Italeri 1/48 AH64 longbow

[eastrock]

Since the pressure is now off and the screening of the entries for the nationals is already done, we were given the go signal for our December contest (deadline XMAS Party) "Back to Basic" purely OOB no rescribing of the raise panel its how you present your skills without the use of aftermarket item, this will be challenge lots of sink mark most of them are exactly in the raise panel and rivets lotsa visible gaps

the plastic is already brittle and decals are yellowed (extra care is required) this is the disadvantage of the exchange gift got this bird last year)


tight fitting and sub-assemblies if you see some white spots that would be the Mr. Dissolving putty much better than the Tamiya putty in this case.


Thanks for viewing

[venom1]

Ooo, a whirly bird! Me likey very much! ;D

Will be watching this one with much interest.....

Cheers,

Sam

[eastrock]

Hey Sam, love your work also, thanks for checking in

Thanks Capt, I learn a lot from you guys!

Cheers!!
ER

[venom1]

Hey Dicky, thats sweet news! Braille scale helos are my thing at the moment, so I will be in like Flynn! ;D

ER - Thanks mate, that means a lot! Hopefully I will have some more to show off soon! Look forward to your Longbow tho. As Dicky said, it's the OOB stuff that shows of REAL display of modelling talent!

Cheers,

Sam

[eastrock]

Update:

This is also riddled with sink marks specially in the detailed parts nothing to do with it since there's no mods allowed on the build, its not easy like in the armor modelling which you can
hide the damage by weathering.



Thanks for checking!

ER

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This looks like fun, bookmarked for sure!

[eastrock]

Thanks Mack but this one needs a lot of sanding also

[deafpanzer]

So quick but looking real good. Sometimes I am tempted just to do OOB build... maybe my next build it will be. You have my attention now...

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must be the norm with italeri kits at the moment, loads of sanding and filling! nice work so far though

[eastrock]

cockpit done, sprayed with german grey tinted with flat black and dry brushed with enamel silver sprayed.



Thanks for checking in guys...

Cheers!
ER

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Hey ER,great work in the 'office' mate....even if its not accurate!.....But you said it was 'Strictly' OOB,so again nice work fella!! ;D
Correction....It may be accurate for the US version,I have only seen pics of the British Apache cockpits,which have display screens in both pits

[deafpanzer]

Nice work on the office!!! Keep it coming buddy

[eastrock]

Hi CB did you mean this one? Thought this one was a glass barrier or something (disadvantage of being an armor modeler ;D ) I haven't stick it yet, still need weather the cockpit a bit more...

Thanks Nemo and Andy



as you see in the picture lot of work need to be done, stubborn marks and a very nasty sink on the front, nothing to do about that I just have to leave it there.

[bullardino]

Good job on that nasty kit, ER

[venom1]

Nice job so far on a not very nice kit! I can see the pigs ear slowly becoming a silk purse! ;D

This kit is one of the reasons I don't really do 1/48 Italeri Kits anymore! Keep up the great work ER!

Cheers,

Sam

[eastrock]

Thanks Luigi, I'll have to buy more sheet of sand paper and putty

Sam, well I got the kit thru an exchange gift, and decided its worth a try, I can always put it back to the shelf

[eastrock]

already mated the 2 halves as you can see in the piccies it doesn't fit well no matter what I do... seem like a lot of putty needed to fix this stubborn bird

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ER....sorry for the late reply.The screen between the 2 'pits is correct.It's made from ballistic glass,so that even if one of the positions takes a hit,and is disabled,the other one can still fly the chopper!
I was actually talking about the vdu screens fitted in the instrument panels.Your version doesn't really show them up too well,but that's possibly the angle of the piccies.

[Deleted]

Ooo that fit looks nasty I'm sure you'll pull her into shape though going by the excellent cockpit

[eastrock]

Thanks CB, I think its only have one VDU on the front.

Steve, this would take longer than I thought even the exhaust has fit problems with a lot of cleaning.

Chris, Thanks for checking, would try my best here

Cheers!

[Deleted]

Hey ER,found this with a Google....
acesflyinghigh.wordpress.com/page/3/
Scroll down a bit,and there are a couple of piccies of the front and rear 'pits.. ;D

[eastrock]

Thanks for pointing it, CB much appreciated ;D

Still working with the bird... gaps after gaps



need to repair the exhaust and much of the gaps...

cheers

[eastrock]

its much worse the ESCI LAV25 no wonder it was thrown in the box for the exchange gift last year... it really look like a head-on collision on the wall.



still a lot of work to do...

[deafpanzer]

Like white elephant gift exchange thing? LOL Knowing you and your skill, you will turn it into a great build...

[eastrock]

Chris I almost put this one back to the shelf, it has a lot of issues one after another...

Andy, yes just like that and next month I'll be also putting one also, it would be depend on the receiver if he will build it or not lol

[eastrock]

Thanks, Nemo I had slap a combination of filler, liquid putty and tamiya putty on the bird.

[eastrock]

Thanks Scott, if guys like CB and especially Dicky who loves abusing, you could tolerate this kind of punishment LOL

here she is now... back on the shelf in the meantime

still need to slap a few more filler... (drying time)



Cheers!!

[bullardino]

Go on, my friend, you're making it. It does already look something completely different from the original kit, great job

[eastrock]

Thanks for the support, Luigi much appreciated would try improve the kit.

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Nov 28, 2012 14:30:48 GMT -5 @dickyf said:

Scot - has anyone else ever told yer you look very similar to our SteveM?? lol

Dicky, ;D ;D he's like me only faster and a bit more misty...


Great work on this old gal, ER , I know how you feel.. I've an Airfix spit looking at me begging for more filler and time but unlike me, I think you'll finish this one nicely