Eurocopter HAP Tiger
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Pilot's seat
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Surgery needed - it turns out that the figures were too tall for the cockpit unless I lowered the floor. So the guides for the cockpit floor panels went the way of the excess stabilizer. The crew figures also needed some surgery to fit properly - probably should've taken the figures from Monogram's AH-1S Cobra gunship since they're identical to the Apache crew but smaller.
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Had some issues dry brushing the instrument panels because the paint was very tacky.
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Dry brushing the red buttons on the cyclics was more successful.
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Pilot. Surgery was needed to change the angle of his legs so he fit. If you look closely you can see where I accidentally amputated his left leg.
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Weapons Systems Officer
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Surgery needed - the rear stabilizer does not stick out beyond the twin rudders.
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Side view of the stabilizer overhang.
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Rotor blade painting issues. Pre-sanded with 2000 grit sandpaper, then brush painted with Model Master Acrylic FS34087 properly thinned, but this was the result after 3 coats of paint. In some places the paint immediately became tacky and rubbed off; in other places it went on without issue; yet other places it was very gloppy and/or bubbly. Hopefully I can salvage them by sanding down the paint rather than having to strip and start again
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Another view. If you have any suggestions on how to fix or avoid this in the future, I'd love to hear them.
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Gonna use some UH-60A photoetch to improve the tail rotor detail.
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The Apache pilots were too tall, so the cockpit doesn’t sit flush. Slight panel gap to fill…
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Looks better on the right side. Not sure how I’ll fix the front though. Then again, this kit isn’t the most faithful representation of a Tiger to begin with.
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Finally getting close to finished!
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Right side.
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Finished!!!
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Not sure "Tire Black" was the best color to use for the tires, ironically.
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You'd never know it but there is a layer of flat clearcoat on the tail rotor.
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Close-up on the main rotor assembly.
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It may be silly, but I'm very pleased with how well this wing light turned out.
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Rear view.
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7 8 May 2020, 19:16
Album info
Inspired by one of the many iterations of the Eurocopter Tiger prototype F-ZWWW with some creative license. Black body, olive green rotors, no OSIRIS sensor or nose gun. Cockpit instrument side panels, cyclics, and crew figures came from a Monogram AH-64 Apache.