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I was trying to figure out why I had never heard of this show before, then I realized the dates were when I joined the Coast Guard, Jan 84, boot camp, through electronics school in NYC where everybody wanted to watch Miami Vice on the one TV (still a tube) on the rec deck, through my time on a cutter in Alaska, 87. Now it makes sence.
Steve
Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.
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Thanks Gamera!
Cool!!! She's coming right along!
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
The flight deck of Airwolf has been painted and reassmbled. Have a look...
More Airwolf to come...
The disassembly continues...
I broke the cyclic handle on the right last night and I glued the two pieces back together be fore I turned in for the night.
As I was preparing the flight deck for paint, I removed the piece from the center console and it disappeared on me. Not sure what that part was for, but I'll either fill the hole or scratch build a component to replace it with.
Gamera Hmmm, had no idea regular dishwashing detergent and water would take off enamel paint. You learn something new everyday! Looking forward to seeing 'The Lady' all stripped clean.
Hmmm, had no idea regular dishwashing detergent and water would take off enamel paint. You learn something new everyday!
Looking forward to seeing 'The Lady' all stripped clean.
I was surprised as well! Must be a fluke!
I got Airwolf out of its one week bath and I have noticed that some of the enamel paint has come off. Interesting! This was only a bath in water and Dawn Dish Detergent. I'll let this dry and then a good soaking with Easy Off.
I've seen them available as the TV movie, all the seasons seperately, the 3 seasons gift pack and the 4 seasons gift pack. I have also seen them available from a couple of different DVD retailers.
Mr Mike I picked up the "Complete" series on DVD which included the fourth season. The fourth season was rather bad including the shots of Airwolf flying across the screen. You could tell it was a R/C toy.
I picked up the "Complete" series on DVD which included the fourth season. The fourth season was rather bad including the shots of Airwolf flying across the screen. You could tell it was a R/C toy.
Lol, I picked them up separtly so I guess I kinda 'forgot' about the fourth season...
Ouch, I'd forgotten about the USA Network's '4th' season... Oh gosh, I watched one episode and turned it off and walked away.
I picked the complete series (seasons 1-3) on DVD and thankfully no mention is made of the USA series.
Good luck, looking forward to seeing how she goes!!!
This is an awesome helicopter! I was a fan when the show first aired back in 1984 and I faithfully watched every episode...even the bad ones. The ones where Jan Michael Vincent's alcoholism was getting the best of him and the bloodshot eyes couldn't be hidden. Then I followed the show to the USA Network and I was immediately disappointed with the new cast and episodes. I, like many others had just stopped watching the show. The new episodes were that bad and so far from the original show that nobody was watching the show. No wonder it only lasted one season.
Once the parts have been cleaned, I think I'll strip the paint and repaint The Lady. Hopefully, with my current skillset, I should have a better looking model when I have finished with it.
This is super cool. I love this helo. You can safely strip the paint away with some over cleaner. It will take all the paint off and won't touch the plastic one bit. It will be clean as a new kit.
BK
On the bench:
A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!
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Ohmygosh!
I remember that old thing! What got me were the oversize window gaskets and rivets!
Oh gosh that's awesome!!! My favorite TV show as a kid and I had the same kit back then. Still have most of the parts but not enough to assemble into model. Always struck me as funny they didn't reissue it as the stock Bell 222 the kit also builds into.
Got the recent Aoshima kit a few years ago but haven't started it due to the trepidation that I'll screw her up somehow.
Will be watching this for sure!!!!!!
From file A56-7W, code-name Airwolf. A Mach 1+ attack helicopter developed by Dr. Charles Henry Moffitt and stolen by him after attacking and killing many people testing the helicopter and then flying it to Libya. The helicopter was retrieved by former Army pilot, Stringfellow Hawke and hidden somewhere in southern California to be returned to The F.I.R.M. upon the recovery of his brother, Saint John a POW in Vietnam.
Okay. That is a bit much and wholly dramatic. This is another refugee from my open model shelves desperately in need of a bath and reassembly. So, what do I need to do here? Having built this model back in the mid '80s and languishing on the open model shelves for the last ten years, I have brought it out to be cleaned and rebuilt. I suspect that once I start cleaning this model (I/E a bath), that many parts may fall off which is a good thing. I can then clean up and repaint the parts as needed. Let's see just what I have here...
This will be heading off to the kitchen sink for a bath with warm water and Dawn Dish Detergent. There are plenty of pictures and websites devoted to Airwolf including a couple of tribute helicopters. Let's see what I can do with this...
This has been mostly probing and pulling at parts and sub-assemblies. I don't think I'll go any further than this.
Airwolf is taking a bath in hot soapy water. A good soaking will help! These will get a good scrubbing and rinse later.
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