Academy AH-64 Apache

Modeling Subjects Helicopters
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Damn, I shouldnt be posting these, but this is as she stands now. Told you I was rusty. Plenty stillto be done, but this is a bitch of a kit. Had loads of trimming to do, and the fit is aweful (Maybe my skills)

Well here goes. I’m done with this “dirty bird”. I know there is a LOT of room for improvement, but this is my 1st build in YEARS and considered it a practice build. I even dirtied her up a bit with a pastel wash before matt clear coat. I also dipped the main rotor blades in boiling hot water to get a droop effect. They were way to straight and looked unnatural. Yes that is a magnifying glass in the background on the last pic.

My oë is nie meer so lekker nie.

It was a terrible kit with lots of flaws in the molding and the instructions were at times very unclear. But anyways, the next one can only be better.

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Looks good despite the troubles it gave you.

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Helos rock!

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Is that the Revell kit? I did the non-Long Bow version of that, and yes, it’s a miserable kit. There’s a LOT of missing detail, but your efforts to ‘up-detail’ are usually thwarted by the poor fit and all the flash you have to clean up. I am pretty pleased (more like relieved) with the way mine turned out, and would have just quit if it weren’t for the fact that my wife picked the kit up in a hobby shop and said 'This is cool, I like this." so I felt I had to finish it for her.

You did a very good job there. Don’t sell your skills short, until you work on a better kit!

Gene Beaird,

Pearland, Texas

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Thx Gene. It’s the Academy kit though, not the Revell.