AH-1Z 'Viper'
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Beautiful helicopter and model. Detail is great, let's see how goes together.
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Interior and most subassemblies done.
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The two halves went together like a dream.
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Great fit and easy assembly. Almost ready for painting.
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Heavy handed pre-shading after a whole day trouble -shooting the airbrush. The needle seal has disintegrated, a new one in in the post.
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Underside color done. Not totally happy with the pre-shading, but it'll do for now.
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Top colour went well, bit it looks too blue to me.
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Painting nearly done. I'm really happy with the results. Millions of mistakes, and the blue gray looks too blue, but I am happy, and I haven't broken the probe, yet...
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Almost ready for weathering.
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Panel lines and weathering done.
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Model finished
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Komentarzy
63 5 February 2023, 19:48
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All welcomed and tanks for the support. This is my first model since the pandemic, when I put all the modelling stuff in the loft to get an office. It's meant to be a quick build to ease me back into the hobby, but I'm loving it!
9 February 2023, 15:52
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Cool! Been eyeing this kit for a while, so this will likely be a good one to get you going again 👍
9 February 2023, 19:10
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Got their UH as a gift, so this is very interesting!
I´m watching with plessure!
9 February 2023, 19:47
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Thanks everyone for the encouragement. I was doing so well thanks to being stuck at home with COVID, but my strike finished yesterday when I accidentally over-sprayed the rotor and had a Mr Bean moment trying to clean it up.... I am re-painting the rotor today and working on other projects, but I hopefully I will resume the build tomorrow.
15 February 2023, 17:10
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I've r realized only today that I have put the wings back to front! What a shame. At this stage I have decided to move on and learn the lesson.
17 February 2023, 16:21
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Thanks for the encouragement all the way, I feel really motivated for the next project. Hopefully I'll put the wings on the right direction.
17 February 2023, 16:22
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I'm sure it has happened... It's a mistake easily done! I think I glued the wings the same day that I put orange juice in the cafetiere.... No more modelling before I'm full on caffeine!
17 February 2023, 17:06
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Beautiful work! What color of blue did you use for around the canopy btw?
17 February 2023, 17:19
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Joshua, thanks. I used Vallejo model air 71.114. Vallejo recommends this colour for fs35237, but it look to me too blue, so I toned down the colour work light grey.
17 February 2023, 18:37
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Ah its fantastic! I love the more "Aqua Blue" verse a more vibrant blue to be honest
What was the Ratio you used? 90/10?
17 February 2023, 22:51
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Thanks everyone!
Joshua, I I used 3 parts of 71.114,, medium grey , to one of 71.046,. Pale grey blue rml 76. I used the pale grey blue for the underside. I'm no expert in the subject, it looks ok to me compared with photos.
18 February 2023, 08:08
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Out of the box build of the 1/72 Dreammodel great viper.