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                        1/35 AH-1Z Conversion

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                        grandadjohn
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: phoenix
                        Posted by grandadjohn on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 7:26 PM
                        Chris
                        Thanks for your reply.
                        John
                        helicopters don't fly, they beat the air into submission
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                        Chief Snake
                        • Member since
                          August 2004
                        • From: Maryland
                        Posted by Chief Snake on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 7:09 PM
                        Depends, Charles said he was going to work on that next. If his work is as close as the Z is I'll be able to do something with it.

                        CM
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                        grandadjohn
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: phoenix
                        Posted by grandadjohn on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 11:03 AM
                        Chris
                        Any chance of doing an update for the N model to a Y model(UH-1)?
                        John
                        helicopters don't fly, the beat the air into submission
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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, November 29, 2004 10:23 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Chief Snake

                        That's my intention.

                        Chief Snake


                        Good deal. I'll keep my eye out for it.

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                        Chief Snake
                        • Member since
                          August 2004
                        • From: Maryland
                        Posted by Chief Snake on Monday, November 29, 2004 9:07 PM
                        That's my intention.

                        Chief Snake
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                        Cobrahistorian
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!
                        Posted by Cobrahistorian on Monday, November 29, 2004 7:44 PM
                        Crap.... guess I should hope someone outbids me then!
                        "1-6 is in hot"
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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, November 29, 2004 7:30 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Chief Snake

                        I bought the first one he sold. Mine has the tail rotors in it. I plan on fleshing it out and doing a correct cockpit for it in the coming year. I also will engineer it differently, as it is it's very heavy. It's usable and the shapes and dimensions are good but be prepared for some basic modeling work.

                        Chief Snake


                        Chris,
                        Am I reading this correctly, that Cobra Company will be offering this up as a set in the future?

                        Gino P. Quintiliani - Field Artillery - The KING of BATTLE!!!

                        Check out my Gallery: https://app.photobucket.com/u/HeavyArty

                        "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell

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                        Chief Snake
                        • Member since
                          August 2004
                        • From: Maryland
                        Posted by Chief Snake on Monday, November 29, 2004 10:52 AM
                        I bought the first one he sold. Mine has the tail rotors in it. I plan on fleshing it out and doing a correct cockpit for it in the coming year. I also will engineer it differently, as it is it's very heavy. It's usable and the shapes and dimensions are good but be prepared for some basic modeling work.

                        Chief Snake
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                        Cobrahistorian
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!
                        Posted by Cobrahistorian on Monday, November 29, 2004 10:27 AM
                        Yep, he's been bringing the price down steadily. Still had a "Buy it now" for $35, but I'd pay $19 for it, which was the opening bid. Of course, I just realized that he doesn't have the control panels for it. Gonna have to get an NTS upgrade from Chris and cannibalize it!
                        "1-6 is in hot"
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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, November 29, 2004 7:47 AM
                        I saw this a while back over at HeliKit News. It looks pretty good. Glad the guy saw reality though. He originally put the set up on Ebay starting at $50, and got no bids, go figure.

                        Gino P. Quintiliani - Field Artillery - The KING of BATTLE!!!

                        Check out my Gallery: https://app.photobucket.com/u/HeavyArty

                        "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell

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                        albymoore
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Tip O' da Mitt (Northern Michigan)
                        Posted by albymoore on Monday, November 29, 2004 3:48 AM
                        Jon,
                        Here's a link to a build up of the Zulu using that conversion set.

                        http://www.hkngallery.org.uk/hkngallery.nsf/391ab6da8d23185d80256b960044cd78/6b1e473305113b8b80256f17001ce4e8!OpenDocument

                        Long-ass link! Whistling [:-^]

                        Cheers,

                        "I know what it wants now...the void has swallowed the light and the machine wants my soul"

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                        DPD1
                        • Member since
                          November 2004
                        Posted by DPD1 on Monday, November 29, 2004 12:55 AM
                        Funny, I was just thinking about this the other day. I forget where I saw it, but someone displayed a Z model they had converted by casting new parts. I bet it's the same guy. Not to put it down... It looks like a good effort, but it did look a little lacking in detail. But it will do if you really want to make one. I would like to make one myself eventually.

                        Somebody posted a new shot of one of the eval ships recently.
                        http://www.airliners.net/open.file/719702/L/

                        The side chaff dispenser is a lot more integrated now.

                        Dave
                        Los Angeles, CA

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                        Cobrahistorian
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!
                        1/35 AH-1Z Conversion
                        Posted by Cobrahistorian on Monday, November 29, 2004 12:21 AM
                        Anyone seen this resin conversion up on ebay?

                        http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5938544977&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT

                        I've got the high bid on it right now. Not too sure about the tail rotor not being included, but I figure I can fudge that. It looks pretty straightforward, although I'm a little worried about the flat exhausts and the lack of external detail on them. Otherwise, it looks pretty good. The sensor turret will need some drilling out, but that should be fun.

                        Any thoughts anyone?

                        "1-6 is in hot"
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