Italeri 1/48 AH-64 Apache Longbow

[svinehunden]

Hey all

It's been a while since I did anything but in the last days I've been real busy in the workshop and the Apache is finally done.
I made a review a long time ago and this model, only took me a year to complete

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ8tdoSCIiY&feature=channel_video_title​

Still a lot of mistakes, especially on the decals and the clear parts but this is my 3rd aircraft and overall, I'm VERY satisfied. I also had problems with the paint and it have pealed off in some places but it's not so bad and I don't feel like touching it anymore...

 

[Junkie]

Nice job!

 

[Quaralane]

Turned out really well there, especially for only your third aircraft

 

[Grendels]

Looks good!!

 

[JMac]

Nice.

 

[svinehunden]

thanks guys. i have still completed so few models, i'm not really concerned about accuracy yet. i feel i gotta pick up some experience by building as many 'out the box' kits as i can.



just noticed how crooked the Longbow radar is positioned... terrible :

but it's not glued in place so it can easily be fixed. i'm gonna take some new pictures and position it right.
i don't really like these pictures anyway. they are way to yellow...

 

[nickt666]

Looks really cool man! I really like the paint. Did you use a wash along the rivet lines? I have just started my first aircraft in over 26 years, a UH60 Blackhawk in 1/72nd scale. Im finding it really hard. I was going to enter it into the competition but forgot to take a photo of the box with a current newspaper! Haha. I will still post some pics of it when it is finished anyway. Any hints or tips you can provide about your build would be much appreciated. Great job!

 

[svinehunden]

Did you use a wash along the rivet lines? Any hints or tips you can provide about your build would be much appreciated.

thanks

yes i used black oil paint and odorless petroleum for the wash. my best advise is to test fit 1.000.000 times and think ahead while you do it ))

 

[SLW45]

Looks good . I am trying to decide on what will be my forth build and only my second paint job hope it turns out half that good

 

[Haggistom]

Great work, hope mine looks half as good when finished.

Now I have a nice set of reference photos, thanks.

 

[Jamaicanmodels69]

WOW beautiful!

 

[MilitaryAircraft101]

WOW, nice svinehunden!