The
AH-60L is an armed outgrowth of the MH-60L and provides more firepower over a
greater operating range than the AH-6Js of the 160th SOAR. The DAP in
its title stands for ‘Direct Action Penetrator’, which is evidently Army
speak for their new birds ability to kick the door down.
This
new Academy kit is really worth its price (ca. 43 Euro). There are a lot of
parts for one’s spare parts box; things like the seats of the UH-60L and drop
tanks etc. etc.
I
built the kit basically OOB, just added a self-made 30mm chain gun under its
right pylon and opened the pilot’s and co-pilot’s doors (and added some
details to them).
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As
you can see, I added two more 7.62mm MGs to each cabin side; the two .50 cal.
weren’t enough firepower for me. Don’t know if that’s possible in the real
world, but why not. I also installed some ‘aluminium plates’ which were put
on the fuselage to repair battle damage.
I
painted the chopper in flat black, because I thought if they fly mainly at night
(?), this would be the appropriate painting. The machine was weathered using the
dry-brushing technique; some grey and aluminium should show the helo was
extensively used.
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This
kit made really fun to build; it’s large and there are myriads of parts!! All
the sprues are very well done; and this scale gives you much room for additional
detailing.
This
Blackhawk and the Panda UH-1N which I built at the same time were my first
Choppers in 1/35; first, I just built an LAV-25 and an M1A2 in 1/35, but after
the AH-60L I think my new scale is 1/35. I have done so much in 1/72 so it
became a little bit boring after some time.
Hope
you enjoyed it!
Regards,
Daniel
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