Subject: Re: 1/32 Revell AH-64A Apache
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Niels Peter Henning" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:01:00 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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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.
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Niels Peter Henning 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 12:04 PM
  Subject: 1/32 Revell AH-64A Apache

  Gallery Template #05

  1/32 Revell AH-64A Apache 

  by Niels Peter Henning
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  Revell launched this model kit in 1987. About 10 years later, I got it as a birthday present. It was a nice eyecatcher, throning on my tv (the place of honour for am model kit in my living-room). But one day, it had a devastating crash, when I swept it from my tv. The end ...?

  No!

  Just some weeks ago, I had the opportunity to buy this model kit - really cheap! And this time, I had better tools, more experience and loads of photos (e. g. on ARC ;-) ).

  I found the interior quite ok - lots of details and easy to assemble. But building up the airframe caused some trouble, because not all parts matched together like I expected. But in the end, I always found a solution for all problems - smoothing and sanding did most of the work.

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  I didn't have the intention to build any special helicopter from a special unit. So I did all the painting like suggested by Revell and I used the decals provided with the model kit. But I had to add or rarefy some details - like the cable-cutters (uh ... is this word correct? Here, my english fails), pitot-tubes, the chaingun and several details at the main- and the tail rotor (florist-wire and canulas were the perfect helpers here).

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  When taking photos of model kits, I normally prefer neutral backgrounds, but in this special case, I decided to take the photos in nature to give them the look of an ARC-walkaround. I think, the drivers on the nearby highway were flabbergasted about the weird man creeping through the grass and taking photographs of a little helicopter ... lol.

  I enjoyed building this model kit - it's really great (even the measures)!

  Photos and text © by Niels Peter Henning