Reini78 Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted September 25, 2017 Author Share Posted September 25, 2017 a start is done DSC_0007 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr size comparison with the Hind DSC_0009 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 more progress with the cockpit, painted with Nato black and normal black DSC_0001 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 started to drybrush the instruments DSC_0004 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr regarding the seat cushions, looking at pics of the real chopper, they look sometimes greyish, brownish or greenish, my dad decided to use RLM74 grey-green DSC_0006 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 DSC_0001 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 had to shorten the front control stick to make it fit under the sight DSC_0002 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bravo52 Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 On 9/25/2017 at 1:07 AM, Reini78 said: size comparison with the Hind DSC_0009 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr I love the size comparison...nice add to the build! It really gives you a sense of how big the Apache is and how much smaller the Hind is in real life! Too me, Hinds always looked big and bulky until I saw one in real life. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 cockpit tub done DSC_0003 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 operation done, patient still lives slowly beginning to look like a chopper, cockpit tub fit to fuselage was good typical for these old Italeri kits, you have a lot of flash and "hidden" seams on the parts you have to remove DSC_0004 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 let the filling and sanding games begin.. DSC_0001 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Nice to see another Apache build. Early model with the smaller side ‘panniers’ - don’t know if that is what they are called. Must do a Wattisham version one day as they fly over my house daily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 20 minutes ago, bar side said: Nice to see another Apache build. Early model with the smaller side ‘panniers’ - don’t know if that is what they are called. Must do a Wattisham version one day as they fly over my house daily already saw your special surgery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Reini78 said: already saw your special surgery Yes, wanted to build a helicopter kit with working rotors for some time, the Apache just happened to be the victim! I suspect yours will be a better built model though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 8 hours ago, bar side said: Yes, wanted to build a helicopter kit with working rotors for some time, the Apache just happened to be the victim! I suspect yours will be a better built model though something different is always good well, we´ll see how my dad gets along with the Italeri kit, has it´s issues..in case of emergency there´s still an Academy AH-64A in our stash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 DSC_0002 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr Eduard mask is oop, but I could find one DSC_0003 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Looks like a lot of work you have with this kit. I have the Hasegawa kit, it scares me... Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 18 minutes ago, heloman1 said: Looks like a lot of work you have with this kit. I have the Hasegawa kit, it scares me... Colin Well this kit is from the early 90ies and a reboxing of the older Testors kit, the detail is nice but the quality...my dad will fight through As far as I´ve seen during research, the Hasegawa kit is the best option, sadly the A model isn´t available at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 14, 2017 Author Share Posted October 14, 2017 applied some paint to see where still some filler is needed DSC_0001 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share Posted October 15, 2017 DSC_0006 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 What are you spraying with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share Posted October 15, 2017 1 hour ago, bar side said: What are you spraying with? what do you mean? paint or airbrush? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 8 hours ago, bar side said: Both! usually Gunze and Tamiya acrylics but in this case gonna use Model Master enamel Helo Drab Iwata, Rich/Harder-Steenbeck, Sparmax with 0.2 and 0.3/0.35 nozzles and no-name airbrushes with bigger nozzles for coarser work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 20, 2017 Author Share Posted October 20, 2017 on its feet DSC_0005 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr as expected, the canopy hasn´t an excellent fit....let´s see how it turns out DSC_0008 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0010 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 wanted to close the doors for painting but they don´t fit that way, so closing the opening with masking tape DSC_0001 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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