1/72 Academy AH-64D Longbow Apache |
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Gallery Article by MaRiO FeRNaNDeZ
on July 30 2003 |
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This is my Academy
(with some parts and decals from Italeri's kit) AH-64D Longbow Apache. It
is my first model out of "Retirement". This is my second article,
though, my Spitfire IXe was first, but this model is older. I used to build when
I was a kid, until about 14. I lost interest... until I gave away a Revell A-10
to one of my best friends and he showed to me finished some time later... he
left me speechless. So I decided to return to the hobby. My first bought model
was a Birdcage Corsair, then this one and here it is... my comeback.
Upon opening the
"bird" (which I got for 9 bucks YEAH!) The first thing was the
cockpit. I painted the seats brown, as well as most of the cockpit pale green,
but with Odd green it turned out pretty much. The side panels have somewhat good
detail for drybrushing, but the panels you HAVE to use the decals. The canopy
was submerged in future. 2 days later and a completely finished cockpit, the
fuselage was assembled and the Canopy was placed into position (it fit
perfectly).
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images below to see larger images
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After pretty much
construction was finished, I masked and painted the model Olive Drab. Then I
came up with the only thing that slowed me a little. Decals were Israeli, and
they were Ok, but I prefer it natural, American. So, I had to look for the
decals elsewhere. Luckily, a friend of mine at the hobby club had the Italeri
Apache on his spare parts arsenal, so he lent me the American decals as well as
the rotor on the Italeri kit, which is better. Decals up, and I used the
Chalk/water/soap mixture to weather this baby. The results were really
Good. A final coat of Testor's DullCoat and Voilá. Done.
I'm also very proud
of it, It won 2nd place on the local hobby club's monthly contest on
Helicopters! Not bad for a comeback =) Take care, hope you enjoyed it as much as
I did.
Happy Modeling.
MaRiO FeRNaNDeZ
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