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OFFICIAL: Heli Gunship Campaign
Arrrgee
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England - West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, April 08, 2013 - 03:34 AM UTC

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Well, I am going to take my Eurocopter Tiger HAP (1/72 Revell) as finished.
Very happy with the camo, happy with most of the things but not happy at all with the canopy that is a bit cloudy. I will try to improve that in my next model.


Carlos,

I think it looks great, it looks like it means business! I was going to ask what you did with the clear parts used as grills/vents etc, did you just paint them or put a wash on them so you could still see through? The clear parts are causing me a bit of a dillema I'm not sure whether to just paint over them or not.

Rich
Torpon
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Spain / España
Joined: February 28, 2012
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Posted: Monday, April 08, 2013 - 03:58 AM UTC

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Well, I am going to take my Eurocopter Tiger HAP (1/72 Revell) as finished.
Very happy with the camo, happy with most of the things but not happy at all with the canopy that is a bit cloudy. I will try to improve that in my next model.


Carlos,

I think it looks great, it looks like it means business! I was going to ask what you did with the clear parts used as grills/vents etc, did you just paint them or put a wash on them so you could still see through? The clear parts are causing me a bit of a dillema I'm not sure whether to just paint over them or not.

Rich


Thanks Rich, you are being very generous. What I did is to airbrush them with a translucent layer of black. I didn't have translucent paint so I did it by mixing something like 5 parts of thinner 5 parts of gloss varnish and 1 of black paint (all of them model air). I did a couple of coats of that to make it darker, and it is far from prefect but once glued into the model looks OK.
ltb073
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New York, United States
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Posted: Friday, April 12, 2013 - 12:43 AM UTC
Nice job Carlos congratulations
Well this is my first helo since i was a kid and I'm at a point where I dont know what else to do
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So any suggestions will be greatly appreciated
JollyRoger
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Istanbul, Turkey / Türkçe
Joined: December 22, 2004
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Posted: Saturday, April 13, 2013 - 06:11 AM UTC
Hi there. Here is what I hope will be my entry. One of my favorite kits:}
epshifty
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England - North West, United Kingdom
Joined: August 05, 2011
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Posted: Friday, May 10, 2013 - 10:44 AM UTC
Hi all .. well here is what ill be building

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Time to get started
Arrrgee
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England - West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Saturday, May 11, 2013 - 02:21 AM UTC
Well,

It looks as if I'm finished on this one!

MY Tiger UHT;

http://smile.webshots.com/smiles/ad00cc6d6ed5625cfad1e6c3f7168325f7b39ae5e5fc6edeba0972dd9c192032

http://smile.webshots.com/smiles/e2352f183e9c9c1421a205bcb933b9809127c823509d90b2cc5ecc684b8d8746

My Super Cobra AH-1W;

http://smile.webshots.com/smiles/0c82ba16fdb009b71a0b291d8223b916386d24a9a008369f9a944dd46766cde6

http://smile.webshots.com/smiles/ffcf7656ad1b2076e6ba90929b0bc549b1562194f7c1a9d2ee768030d8a8962f

Now to move onto the other campaigns I'm in,

Rich
SGTJKJ
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Kobenhavn, Denmark
Joined: July 20, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 12:46 PM UTC
Cool choice, Yalym. An oldie, but a goodie

Dave, I have heard bad stuff about the kit, so it will be interesting to hear your opinion and follow your build. Please share your progress.
epshifty
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England - North West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 08:26 AM UTC
Well iv started the Hind and so far so good iv got most of the cockpit together and i have to say its not to bad the detail is a little lacking but i can live with that . Theres not much out there in the way AM goodies for this kit so im just going to build this one OTB also i need it to be quite a quick build as i want to get started on my F-16 for my Birds of Prey campaign .. @ Jesper i cant really see much wrong with this kit all the parts are nicely moulded for its age and everything seems to fit ok.. What have you heard about it ? do you know of anything i should look out for ??.

PS some pics tomorrow
SGTJKJ
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Kobenhavn, Denmark
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Posted: Friday, May 17, 2013 - 04:25 AM UTC
Dave, I have heard about serious fit problems with the fuselage and aligning the wings. I do not know if it is true. It could also be "operator error" on the part of the model builder.

