HELICOPTERS: ATTACK HELO GROUP BUILD!

VERY cool!  Thanks Matt!  I may have to get another KW kit just to do this bird right!

Jon

Cobrahistorian wrote:

Matt, I hadn't settled on one particular bird, although I'd been looking at a 1-4 Cav, 1st ID bird.  Sure'd love to see those 1st CD pics!

LJ, stay safe man!  We'll keep the pics comin for ya!

Matt, I hadn't settled on one particular bird, although I'd been looking at a 1-4 Cav, 1st ID bird.  Sure'd love to see those 1st CD pics! 

Hey guys,

Ok, I've actually made some progress on my KW.  Took the rotor off temporarily so I could do some detail work.  I've gotta tone down the overhead windows a bit, they're a little too green. Other than that, the paint job came out pretty good!

Hey guys,

Been gone for a while, just saw this post. Started an MRC (before Academy came in) 1/35 AH1W last Saturday - just got Cobra's AH1W NTS Update set. If this build is still open I'd like to autorotate in...

Andrew  

Cobrahistorian wrote:

Gotcha Matt!  A Hokum, huh?  Cool. You gonna be around Mother Rucker any time soon?

Gotcha Matt!  A Hokum, huh?  Cool.

You gonna be around Mother Rucker any time soon?

Richard,

We've been going for a while, but its open ended, so come on in!

Jon,

I am really confused.  Has this build already started?  I read it as starting 1 Jan so I got a chopper to build and wanted to join in.  Let me know what the finish date is and if there is enough time I will do the 1/35 Academy/MRC AH-1W Suyper Cobre with a ton of Eduard PE.  But I won't be able to start until January.

Thanks

Richard

Just for giggles I started an AH-1F in 48th scale (the Revellogram kit) that Trigger gave me.  I needed something I could do OOB and not worry about being a detail freak.  Well, I forgot how great this kit is!  Other than the raised panel lines, it is AWESOME!  Fit is good, cockpit detail is fantastic.  I've got the fuselage together and the cockpit painted and skids mounted.  Now on to adding the detail bits and painting and decaling it!  Its nice to just slap a kit together every now and then!

How's everyone doing? 

I've got a stack of helo kits sitting here and no time to do em!  Just got the Hasegawa 1:48th AH-64D and all I can say is WOW!  I'm looking forward to building this one!  If anyone is building Cobras, Apaches or Cheyennes and needs photo references, lemme know.  I've just taken several hundred photos of each, including the prototype Cobra and Apache. 

I haven't made any further progress on my Kiowa, but its ready for paint.  Just need to get the airbrush up and running.

The next 32nd AH-64A is underway and I've done most of the fuselage and tailboom modifications.  This one is going to be from the 151st Avn in South Carolina and will be in the new gray paint scheme.

Looking good, Jon.
I'm anxious to see how that white pre-shading turns out.
I don't think I ever officially "declared" myself in this build, but wanted to mention that my AH-6J is coming along, but slowly. I drilled out the rocket pods for an empty look, and will be mounting Cobra Company's FLIR ball with two VDU screens that I have scratchbuilt. Sorry I have no digital cam to show, but I appreciate everyone else's pics giving me my inspiration.

Hey guys,

Well, I made some progress on the Kiowa today.  Pre-shaded all of the panel lines, Future'd the windscreen and painted the overhead windows transparent green, and I detailed the gun pod.  Here's some pics.

The gun pod has since been touched up and is all black (didn't realize I'd missed the underside until I took the pic!)