Kitty Hawk AH-1Z 'Viper'

[Stokesy44]

Wow that looks awesome Kev. Love the subtle shades and weathering. You've managed to dirty it down without it all going too dark

[digger303]

Love the way all those panel lines are so visible

[CygnusX1]

Another great build - some amazing paint work there; looks amazing.

[Hawkmoon]

Looking good and nice work

[Tomcat64]

Stunning work Kev - well done for sticking with it and working through the grief it's thrown up

Just in case you haven't seen it we'll be keeping this SIG open for a while longer than the original deadline to give people chance to finish without rushing in the current circumstances

[Kevthemodeller]

Wow that looks awesome Kev. Love the subtle shades and weathering. You've managed to dirty it down without it all going too dark

Thanks mate, I'm learning loads really enjoying the painting/weathering side

Love the way all those panel lines are so visible

mate

Another great build - some amazing paint work there; looks amazing.

Many tanks mate

Looking good and nice work

Stunning work Kev - well done for sticking with it and working through the grief it's thrown up

Just in case you haven't seen it we'll be keeping this SIG open for a while longer than the original deadline to give people chance to finish without rushing in the current circumstances

Thanks Neil, the kit is a bit hit and miss a lot more hit but just annoying things that if they'd took a bit more time over would make the kit a stunner

Great news about the extension, hit a few more fiddly bit this last night and this morning I'll post them up later.

[Kevthemodeller]

A few more issues, not all kit related. I discovered one of the gun barrels was broken on the sprue

They were buggers to clean up, but with a lot of fiddling I think I got a good result

I used masking fluid to protect the canopy, done it before very successfully not this time however, it was a real struggle to remove it, ending up marking the surface and damaging the edges I had to completely polish and repaint every panel but managed to save them The weapon racks were still causing a few issues this mounting them all a bit fiddly



Almost there now Sorry the pictures aren't that too cleaver I'll try and replace them tomorrow.

[CygnusX1]

Looking good, coming along.
And I don't think I've ever had a good experience with any brand of masking fluid. I find that it either doesn't come off, comes off but leaves stains, or comes off and takes paint with it. You seem to have got it looking well though.

[Kevthemodeller]

I'm calling it done

[digger303]

[CygnusX1]

I'm calling it done

looks great.