MQ-1 Predator
Kommentit
26 June 2012, 18:52
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Hi Dave,
the scratch built pylons and additional Hellfires enhance the Predator really!
And the additional lenses gives the technical kick!
I like those little jewels.
The Predator is not my favorite airplane ( it is unmanned 🙂 and sadly the future..) but your model is highly recommendet, indeed!
Greetz
Dirk
26 June 2012, 22:04
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Thank you all for the great comments. I have another 72nd Predator build planned in which I will be painting it in a three tone digital gray "what-if" paint scheme. I will probably build it along with a pair of Reapers.
27 June 2012, 06:07
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Thank you Sean. I can not take credit for the base. A good friend of mine Mr. Richard Kern did it and the base for my 1/144 E-2C Hawkeye.
29 June 2012, 22:07
Album info
This is the first release of the Predator by Accurate Miniatures back in 08. I updated the FLIR head and added reflectors to it to simulate the actual lenses. This kit did not come with the Hellfires, pylons, or rails, so I had to scratch build the pylons and out sourced the rails and Hellfires from an Academy Apache. RBF flags are from Eduards and the chaulks are scratch built. I painted the kit using Model Master Acrylics and used the kits decals which went on without a problem. Weathering was kept to a minimum with only slight fading and post shading which was accomplished using pastels.