Beyond The Sprues

Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: kpnuts on April 15, 2020, 04:01:45 AM

Title: Academy 1/48 AH64A
Post by: kpnuts on April 15, 2020, 04:01:45 AM
Hi ok so I ordered a gundam as some relief from the Cutty Sark (what's that you say robots and ships this is the aircraft section) bare with me, after scanning the stash for some light relief nothing took my fancy so I ordered a gundam (never built one before and it looked fun)

Would be delivered by the 6th, now it's the 30th rescan of the stash, hey I've never built a helicopter before, how hard could that be, might even be fun.

Answer very hard, anyway onwards and upwards.

(https://i.ibb.co/d4pHbcb/IMG-2707.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/b5tYQLW/IMG-2705.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/3FjgZFF/IMG-2702.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/r4MxLXX/IMG-2703.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/frNtSDj/IMG-2706.jpg)
Title: Re: Academy 1/48 AH64A
Post by: Old Wombat on April 15, 2020, 08:01:26 AM
Got two of these in the stash, one for parts, one for building. I shall be watching this carefully! :smiley:
Title: Re: Academy 1/48 AH64A
Post by: Kerick on April 15, 2020, 11:30:04 AM
Carpet monster is stalking your build!
Looks like fun!
Title: Re: Academy 1/48 AH64A
Post by: kpnuts on April 20, 2020, 03:16:51 AM
Not a lighting pod mate it will be an explosion that's just to light the explosion.

Anyway what a load of rubbish this kit is (wish I hadn't started it)

After herculean efforts to get the landing gear pods to fit I thought I had it then after priming the b#$$%y thing pinged apart again.

The cockpit glass is a stupid 3 part thing which I managed eventually to glue together only to find after priming it had pinged apart again (I only hope that was after the primer and the cockpit isn't full of primer.

(https://i.ibb.co/wykn2Jt/IMG-2739.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/fkqZ2CZ/IMG-2740.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/qRdBRxB/IMG-2738.jpg)
Title: Re: Academy 1/48 AH64A
Post by: Buzzbomb on April 20, 2020, 06:35:02 AM
Will it together.. I have been through this as well, albeit as the basis shape of something completely different.
Title: Re: Academy 1/48 AH64A
Post by: ChernayaAkula on April 20, 2020, 06:54:42 AM
Apaches are cool!  :smiley: What markings/camouflage are you going for?
Title: Re: Academy 1/48 AH64A
Post by: kpnuts on April 26, 2020, 02:19:51 AM
Kits like this should be banned.

I like to think I'm an ok modeller but I'm really struggling with this pig of a kit, if I were a youngster with no experience in modelling I would have given up and probably never touched a kit again.

Dont these kit manufacturers realise when they release a kit like this they're shooting themselves in the foot, every new modeler is potentially lost with a kit like this.

I'm just glad I decided before I started building it I was going to depict it blowing up.

(https://i.ibb.co/h19SwpC/IMG-2846.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/nsmFpBc/IMG-2847.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/XFHG8md/IMG-2844.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/v412xYJ/IMG-2845.jpg)
Title: Re: Academy 1/48 AH64A
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on April 26, 2020, 04:57:47 AM
On the bright side of all of this is that you have a source for what-if parts.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Academy 1/48 AH64A
Post by: Frank3k on April 26, 2020, 05:44:39 AM
It may be a dog of a kit, but that's some nice transparency masking you did!
Title: Re: Academy 1/48 AH64A
Post by: kpnuts on April 30, 2020, 03:20:29 AM
More work on this one.

(https://i.ibb.co/T2p22FW/IMG-2862.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/gMCGCjP/IMG-2863.jpg)
Title: Re: Academy 1/48 AH64A
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 30, 2020, 03:26:53 AM
What markings are you looking at?
Title: Re: Academy 1/48 AH64A
Post by: kpnuts on May 12, 2020, 02:39:51 AM
Just what came in the box mate.
Hi all nearing the explosion.
(https://i.ibb.co/Syb2sK6/IMG-2992.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/GpcHpZG/IMG-3013.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/JvGzbR0/IMG-3012.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/frWJsMf/IMG-3014.jpg)
Title: Re: Academy 1/48 AH64A
Post by: kpnuts on June 15, 2020, 02:04:25 AM
Made a start on the explosion.

(https://i.ibb.co/gDQVNsM/IMG-3323.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/89bJjQW/IMG-3324.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/5hcyxkj/IMG-3321.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/vqcN0Vj/IMG-3322.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/2Ff03cx/IMG-3320.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/WpgXVtP/IMG-3319.jpg)