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Cobrahistorian

Member since
December 2002
From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!

My latest Longbow - AH-64D 01-5246

Posted by Cobrahistorian on Thursday, September 7, 2006 7:38 PM

Hey all,

Ok, my first Hasegawa AH-64D is nearly finished. Basically just needs some details and armament and she's finished. This is the Longbow that keeps popping up in my life. I took pics of it in 2003, my buddy did in 2004 and then I got pics of it direct from Iraq in 2005. I haven't flown it yet, but I hope to in the not so distant future!

246 is a Block 1 AH-64D, so there wasn't really anything to modify on the kit. I used the AIRES cockpit for it, which is absolutely fanastic, but other than that, its OOB. The next one I've got in the works will be a Block 2 bird, 04-5451 "51A", which is the first Apache I flew. It needed some scratchbuilding for the HF towel rack antenna and the new TEDAC sight up in the front seat. I should have 246 done by the weekend and hopefully 51A will be done by Monday.

Here's 246!

"1-6 is in hot"

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HeavyArty

Member since
December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Thursday, September 7, 2006 8:36 PM

Looks great Jon. The Cobra up on the shelf looks like it is coming along well too.

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SSgtD6152

Member since
June 2005
From: MCAS Miramar

Posted by SSgtD6152 on Friday, September 8, 2006 12:01 AM

is that 1/48 or a 1/72? is this one of the kits we talked about last night. any way she looks good!!!!!!!!

O I called and talked to Mike.

thanks.

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Avus

Member since
June 2003
From: Caput Mundi

Posted by Avus on Friday, September 8, 2006 2:03 AM

Looks great! What more can I say?! Thumbs Up [tup]

Klaus

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albymoore

Member since
December 2002
From: Tip O' da Mitt (Northern Michigan)

Posted by albymoore on Friday, September 8, 2006 2:23 AM

Hi Jon,

Hey she's coming along nicely! Is that Model Master Helo Drab? I have the enamel and acrylic, it is amazing how different the hue is between the two (the Acryl version looks more like a newer bird or freshly painted bird, where the enamel works good as a base for a faded look).

Again, it looks great! Oh, what will the loadout be on this?

Cheers,

Alby

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

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Cobrahistorian

Member since
December 2002
From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!

Posted by Cobrahistorian on Friday, September 8, 2006 1:07 PM

Alby,

Yep, that's Model Master Acrylic. I haven't been able to get any of the enamel around here (now I can't get ANYTHING since the LHS closed) so I've stuck with the acrylic. The pics I have of 246 in-country show it as being fairly freshly painted out at Taji. Loadout is gonna be fairly simple, 2 pods on the outboard stations and a single Hellfire on each inboard rack (AGM-114F dual warhead and an AGM-114K Hellfire 2)

Gonna darken the Helo Drab a tad further for 51A, since she's a brand new bird. Hopefully I'll have that one done this weekend.

Jon

"1-6 is in hot"