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Tank, no i dont have it, but in the bottom dont have that much rivets, i had to use bigger rivets because i run out of small rivets

It took me 3 days in a 2-3 hours daily work

Thanks, the fit on the kit is perfect, just some tweaking on the instruments dashboard so the windshield fits properly. with one sheet is fine for the hole model Jorge

finally finished replacing the negative rivets with positive rivets, the kit look much better with positive rivets

Thanks, for sure I will keep you posted on the progress of this helo, i think by tomorrow i will be done with the rivets and will prime all the model, they recommend to prime the model then apply the rivets, i do the opposite, y sand the model with 1000 grit paper then apply the rivets, a must on this is to use liquid like solvaset sobthe rivets will adhere well on the plastic, then prime over the rivets so the transfer film will disappear. they are not easy to apply they are so delicate Jorge

Thanks Rod, i am waiting for the black hawk to come out, that will be a thesis on riveting the tailboom itself ad i did on my previous one. I did not cut the skid on this one , you have to think on one little detail, they come to be placed in the flight mode, what i mean is that in flight they look higher and larger but when the helo is on the ground they open up to absorb the weight of the helo , so i opened the skids as they are on the ground and on weight, that is why you see them shorter, you can look in the engine bay on each side they are shock abosrbers that allow the skid to open

Can’t tell, haven’t seen those rivets jorge

I am using archer transfer AR88014, these are the smallest ones, when it is painted they will look much to scale i used them on another helo and at the end the look great

This is what i got so far on the positive rivets replacing the recessed ones that comes molded in the plastic

The recessed rivet ar so shallow There is no need to fill them, by tomorrow i will show the progress of this little bird, pictures will be with out primmer so you can ser the rivets how they look

By tomorrow you will see some pictures of the rivets so far, is a tedious long work those freeking rivets jorge

As you said any color as long it is black is fine, i am driving myself nuts with this little bird, love KH model, hate recessed rivets, so i am using Archers rivet to turn all the rivets into positive ones, looking good so far

Thanks for your answers, on my model I will go for NATO black as the base color for faded black, and from there I will use different shades ok black jorge

Hi Guys this question goes for the little bird experts, for my understandings all the AH-6 J and M's always had been in the black grayish color, but a friend of mine keeps telling me firmly that they always were helo brad green, never seen a picture of one in helo drab, i know the letters and number were helo drab color and now they are gray. Best regards Jorge Oppenheimer Ps: i am working on the new KH AH-6 M with some mods

No correction at all so far on these decals, i just finished my F-16 with the decals, dont look that bad at all, but you can see the difference in the colors, i will post some pictures today in ARC facebook page during the day Jorge

I spoke with them over Facebook messenger and he told me he can’t do anithing about the color, he was willing to send me a replacement set for the registry problem

The thing is, the only one ever produced the splinter falcons is 2bobs, so if i want the BDU on my collection i will have to live with this ones, this will be my 3erd splinter falcon And my BDU is 70% done Jorge

here is the tail with decals on and here is the real one, the letters and data are the same color as the camo

I spoke with 2 bobs and they told me the maker of the decals use pantone colors and not FS colors, so they try to match to closest one, i used MRP paint eith the code that 2 bobs provided, and is the same brown as the airplane in the pictures i have Jorge

Well i just finished the vertical tail on my BDU, and for the first time 2Bobs screw it big, the tan color on the decals is way off, darker and grayish that the tan color on the aircraf, and they are out of registry, managed to fix some of the white lines on the edge of the letters, but others will show, i have 2 closeup pictures of this bird, i will post it later Jorge

I have mine here, and they are mix of tan and gray, but they go more into the tan tone Jorge

Thanks guys for your kind words jorge

I used a different color of AK panel line wash in each color of the splinter scheme

hello again , here is my second Aggressor splinter, this time is the Alaska Splinter, i know i made a mistake with pipe can, used the wrong one

Thanks, right now working on the Alaska splinter