Hasegawa 1/48 AH 64D IDF, Guardian Angel "Saraf"
Haseagawa's 1/48 AH 64 variants kit boasts with fine details and appears to be accurate in dimensions. However, the IDF's Guardian Angel does not cover all the changes and additions made in the attack helicopter. In particular, the external fuel tanks are missing. I used Isracast resin product that upgrades the generic AH 64D supplied with resin fuel tanks. The second model is Hasegawa IDF dedicated kit to which I scratch made the tanks.
Amazing looking IDF birds Rafi well up to your usual standard of excellence , really well done ,anything dressed in Star of Davids looks good to me.
Thank you Neil.
Nice one. I have the standard D model in the same scale.
Markings are difficult to get though it appears. It would have been good to represent one of the first 9 we had which were effective D models before the WAH64 started developing.
The fact that things don't always match doesn't surprise me as certainly ours changed hugely and are no "purported" to be near identical to the Guardian...they ain't.
I suspect since its introduction as the A in BAOR to the current E block aircraft, along with the CH47, it is likely to be the most modified cab ever, particularly given marinisation, folding blades, national requirements such as HIDAS (going back) etc etc etc. Nice job.
Thank you Chris.
Those are some nice-looking choppers, Rafi (@blackmopane).
Thank you John.
Amazing result as always, Rafi! Awesome job in scratch building those external tanks!
Thank you Spiros!
Your usual excellent work, Rafi. the scratch work is impressive.
Thank you Tom.
Excellent result, Rafi @blackmopane
Your scratch build work does add a lot to those beautiful helicopters
Thank you John!
Excellent builds!
Thank you Richard!
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Two undeniably great model builds Rafi !
Good work on the camouflage work. they really stand out.
Thank you!
These are really sharp, Rafi.
Thank you John.
Grate pair of AH-64Ds Rafi. Really beautiful job as usual.
The Apache was pretty new when I went into the service. In engine school we spent 3/4 of our training on OH-6, OH-58, UH-1, AH-1, and CH-47 engines and only about 2 weeķ on the T700, the UH-60/AH-64 engine because the T700 was so much simpler to maintain and technologically ahead of those older designs. The T700 is all modular in design and easy to work on in comparison.
Thank you Clint.
Interesting.
Nice looking pair of helicopters, Rafi.
Thank you George.
Nice looking whoppy choppers!
Thank you Gary!
Excellent builds! Well done.
Thank you Greg!
Awesome looking Saraf's! Time for the 1/35 Takom kit?
Thank you Neil.
My interest in the 1/35 diminishes as the price of the kit increases. The added internal details do not add to the realism of the model since they are seldom seen.