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Re: Kitty Hawk AH-1Z 'Viper'

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 2:41 pm
by 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 :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Re: Kitty Hawk AH-1Z 'Viper'

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 12:34 am
by digger303
Love the way all those panel lines are so visible :th: :th: :cheers2:

Re: Kitty Hawk AH-1Z 'Viper'

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 12:41 am
by CygnusX1
Another great build - some amazing paint work there; looks amazing.

Re: Kitty Hawk AH-1Z 'Viper'

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 8:50 am
by Hawkmoon
:thumb2: Looking good and nice work :clap:

Re: Kitty Hawk AH-1Z 'Viper'

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 1:56 pm
by Tomcat64
Stunning work Kev - well done for sticking with it and working through the grief it's thrown up :clap: :clap: :clap:

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 :cheers2:

Re: Kitty Hawk AH-1Z 'Viper'

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 4:09 pm
by Kevthemodeller
Stokesy44 wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2020 2:41 pm Wow that looks awesome Kev. Love the subtle shades and weathering. You've managed to dirty it down without it all going too dark :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Thanks mate, I'm learning loads really enjoying the painting/weathering side :th:
digger303 wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2020 12:34 am Love the way all those panel lines are so visible :th: :th: :cheers2:
:cheers2: mate :th:
CygnusX1 wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2020 12:41 am Another great build - some amazing paint work there; looks amazing.
Many tanks mate :th:
Hawkmoon wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2020 8:50 am :thumb2: Looking good and nice work :clap:
:cheers2: :th:
Tomcat64 wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2020 1:56 pm Stunning work Kev - well done for sticking with it and working through the grief it's thrown up :clap: :clap: :clap:

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 :cheers2:
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 :th:

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

Re: Kitty Hawk AH-1Z 'Viper'

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 6:34 pm
by Kevthemodeller
A few more issues, not all kit related. I discovered one of the gun barrels was broken on the sprue :wall:
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They were buggers to clean up, but with a lot of fiddling I think I got a good result :th:
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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 :wall: I had to completely polish and repaint every panel :crazy: but managed to save them :th: The weapon racks were still causing a few issues this mounting them all a bit fiddly :crazy:
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Almost there now :th: Sorry the pictures aren't that too cleaver I'll try and replace them tomorrow.

Re: Kitty Hawk AH-1Z 'Viper'

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:04 am
by 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.

Re: Kitty Hawk AH-1Z 'Viper'

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 7:32 pm
by Kevthemodeller
I'm calling it done :th:
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Re: Kitty Hawk AH-1Z 'Viper'

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:04 am
by digger303
:th: :th: :clap: :clap: :clap: :cheers2:

Re: Kitty Hawk AH-1Z 'Viper'

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:32 am
by CygnusX1
Kevthemodeller wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2020 7:32 pm I'm calling it done :th:
:thumb2: looks great.