Revell 1:144 , AH-64D Longbow Apache

[IvanV22]

At the local toy shop I picked up a Revell starter set and thought It’s a long time since I built an helicopter. When I opened the box I was both impressed and scared ! There must be more than 4 times the parts of an old airfix 1/72 airplane and so many tiny parts!






The rocket pod shows how tiny the parts are!


I needed strong lights, magnifying eye piece and I moved into the kitchen, away from the carpet monster.



The kit went together nicely and was brush painted with the starter set paint .





The kit came out fine, and I only broke one of the main rotor blades twice and lost 2 small parts!
I\m satisfied!

[Sissel]

That Apache looks great! It's very small in that scale isn't it.
The decal sheet looks interesting with all those little decals. Did you put them all on?

I like your ruler

[MarkyM607]

Crikey, rather you than me with those small parts!!!. Love the finished model though.

[IvanV22]

That Apache looks great! It's very small in that scale isn't it.
The decal sheet looks interesting with all those little decals. Did you put them all on?

I like your ruler

Thanks!
Small… Yes, have build some 1/144 aircraft from Revell with about 10 parts, this was very different, but fun..
The “ruler” is 2 meters long, and measures in cm and inches … It’s excellent for showing the real size of things!
And YES I did put on all the decals, even the 2 stripes on each of the 8 rockets are decals… a painstaking job, but fun…

[Sissel]

I like your ruler cause I have the same one. Typical carpenter ruler.

[IvanV22]

Crikey, rather you than me with those small parts!!!. Love the finished model though.

Thanks!
I forgot to mention the tools one needs!
But remember what you need is:
1- VERRY good light!
2- good tweezers, try putting some tape on the ends , it helps , I only lost 2 parts!
3- magnifying head eye piece (or extra strong glasses)
4- a cut off Q-Tip with some sticky stuff one the end, helps holding parts that are too small for the tweezers , not to mention my fingers….
5- Get rid of the carpet monster, move to a room with no carpet!
6- and if all this fails, take a break and a cup of tea or a beer!

[Ian]

It's a lovely kit. I have one that I really should build. Well done, yours looks great!

[IvanV22]

It's a lovely kit. I have one that I really should build. Well done, yours looks great!

Thanks Ian, but I think it would look better with the 2 missing parts…( can anybody see where they should be…??)
But it would look even better with a crew, please model makers give me a set of 1/144 people, pilots ground crew..

[BlohmWolf]

That looks quite nice, for its small scale, the detail is great.

I'm building the ACE boxing of the Revell 1/144 chinook, it has a lot of parts and details to add as well!

[Nax]

Hard to believe it's 144 scale, I built a 1/72 version and it didn't look as good as this, top work mate.

[Stamford]

I´ve seen that kit in the shops - didn´t know it was so good! Really sweet finish that must have needed very steady hands!

[Zee28]

That's a superb finish for 1/144 scale. I only do 1/72 and I find some of them a bit challenging on the eyesight, I use a magnifier quite often. But I could never do your sort of job on the Apache if my life depended on it!

I've got 1/72 models that haven't come out as good as this, top job!

Zee

[jssel]

Had you not mentioned the scale it would have fooled me. Very nice job in this. What a get looking kit.

[JamesPerrin]

Smashing job, truly belies it's small scale.

OT I find it interesting that there are inches on a Scandinavian ruler

[Sissel]

It's a carpenter's ruler, and as a carpenter you work with inches on planks etc. That's why there's both on.