Academy 1/35 AH1-z Viper 'Shark Mouth'

[Steve Brodie]

Displays done;


Bit more to actual size

[Steve Brodie]

Well, that was an interesting couple of hours. Fiddly doesn't even come close when putting the brass gun together. Building the sub pieces was straight forward enough, bit of bluetack to hold things in place and a drop of superglue and they were done fairly quickly. Putting it all together, now thats a different story. I blutacked the base down, put the barrels on and slipped over the centre guide, that was okay, trying to get the end piece on was a nightmare, every time i got one barrel lined up the other one or two would move. After a lot (a very lot) of goes, i got the end plate on the end of the guns. I picked the whole thing up to glue the rears into the base and the front slipped off, not enough glue or rushing. So it was back to square one. Finally got it all together at midnight, 3 hrs after i started and then noticed the front bolt had gone !!, so had to cut a barrel tip of the kit and use that instead !.

[papa 695]

Looks great though Steve.

[Steve Brodie]

Looks great though Steve.

No pain no gain :smiling2:

[Jim R]

Hi Steve
Definitely worth the blood, sweat and tears. Looks great.
Jim

[Guest]

I was dreading the one I put together for my A-10 but like yours, it was worth the effort.

[Steve Brodie]

I was dreading the one I put together for my A-10 but like yours, it was worth the effort.

And with seven barrels, double (+1) the trouble !

[Steve Brodie]

Got the gun housing completed and fitted the brass barrel, looks very smart so worth the effort i think.



With the TSS Turret, i added a couple of micro magnets, so i can get the fuselage glued together and concentrate on detailing the turret at a later date, if i so decide, either way makes painting the body easier.




Dry fitted to the body;

[Jim R]

Hi Steve
Looks very good. The magnets are a clever idea.
Jim

[stillp]

Magnets? That's a cunning plan!
Pete

[minitnkr]

What an excellent solution! PaulE

[Guest]

Like the magnet idea. My son does something similar with his Warhammer weapons, so they can be swapped around I think.

I used to use them for removable grilles and trim panels when I was heavily into custom car audio fabrication, so have a stash.

[Steve Brodie]

Crew arrived from Luckmodel at the weekend, sourced some 'spare' arms for the pilot from eBay to change things as I didn't want the model to be in a 'flying' mode. Just need to source a figure for him to interact with on the ground, maybe.

[Guest]

Does the AH-1Z carry a part of bolt cutters in the cockpit or something?

[Steve Brodie]

Does the AH-1Z carry a part of bolt cutters in the cockpit or something? :smiling3:

:smiling2: :smiling2: Nope, They are the 'game pads' that are used to control the Target Sight System , i need to paint them up and detail the buttons.