From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Andrew & Amanda" References: <000c01c3c90a$d6a04730$1e99ddcb@home> Subject: Re: AH-64D Longbow post Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 10:20:21 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0023_01C3E651.8780A3C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C3E651.8780A3C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Andrew, Thanks for sending in your Ah-64 article. I've got a bit of a backlog = due to "Silly Week"....and I'm catching up on my e-mails which I fell = behind on due to Christmas and Silly Week etc. I'll e-mail you when = your article goes on ARC in the next few days. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com =20 Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Andrew & Amanda=20 To: sheb@telus.net=20 Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 8:11 PM Subject: AH-64D Longbow post 1/48 AH-64D Longbow by Andrew George Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg = here=20 =20 =20 This kit is #831 by Italeri. All the outside of the kit including = weapons are standard straight from the kit. The mods done to this kit = are the instrument panels and the decals on the sponsons. The instrument = panels were designed on the "A" model, so the digital cockpit came from = Hasegawa's 1/48 Longbow, which has been reviewed by Dave Williams on = Hyperscale. This seems to be a common fault with model companies in = regards to this A/C. The sponson decals came from Italeri's AH-64A kit = (82nd Airborne), while the numbers came from Italeri's newly released = Kiowa kit. =20 Click on images below to see larger images =20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 03.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 03.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 04.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 04.jpg=20 =20 All in all, the kit wasn't too bad. I wasn't happy with the detail on = the chain gun, and the joins to put the floor in and around the cockipt = glass were pretty crap, but with a lot of bog a sanding, I managed to = get something respectable. The rest of the kit went together fairly = well. If I built this kit again, I would get the cockpits again from = Hasegawa and source a different chain gun. I would rate this kit three = and a half stars out of five. Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg = here=20 =20 Photos and text =A9 2003 by Andrew George ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C3E651.8780A3C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for sending in = your Ah-64=20 article.  I've got a bit of a backlog due to "Silly Week"....and = I'm=20 catching up on my e-mails which I fell behind on due to Christmas and = Silly Week=20 etc.  I'll e-mail you when your article goes on ARC in the next few = days.
 
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com
 
Live=20 like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work = like you=20 don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like = nobody's=20 listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
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From:=20 Andrew=20 & Amanda
To: sheb@telus.net
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 = 8:11=20 PM
Subject: AH-64D Longbow = post

1/48 = AH-64D=20 Longbow

by Andrew=20 George

Steve=20 Bamford will insert full sized=20 version of photo 01.jpg here
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This kit is #831 = by Italeri. All=20 the outside of the kit including weapons are standard straight from = the kit.=20 The mods done to this kit are the instrument panels and the decals on = the=20 sponsons. The instrument panels were designed on the "A" model, so the = digital=20 cockpit came from Hasegawa's 1/48 Longbow, which has been reviewed by = Dave=20 Williams on Hyperscale. This seems to be a common fault with model = companies=20 in regards to this A/C. The sponson decals came from Italeri's AH-64A = kit=20 (82nd Airborne), while the numbers came from Italeri's newly released = Kiowa=20 kit.
 

Click on images=20 below to see larger images

 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 03.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 03.jpg=20

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  Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 04.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 04.jpg=20

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All in = all, the kit=20 wasn't too bad. I wasn't happy with the detail on the chain gun, and = the joins=20 to put the floor in and around the cockipt glass were pretty crap, but = with a=20 lot of bog a sanding, I managed to get something respectable. The rest = of the=20 kit went together fairly well. If I built this kit again, I would get = the=20 cockpits again from Hasegawa and source a different chain gun. I would = rate=20 this kit three and a half stars out of five.

Steve Bamford will insert full sized = version of photo 02.jpg here
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Photos = and text =A9 2003=20 by Andrew = George

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