Mc Donnel Douglas AH-64 Apache
1987 Issue "Bird of Prey"
- Scale:
- 1:32
- Status:
- Completed
- Started:
- December 15, 2012
- Completed:
- January 29, 2013
- Time spent:
- +/- 120 hrs
This is a second attempt at a proper build of this kit. I was recovering from major surgeries at the time and it was a way to keep busy. It looked OK from afar, but I knew it was awful and needed to be redone.
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AH-64 Apache rebuild
1:32
This is the Revell-US version
Project: Mc Donnel Douglas AH-64 Apache
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29 December 2012, 05:41
Kevin FarrellThis box art is for the Revell-Germany issue. (85-4575) I will be working with the older (circa 1987) Revell (4575). It's confusing! Same part number, slight change to box with additional decals.
29 December 2012, 05:49
Kevin FarrellWell, the rebuild is complete (I know that because I ran out of parts!)
This was not an enjoyable experience since I had to perform some tasks that were beyond my "pay grade" and the end product shows it. I have posted my difficulties in the News Feed section but what I was faced with was having to "un-bow" and "de-warp" the fuselage halves. Without a jig, this was a process of heating, bending and twisting the fuse halves using the Mark I eyeball and repeating until they were flush enough with dry mating to commit to glue. After installing the cockpit module, the lovely dry mating went to hell. Getting the nose halves to mate demanded aggressive filing and eventually brute force to get a semblance of a mating. Nevertheless, I was still left with significant gaps that had to be filled & finished. Without a good and flush mating of the nose, the scanner module will not install properly. (Thus the brute force of heavy bands & clamps.)
From a distance, it looks OK and I'll just have to be satisfied with that. I will post photos later.
29 January 2013, 18:47