It will be interesting to hear your experience. Wanted to buy this kit several times, but has not so far because of the things I have heard about it.
Jessie_C
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted: Friday, May 17, 2013 - 04:37 AM UTC

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Theres not much out there in the way AM goodies for this kit

Cobra Company has a cockpit set, exterior details and three different weapons sets. I've got both the cockpit and exterior sets which greatly improve the kit details.
epshifty
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England - North West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 04:48 AM UTC
@ Jesper . thanks for the heads up ill see how it goes

@ Jessica . thanks for the info i really couldnt find much when i searched i must say i am tempted by the weapon sets but as for the cockpit im just going to keep it simple ..

heres a pic of progress so far

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epshifty
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England - North West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Sunday, May 26, 2013 - 11:20 PM UTC
Hi all quick update on the Hind .. Iv got the two halfs together now and i will say it was a bit tricky theres a lot that needs to line up right inside to get a good fit and theres some filling to do around the engines area but apart from that its all ok so far..the main rotor head has a few small tricky parts but then what heli dosnt.. The tail rotor is on and was easy to install..



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epshifty
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England - North West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 10:06 AM UTC
Hi all ... Well iv been busy with the Hind and iv made quite a bit of progress , All the main areas of the build are done ie the cockpit canopy and wings ect . It all went together ok apart from the starboard side wing the fit was really bad so i had to do some work on it to get a nice join , strangely the port side was a really nice fit but oh well , after i got it all together and was happy with all the alinements i sprayed the main colors down and left it to dry , im quite happy with how its turned out especially around the canopy frames as it was quite tricky to mask , still a few touch ups to do tho...

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epshifty
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England - North West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - 10:44 AM UTC
Well iv finished the Hind overall it was quite an easy build with just a few minor issues heres some pics

on to the next one

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Shuftie
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Western Australia, Australia
Joined: September 05, 2012
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Posted: Friday, June 14, 2013 - 08:16 PM UTC
Hi Guys


Great looking builds going on.

This is what is now what in the workshop for me:





tinbanger
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Ontario, Canada
Joined: February 04, 2008
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Posted: Sunday, July 07, 2013 - 01:34 PM UTC
Here is a up date on my Bell AB 212.

eMan
#298
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Hong Kong S.A.R. / 繁體
Joined: August 08, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 12:14 PM UTC
Update progress, MRC 1/35 AH-1W Super Cobra.


JollyRoger
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Istanbul, Turkey / Türkçe
Joined: December 22, 2004
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Posted: Sunday, July 14, 2013 - 04:59 AM UTC
Hi guys. I have a dummy question. What is the suitable colour for Vietnam War era US Army chopers? FS code or Humbrol will be sufficient for me. I know taht newer ones, from 1980s on, are Helo Drab but older ones look different. Maybe because of the hues of the chemical films I don't know. So anyone?:}
tinbanger
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 12:34 PM UTC
Hi
Here is my completed entry for this campaign:-



Jessie_C
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 02:28 PM UTC

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Hi guys. I have a dummy question. What is the suitable colour for Vietnam War era US Army chopers? FS code or Humbrol will be sufficient for me. I know taht newer ones, from 1980s on, are Helo Drab but older ones look different. Maybe because of the hues of the chemical films I don't know. So anyone?:}


Very dirty US Olive drab FS 34087 with flat black details most of the time.
JollyRoger
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Istanbul, Turkey / Türkçe
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Posted: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 09:32 PM UTC

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Hi guys. I have a dummy question. What is the suitable colour for Vietnam War era US Army chopers? FS code or Humbrol will be sufficient for me. I know taht newer ones, from 1980s on, are Helo Drab but older ones look different. Maybe because of the hues of the chemical films I don't know. So anyone?:}


Very dirty US Olive drab FS 34087 with flat black details most of the time.

Thank you very much.
North4003
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England - West Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: August 01, 2012
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Posted: Friday, August 30, 2013 - 07:26 AM UTC
I'm painting my RAH66. Still no response from Testors on replacing my broken canopy.
JollyRoger
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Istanbul, Turkey / Türkçe
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Posted: Friday, August 30, 2013 - 09:55 AM UTC
Ok, one day to the deadline I better put some progress report. I screwed up real bad in the canopy but I decided to rise the stakes and do a double Cobra Threat! Addition is Fujimi, so called, S. I fiddled with the turret and converted it to a P.



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Dragon164
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British Columbia, Canada
Joined: February 20, 2012
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Posted: Friday, August 30, 2013 - 10:04 AM UTC
I will not finish mine before the 4th.

Cheers Rob.
North4003
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England - West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Friday, August 30, 2013 - 02:56 PM UTC
I glued the broken canopy and will be able to use it. I working to finish the campaign by tomorrow. I completed painting everything gunship gray except for the canopy.
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