Homebee Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 (edited) Source: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/297813-aw129d-mangusta/ Quote I am pleased to present my project AW129D Mangusta resin and 1/48 scale ... Information on the progress of the work and availability will be indicated later. http://s345.photobucket.com/user/SimPlai/slideshow/AW129D And the icing on the cake... Quote If you refer to the cockpit windows, they will be made vacuform. V.P. Edited June 18, 2019 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 looks more than interesting! just the other day i thought that there is no kit in 1/48 of the Mangusta at all! and that there only is a very old/inaccurate one of the Tiger/ Tigre .. hint!! hope they do not spend to much time on the M197 gun barrels, at it is available in perfect form already from Master 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimPlai Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 4 hours ago, exdraken said: looks more than interesting! just the other day i thought that there is no kit in 1/48 of the Mangusta at all! and that there only is a very old/inaccurate one of the Tiger/ Tigre .. hint!! hope they do not spend to much time on the M197 gun barrels, at it is available in perfect form already from Master Thanks for your interest. Naturally the barrel of the gun metal TM197B from other manufacturers may be added by the modeler if desired or deemed necessary. Simon (creator of AW129D project) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Hi! thanks for the quick answer! as I understand it, the AW-129D is a modified version of the latest A-129 of the Italian Army? there were several versions of the A-129, starting without the M197 cannon and only 4 rotor blades as the A-129A.... and then there is the T-129 in several versions...... all the best with the project! looking forward any news on progress! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimPlai Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, exdraken said: Hi! thanks for the quick answer! as I understand it, the AW-129D is a modified version of the latest A-129 of the Italian Army? there were several versions of the A-129, starting without the M197 cannon and only 4 rotor blades as the A-129A.... and then there is the T-129 in several versions...... all the best with the project! looking forward any news on progress! Currently the Italian Army operates with two variants of the A129. The A129C variant (which uses only Tow missiles) and the variant D (which uses Spike missiles). most of the C version will be converted into D. The A129 was born with 4 blades, but they are many years that all Mangusta have 5 blades and TM197B gun (lighter variant of the Ah1 Cobra M197) Edited March 6, 2017 by SimPlai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimPlai Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Work progress. Prime 3d prints 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Good to see some progress! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimPlai Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 (edited) Update print 3d master Edited December 13, 2017 by SimPlai 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimPlai Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 WIP progress 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salomon Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Awesome, do you have any idea about the release pricing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 I still can't believe Italeri never released this in 1/48. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 wow! I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimPlai Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Some assembly updates. Some things to fix but I'm glad to see him born. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Great it is hovering again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Impressive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlamgat9 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Marvellous. Though I’d take some persuading to buy that much resin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimPlai Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Wip AH-129D Mangusta 1/48. Installed 2 pitot tubes, nose with sensors Toplite 3 and HIRNS plus, TM-197B cannon 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandal Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Looks great!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimPlai Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 An update on assembly progress. Added various antennas, tail rotor, cargo wings complete with Spike missiles, rocket launchers and additional tank. The air data probe is also added. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Nice! What are you going to do about the transparencies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimPlai Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 On 20/01/2019 at 20:21, exdraken said: Nice! What are you going to do about the transparencies? The mold in transparent resin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 Source: https://www.facebook.com/simoneplai/posts/10215178914720158 V.P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 that looks close already! will it be molded or 3d printed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimPlai Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Hi everyone. I completed the assembly of the model. I'm making changes to the 3d files to optimize the decomposition of some pieces. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimPlai Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 6 hours ago, exdraken said: that looks close already! will it be molded or 3d printed? My final model will have the main parts printed in resin (including transparencies). Other parts will be printed in 3d. -Simon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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