OH-58D Kiowa
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1 15 December 2015, 18:37
Steven Van DyckThe first step, a dryfit of the complete Pavla resin interior for this kit. The pilots will have to be adapted to their different airframe. The cargo door needs rescribing.
25 December 2015, 17:50
Steven Van DyckCockpit finished, passenger door excised and struts installed. The pilots may be omitted.
29 December 2015, 01:33
Holger KranichThats a interesting Little Project, i wont take my eyes from it. Keep up the nice work, Steven! I love the Kiowa😢
29 December 2015, 07:34
Steven Van DyckThank you, Holger. It's one project I'll know where to put down afterward...
29 December 2015, 09:34
Steven Van DyckThe cowling has to be adapted, most Kiowa Warriors have a central intake. Some metal foil did the job.
5 January 2016, 19:03
Steven Van DyckA modest beginning has been made on the Humvees, but I have some issues with the CAD-style instruction sheet. It just isn't as straightforward as the traditional approach.
20 March 2017, 20:49
Steven Van DyckAll PE for the Humvees is used. For 1/72 the level of detail is unexpected.
1 April 2017, 22:32
Steven Van DyckThe Kiowa resurfaces with a layer of dark green primer, topped with a post-shade of slightly less dark green. It had been damaged during moving and I still can't find the tail rotor.
1 May 2018, 21:50
Steven Van DyckThe decals went very well. The Punisher decal seems up to scale and I added an existing identification number with spare decals. The ALQ is scratched from punched rounds, painted with Humbrol copper. Navigation lights done with Revell clear red.
5 May 2018, 08:29
Steven Van DyckNow the Humvees are painted Sand Brown. I must admit I hate the rubber tyre system, it's fitting badly if you don't severely adapt the hubs.
7 May 2018, 21:29
Steven Van DyckThe interiors have been painted NATO green. One Humvee got a replacement engine hood.
10 May 2018, 23:23
Steven Van DyckThe chopper is now weathered with flat earth, so the masking could go.
14 May 2018, 22:33
Steven Van DyckThe rotor is fixed to the helicopter. I'll have to scratch a new tail rotor, it is lost for a while.
16 May 2018, 20:56
Steven Van DyckThanks, Es-Haq! I rarely build 1/72, though, it seems I work for hours on a few square inches.
16 May 2018, 20:58
playtime 222Nice job 😄
Spent many many hours in the PC game Janes Apache Longbow 2 - this was one of the flyable choppers and it was damned hard work. Spotting and hiding as you had a tiny weapons load. Very challenging.
17 May 2018, 11:54
Steven Van DyckThe tail rotor is found and fixed. Now finishing the HMMWV's with Flat Earth. Reshaping the PJ pilot to make him stand near the chopper.
27 August 2018, 18:03
Steven Van DyckThanks! I almost finished the Humvees and built a dio base of plaster and pigments. In a week it will probably be visible in Scaleworld.
1 September 2018, 00:21
Steven Van DyckSome of the last things have been done: fixing everything and spraying it matt. But suddenly I can't choose photo 129 as the teaser, it's stuck on "first photo". Is this a bug?
6 September 2018, 22:36
Steven Van DyckI'm still stuck on the album photo, but it should contain the final pictures now. Enjoy!
25 September 2018, 17:55
