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what's the best AH-64 in 1/72 scale?

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what's the best AH-64 in 1/72 scale?
Posted by psstoff995 on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 1:25 AM
anyone got any oppinions? as far as i can tell, squadron's got academy, hasegawa, and revell/monogram birds. anything else? maybe some resin kits or more spesified stuff that squadron doesnt have? if not which kit'll be the better one?

-Chris

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 2:38 AM

I understand the Italeri 1/72 Apache is not a bad kit, and has quite a weapons selection. I have seen 1 ocmpleted with a good result.

Will

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Posted by psstoff995 on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 2:48 AM
squadron wasn't even showing italeri with that one, but i figured they might not be too accurate. actually, i recognize italeri's box art on their older apache! haha that's the fist kit i ever built, somethin like... maybe 7 years ago? back in like 4th grade or something like that. thanks for the info

-Chris

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 4:26 AM

Oh, no sorry, its not the Italeri, i'm getting confused its the italeri Kamov that was good, but so was the Apache.That my friend had, it was the Academy, the things that I said before though still apply.

Sorry

Will

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Posted by Cobrahistorian on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 6:51 AM

The Hasegawa kit is pretty good too.  Good detail and it gives you the option of building one of the pre-production YAH-64A's as well.  Not sure about 72nd Longbow kits though.  48th, sure, but not 72nd.

HTH,

Jon

"1-6 is in hot"
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Posted by psstoff995 on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 10:05 AM

alright, haha thats ok Will, so the academy apache comes with all the extra ordinance? and thanks for the info Jon, i'll look into the hasegawa kit

-Chris

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:59 PM
I have both the Acad and Has kits and in the painting stage of my build.  I thing the has kit looks better built.  The lines are crisper, but the Has kit is more accurate.  I kit bashed and little and used some of the Has parts, but would say 95% of the build was from the Acad kit.  I'll try posting a few pictures later in the week. 
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Posted by psstoff995 on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 8:09 PM
thanks, they're not too pricey at all, i could probably afford to get both and do the same. cant wait to see this pictures!

-Chris

US Army Infantryman

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