBit late to the party Rui mate but we'll worth the visit..love em bud 👍 😉
Wait till ya see what I'm doing with mine 🤪

Thank you, Phill! 
I'm sure yours won't be OOB with just a simple decal change... I'll be watching. 

Quote from: DogfighterZen on December 11, 2024, 09:47:10 AM

Quote from: Wardukw on December 11, 2024, 01:00:18 AMBit late to the party Rui mate but we'll worth the visit..love em bud 👍 😉
Wait till ya see what I'm doing with mine 🤪

Thank you, Phill! 
I'm sure yours won't be OOB with just a simple decal change... I'll be watching. 

Apart from AH-64D stub wings and a full AM resin cockpit and in 35th scale it's not modded much at all ..I did reshape the rotor tips to upgrade this version a smeg ..the paint tho is where the best impression will be made..I hope 😆

Apache stub wings seem to go well on the cobra. I also used them on the one with the Fenestron tail rotor.