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With the Hasegawa limited edition kit (07414) impossible to find, I instead picked up the "Korean Army" version of the Guardian plus BAM Models ASPI exhausts set.  Am I good to go or do I need any additional goodies to model a US Army version of the Guardian?

 

(Not a helo expert...)

 

Thank you for your help.

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On 9/12/2022 at 5:16 PM, FlyAndFight said:

With the Hasegawa limited edition kit (07414) impossible to find, I instead picked up the "Korean Army" version of the Guardian plus BAM Models ASPI exhausts set.  Am I good to go or do I need any additional goodies to model a US Army version of the Guardian?

 

(Not a helo expert...)

 

Thank you for your help.

Right from the BAM Models listing of this conversion set:

 

  • Using Hasegawa’s “Korean Army AH-64E” boxing and this set you can build any updated AH-64D or US AH-64E

Others may know more.

Hope this helps,

Steve Sliger

Greenwell Springs, LA

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Don't need to compare the Hasegawa Sprues as the original poster purchased an aftermarket detail set, BAM Models ASPI exhausts set, which will provide the necessary parts for him to build any updated AH-64D or US AH-64E model using the Hasegawa "Korean Army" boxing of the Apache.  I Understand that he wants to build the AH-64E Guardian.

 

https://bam-models.com/product/1-48-ah-64d-e-aspi-sugar-scoop-exhausts/

 

This is written by BAM on the website above:

 

Using Hasegawa’s “Korean Army AH-64E” boxing and this set you can build any updated AH-64D or US AH-64E

Hope this helps,

Steve Sliger

Greenwell Springs, LA

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My apologies. did not read carefully. But in my opinion, if a person has spent money on BAM Models, it is not a sin for him to buy these add-ons:
1 late type stabilizer http://metdetails.com/catalog/metalic-details/aircraft/148/mdr48105-ah-64-apache-tail-stabilizator-late-type
2 TADS/PNV System Late version http://metdetails.com/catalog/metalic-details/aircraft/148/mdr48106-ah-64-apache-tadspnv-system-late-version-hasegawa
3 M230 chainguns
http://metdetails.com/catalog/metalic-details/aircraft/148/mdr4883-m230-chain-gun
Well, the chassis and cockpit from Aires will do.

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42 minutes ago, Katran said:

My apologies. did not read carefully. But in my opinion, if a person has spent money on BAM Models, it is not a sin for him to buy these add-ons:
1 late type stabilizer http://metdetails.com/catalog/metalic-details/aircraft/148/mdr48105-ah-64-apache-tail-stabilizator-late-type
2 TADS/PNV System Late version http://metdetails.com/catalog/metalic-details/aircraft/148/mdr48106-ah-64-apache-tadspnv-system-late-version-hasegawa
3 M230 chainguns
http://metdetails.com/catalog/metalic-details/aircraft/148/mdr4883-m230-chain-gun
Well, the chassis and cockpit from Aires will do.

No problem and I do see your point as I once thought the “Sugar Scoops” exhaust was in the other 2 kits as they are in kit 07414 (AH-64E Apache Guardian).  I had just learned of the BAM Models conversion set when I first read this post and googled.

You are right if you want to do it all up right with those add ons.  I have the Hasegawa kit 07414 so I am not looking to add on. I bought the kit shortly after I saw 2 of the full scale aircraft stop for fuel at the airport I fly out of.  I was an Army Aviator back in the 80’s and flew Cobras and Kiowa. The unit I was in was the first chosen to field the A model Apache and my last flight as an Aviator was a ride in the Apache when I left the Army in 1988.  I did get the pilots of the 2 that landed at our airport to let me sit in one got old time sake.  What a machine!

Steve Sliger

Greenwell Springs, LA

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7 hours ago, Katran said:

My apologies. did not read carefully. But in my opinion, if a person has spent money on BAM Models, it is not a sin for him to buy these add-ons:
1 late type stabilizer http://metdetails.com/catalog/metalic-details/aircraft/148/mdr48105-ah-64-apache-tail-stabilizator-late-type
2 TADS/PNV System Late version http://metdetails.com/catalog/metalic-details/aircraft/148/mdr48106-ah-64-apache-tadspnv-system-late-version-hasegawa
3 M230 chainguns
http://metdetails.com/catalog/metalic-details/aircraft/148/mdr4883-m230-chain-gun
Well, the chassis and cockpit from Aires will do.

It depends what you mean by "need": some parts are actually necessary to represent an E, some will add detail compared to parts included in the kit but the kit parts already represent the right thing (for example, Metallic Details TADS, chaingun or BAM's detailed antennae)

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Well, the phrase "need" was not specified in my post. And I absolutely disagree with you about TADS, in the kit it is absolutely not suitable for both modification "D" and "E". As for the rest, I may agree with you, this is not so critical for some modellers and the kit will make it possible to make a prototype similar to the one being assembled, but exactly similar.

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What is wrong with the M-TADS in the Korean AH-64E boxing? "Absolutely not suitable" seems a bit strong to me. I'm not disputing that the MD resin TADS is beautiful and more detailed, I just don't see how the kit part differs in main shape/features from the real deal to the point of making it wrong to use it.

 

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Same thing with the BAM antennae, the Hasegawa parts are not the nicest but still suitable if you don't mind the difference in detail

 

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