Hajo L. Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Does someone has some references concerning "Squatter Swatter"? I´m currently building the Special Hobby/Revell AH-1G, using the decals of the MasterCraft-kit. Some things seem odd, to me, for example white panels on top of the stub wings... HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chief Snake Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Those are walkway panels, they were supposed to be painted on in flat black which often faded to a very dark grey. The 1/32 Revell AH-1G kit of that aircraft provides those panels as white decals so if Mastercraft used that artwork as a reference they may have just perpetuated a mistake made originally by Revell. Hugh mills flew that AH-1G for a short period of time. He browses this forum and may be able to answer your observation with first hand knowledge. Chris M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 Yeah, Hugh already dropped in into my "Miss Clawd"-thread, which was a great honour! So, the panels should be black or faded black? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chief Snake Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 The choice is yours. Either way could be correct depending on what type of weathering you choose. A newly painted aircraft they would definitely look flat black. An aircraft that was some time out of painting would have those panels beginning to fade to a grey-black look. An aircraft long out of painting the panels would be more to a grey color. The longer exposed, the more grey they appear. Many of the UH-1s I worked on had the walkway on the roof anywhere from black to a chalky grey, again the time out of being painted producing what you saw. Since those areas are on the top of the surface of any walkway the sun beats the heck out of the pigment in the black. Chris M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 Rotor blades black or oliv? Mastercraft says oliv with two big white panels and yellow tips. But judging from various pictures, this looks like th eonly source for that is the old Revell kit... HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 6 hours ago, Hajo L. said: Rotor blades black or oliv? Mastercraft says oliv with two big white panels and yellow tips. But judging from various pictures, this looks like th eonly source for that is the old Revell kit... HAJO Unless you have a pic showing different OD top and black bottom on the main rotors with 6 inch yellow tips. Like this G model being flown by Bell pilots. Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Thanks a lot! HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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