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1/32 scale Blue Thunder conversion
DougCohen
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Thursday, December 31, 2015 - 02:32 AM UTC
more paint and weathering and some of the other parts glued on





maartenboersma
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Noord-Holland, Netherlands
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Posted: Thursday, December 31, 2015 - 03:25 AM UTC
Fantastic built !
DougCohen
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Saturday, January 02, 2016 - 06:40 AM UTC
did an oil paint wash on the entire thing and added the weapons, all of the weapons. and then a little dull coat.


DougCohen
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Sunday, January 03, 2016 - 03:59 AM UTC
masks off cockpit hatch open.



DougCohen
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 - 07:13 AM UTC
helicopter is done, added some lights in the nose section and marker lights on the tail fins and lenses for the sighting turret.

AussieReg
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Victoria, Australia
Joined: June 09, 2009
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Posted: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 - 08:06 AM UTC
Doug, I have been lurking and watching from the start, this is one stunning piece of What-Iffery! The level and execution of detailing is just awesome.

Thanks for sharing so much detail, I will be poaching some of your techniques for future builds for sure.

Cheers, D
Redhand
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New Jersey, United States
Joined: January 20, 2013
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Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 07:11 PM UTC
Also not my cup of tea, but I must say that you have done a spectacular job on this "what if" project.
DougCohen
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Monday, January 25, 2016 - 07:13 PM UTC
thanks guys
it was a fun build and kinda refreshing to just go for it with all the weapons no matter how silly it looked.

I had fun.
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Tennessee, United States
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Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 07:13 AM UTC
Airwolf would slaughter it!

Seriously, excellent model! Superb work.
F1Boomer
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Washington, United States
Joined: April 06, 2015
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Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 08:25 AM UTC
Just a really cool build. Great conversion, not much resemblance to the original Blue Thunder. A very neat build.
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