1/48 Boeing AH-64D Longbow Apache

[adampolo13]

So, my PE arrived today so I can officially enter the 2013 BSC!

A Hasegawa 1/48 Boeing AH-64D Longbow Apache. It's going to be a few days until I get started on this. I'm going down to CT for a modeling seminar and I'm going to be picking up a new AB. ;D

So, here is my entry picture.

Good luck!

 

[Cave_Dweller]

Nice, I love that copter!

 

[Eastrock]

Looking forward to your build Adam, good luck

 

[The Model Dude]

A nice selection! I have always liked the look of those.

 

[Myke]

Love it, Love it! Looking forward to seeing all that PE on there. Been wanting to add this to my collection.
Bookmarked

 

[Elm City Hobbies]

Is it done yet? ;D ;D ;D

 

[adampolo13]

. Nope. Its still in the box!

 

[Eastrock]

should I get a box cutter to open it? lol

 

[adampolo13]

Haha, thanks ER but no. I've been pretty busy this week. Hopefully going to get a start on it after this weekends seminar in Connecticut.

 

[Grendels]

This should be fun to watch!

 

[adampolo13]

Alright, so after a little pushing and prodding by Scott and others I sneaked out to the garage and cracked open this bad boy.

First thing up in the directions, the cockpit.

I also purchased the Eduard set for this I made sure to review the PE instructions as well.

Here's a close up of the cockpit zoom PE

First thing I did was clean up the cockpit tube. (There's a little bit of flash here and there)

Then a quick dry fit, everything seems to line up nicely.

Here is a quick pic to show the scale of this bird.

On to the shots of the PE. There were a few spots where I had to shave a little plastic off to get the PE to fit snug but nothing crazy.

The the flight controls are temporarily put in place in preparation for paint:

To finish things up I put a coat of Flat Black on all of this. I've checked my references and this is accurate. My problem is this. How do I bring out the details etc? I'm thinking to cover this flat black with a layer of Future and then give it a few washes, but with what??? And then what do I do, hit it was a flat clear? Any suggestions on the next step would be greatly appreciated. I will post pics of the flat black as it sits now. It was still wet when I came in from the garage.

Thanks for watching!

 

[Glorfindel]

I'm interested here because I almost picked this kit up for this. I'm eyes and ears Adam.

 

[adampolo13]

Thanks for the comments Glorfindel! Not sure if you saw or not, but one of the prizes for the contest is this kit.

 

[CitizenSwift]

The Apache is my all time favourite helicopter! Sadly I dropped the last one I built and it shattered into a hundred pieces :'(

I'm looking forward to seeing this one go together

 

[Eastrock]

and your off to fly

 

[Quaralane]

You may want to try some drybrushing to bring out the detail if you've got it coated in black.
Silver would be a good choice.

Should be a nice bird when done

 

[Biskup]

This will be fun so you have me as a viewer

 

[adampolo13]

You may want to try some drybrushing to bring out the detail if you've got it coated in black.
Silver would be a good choice.

Should be a nice bird when done

Thanks Q. I'll give that a shot.

 

[TBadger]

When I did the inside of the Blackhawk, I used Tamiya GunMetal to drybrush and picked out the details with various colors for buttons and knobs that weren't addressed by the colored photoetch kit. I expect this to be crazy good

 

[adampolo13]

Thanks TBadger! It's going to be a little bit of a wait... My el cheapo harbor freight compressor burned out tonight. $100 bucks and 4 years later and it finally quit. I think I got a deal on that one. Anyways, the wife green lit me spending a bit of cash on a nice compressor so what you guys go for suggestions?