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1/32 scale Blue Thunder conversion
DougCohen
Joined: May 27, 2009
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Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 07:14 PM UTC
I am doing a conversion of the Monogram Blue Thunder, I am going to make it an over the top attack chopper. I did a Blue Thunder years ago so did not want to do it again. This is the cockpit so far.
DougCohen
Joined: May 27, 2009
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Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 07:17 PM UTC
I am doing landing gear like an Apache sorta anyway.
DougCohen
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Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 04:36 AM UTC
a little paint
DougCohen
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Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 04:36 AM UTC
seat cushions from some putty
DougCohen
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Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 04:38 AM UTC
i got in a little bit of a hurry and put the IP under a light bulb to dry the oil wash and it melted so I made a new one, Oh well sometimes you just make a bad call.
jacksdad64
Joined: May 05, 2015
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Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 11:15 PM UTC
Nice start to a cool project.
Got this in the stash so it'll be interesting to see what you do with it.
Got this in the stash so it'll be interesting to see what you do with it.
DougCohen
Joined: May 27, 2009
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Posted: Monday, November 02, 2015 - 07:21 AM UTC
seat belts done, they are combination of metal etch and solder and paper
DougCohen
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Posted: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 - 08:16 AM UTC
the new IP painted
DougCohen
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Posted: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 - 08:17 AM UTC
twin engine paint started and some of the armament for the project
drabslab
Joined: September 28, 2004
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Posted: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 - 02:13 PM UTC
Stunning!
Please keep posting, I wonder how this will turn out.
Please keep posting, I wonder how this will turn out.
spaarndammer
Joined: January 28, 2007
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Posted: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 - 03:32 PM UTC
Wow, now this is a cool build. Beautiful cockpit with all that extra detail to it and the paint job is also nice!
Jelger
Jelger
DougCohen
Joined: May 27, 2009
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Posted: Saturday, November 07, 2015 - 08:03 PM UTC
fuselage glued together and some other parts put on
DougCohen
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Posted: Saturday, November 07, 2015 - 08:05 PM UTC
close up of the Gattling cannon and the grenade launcher, along with the sighting devices for all the weapons
DougCohen
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Posted: Saturday, November 14, 2015 - 04:02 AM UTC
cannons for the side of the helo and the overhead console
DougCohen
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Posted: Saturday, November 14, 2015 - 04:03 AM UTC
rotor head
Scrodes
Joined: July 22, 2012
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Posted: Sunday, November 15, 2015 - 06:39 AM UTC
Wow totally not my thing, but this is so cool. Hats off.
MikeBrindos
Joined: November 11, 2015
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Posted: Sunday, November 15, 2015 - 07:07 AM UTC
Whoa! That's truly superior workmanship!
DougCohen
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Posted: Monday, November 23, 2015 - 08:25 AM UTC
more progress soon, I was in school and did not have much time to build but am back now.
Thanks for looking.
Thanks for looking.
DougCohen
Joined: May 27, 2009
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Posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 09:10 AM UTC
center consol for cockpit
DougCohen
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Posted: Saturday, December 05, 2015 - 03:20 AM UTC
the twin engine conversion is because I am hanging so much junk on the helo it looks like it would not fly. I know the whole thing is a little silly but still wanted to keep it realistic so here is the engine installation.
DougCohen
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Posted: Friday, December 11, 2015 - 06:12 AM UTC
just a little more and it is now ready for paint
DougCohen
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Posted: Friday, December 11, 2015 - 06:14 AM UTC
I thought a Mad Max type figure would be good for this one
HeavyArty
Joined: May 16, 2002
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Posted: Friday, December 11, 2015 - 06:21 AM UTC
The figure looks really cool. Another one of your personal creations?
DougCohen
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Posted: Saturday, December 12, 2015 - 09:48 PM UTC
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The figure looks really cool. Another one of your personal creations?
no it is a resin figure that I have modified a bit, new head and he will have an O2 hose going to the bottle in his arm
DougCohen
Joined: May 27, 2009
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Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 - 04:57 AM UTC
well now that the holidays are over I am getting back to the helo and did a little painting today.
kinda thought a german WWII type paint job would look cool so here it is. Need to do a lot of weathering still but am on the down hill run now.
kinda thought a german WWII type paint job would look cool so here it is. Need to do a lot of weathering still but am on the down hill run now.
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