Arab Snake...1/48 Bell AH-1F/S Cobra, Royal Jordanian Airforce

Started by Reinhard Spreitzhofer · 36 · 2 months ago
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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    After aborting the Italeri AH-1W, my dad tries this one.
    Not sure yet which scheme

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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    decided to use TwoBobs decals and do a Jordanian scheme, at least that´s the plan for now

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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    some paint for the cockpit

    no decals for the instruments but drybrushing does the part

    seatbelts are molded on

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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    and some more progress

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Great entry and beautiful choice of scheme, Reinhard @grimreaper
    One of my favorite helicopters.
    Excellent start on the interior.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Another awesome entry from the Spreitzhofer Werke, my friend @grimreaper! Excellent progress and great looks do far! Excellent scheme chosen, as well!

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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 3 months, 1 week ago:

    depending on angle, light and quality of the pics of the real choppers, the color tones always look slightly different
    used Tamiya XF-59 Desert Yellow

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 months, 1 week ago:

    Desert yellow looks great, my friend @grimreaper! You are exactly right regarding color shades.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 months, 1 week ago:

    The applied color looks perfectly fine, Reinhard @grimreaper

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    George R Blair Jr said 3 months, 1 week ago:

    Desert tan/yellow looks great, Reinhard (@grimreaper). I saw a bunch of AH-1s in Somalia, and I think the paint on each airframe reacts differently to the sun and weather, resulting in each one having its own distinctive look for its paint. How many models do you have going at once, and where do you put all of them when they are done? Your displays shelves must be really crowded.

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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 3 months ago:

    @gblair depends on size and my dad´s motivation 😀 usually 3-4 at once
    we store them in vitrines, cupboards and in the attic

    paintjob and some shading done
    for the other camo colours, used Tamiya XF-64 Red Brown and Field Green FS34097 from the new AK RC line

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 months ago:

    Great camouflage pattern, Reinhard @grimreaper

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 months ago:

    Nice looking camo, my friend @grimreaper!

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    George R Blair Jr said 3 months ago:

    This is one of the brighter camo schemes I have seen, Reinhard @grimreaper, but several of the Middle Eastern countries have similarly bright camo schemes. Looking really good.

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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 2 months, 3 weeks ago:

    "wings" added, gloss coated and started with the decals

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