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Meng Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow
- Thread starter Greg Kimsey
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Greg Kimsey
Well-known member
One avionics panel done. I did not have white wire so I had to use .10 fly tying lead wire and paint it white.
Reference then mine...
Still some lightening of the dark gray to do with drybrushing...
Reference then mine...
Still some lightening of the dark gray to do with drybrushing...
Woo hoo!
That looks real Greg.
That looks real Greg.
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
Love the wiring 
Greg Kimsey
Well-known member
I have not had much time to work on this and if I did I would be too tired! But I had a few minutes today. I got the port avionics panel wired and painted. I really want to affix the access panels so that they can open and close. I glued the halves together which went flawlessly. This has been well engineered so far!
I'm going to be that guy. Before you get to far, want you to check out the latching of those panels. What do they look like when the panels are open vers closed.
What do those panel latches look like open?
Oh, duh...you got a good shot right up top of this page.
What do those panel latches look like open?
Oh, duh...you got a good shot right up top of this page.
centaur567
Well-known member
Holy crap Batman! That looks like the real thing!!
Gary S.
Gary S.
And this guy knows!
Greg Kimsey
Well-known member
Once again I got a few minutes to work on this. My back pain was so bad I couldn't sleep, even with oxycodone, so I worked during the night. I have the front gun bays done except for a wire or two...
I have one engine ready for paint. This side will be open and the other side closed...
The real thing...
I have one engine ready for paint. This side will be open and the other side closed...
The real thing...
Sorry you're down in the back.
The electronics bays look fanstastic!!
The electronics bays look fanstastic!!
Greg Kimsey
Well-known member
Thank you!Sorry you're down in the back.
The electronics bays look fanstastic!!
Hydrocodone and 800mg Ibuprofen did a little better job on the pain. Reduces it about 50%
Awesome work!
If your heart can take it, the best way to reduce back pain without meds (or in conjunction with them) is diet and sexercise!
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
Sorry to hear you are hurting Greg. Those front bays are looking really good. Don't push it. Wish I could offer some suggestions to ease your back pain. I have had my issues, but learned how to adjust it when it does bother me so the discomfort is less and passes quickly.
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
As I said before, love the wiring......thats a lot of paint work! 
Good luck with the back, mine can get pretty severe if I lift anything over 5 kg. I think we all have some back issues here of some kind, being a bunch of old warriors, I hope the pain reduces quickly. I feel it !
Good luck with the back, mine can get pretty severe if I lift anything over 5 kg. I think we all have some back issues here of some kind, being a bunch of old warriors, I hope the pain reduces quickly. I feel it !
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
Part of what causes back trouble is carrying a lot of extra weight around, which age causes to make worse. I currently weigh in on my scales before my shower at 184 to 190. I also have trouble with my right ankle swelling. Most of that swelling is caused by numerous sprains and damage over time. Left ankle has minimal swelling.
So, where am I going with this.
I have found that certain foods aggravate the swelling and also cause my weight to rise up, sometimes rather quickly. First off I never drink sugar free soda. NEVER! I do like Mtn Dew, and Root Beer, one has a lot of caffeine, the other none. The trouble with them is that they have Fructose as a sweetener, and that can cause my weight to jump up 5 pounds almost overnight if I drink a fair amount of them in a short time. They also cause me to feel a little less perky. Thus I have been mostly drinking hot tea (various flavors) with natural cane sugar (which is usually a tan color and not filtered to white). Avoiding the pop (for the most part) drinking more water and tea seems to be helping.
The next thing is foods with "seed oils" Canola, Cottonseed, Safflower seed, Peanut, are all seed oils with Canola being the worst. Canola should be outlawed it is so bad! Look it up, it is scary where it comes from and all the things it can cause.
With that, all chips and most crackers are made with seed oils. I "LOVE" potato chips of a couple of flavors, and really like some flavors of Cheez-It crackers which are made with a lot of seed oils. When I eat too much of them my ankle swells up "A LOT", the left ankle swells up like the right does at the least swollen (in the evenings) and my weight starts kicking up faster, and I feel worse. Get completely off the crackers, chips, and sodas, and the weight tends to hold at wherever it is at and the swelling in my ankles goes minimum to almost zero.
Yeah our food is full of crap that makes us sick unless you know how to do a lot of cooking (which I don't)
So my goal is to get down into my 170's. If I am a good boy during the week and do my Saturday fasting, I should get there and stay in a couple of months. IF! Problem is I tend to get cravings, and if not focused on stuff I stray and the weight and swelling go up.
Hope this gives some ideas. Try things out and observe how it affects you over several days.
So, where am I going with this.
I have found that certain foods aggravate the swelling and also cause my weight to rise up, sometimes rather quickly. First off I never drink sugar free soda. NEVER! I do like Mtn Dew, and Root Beer, one has a lot of caffeine, the other none. The trouble with them is that they have Fructose as a sweetener, and that can cause my weight to jump up 5 pounds almost overnight if I drink a fair amount of them in a short time. They also cause me to feel a little less perky. Thus I have been mostly drinking hot tea (various flavors) with natural cane sugar (which is usually a tan color and not filtered to white). Avoiding the pop (for the most part) drinking more water and tea seems to be helping.
The next thing is foods with "seed oils" Canola, Cottonseed, Safflower seed, Peanut, are all seed oils with Canola being the worst. Canola should be outlawed it is so bad! Look it up, it is scary where it comes from and all the things it can cause.
With that, all chips and most crackers are made with seed oils. I "LOVE" potato chips of a couple of flavors, and really like some flavors of Cheez-It crackers which are made with a lot of seed oils. When I eat too much of them my ankle swells up "A LOT", the left ankle swells up like the right does at the least swollen (in the evenings) and my weight starts kicking up faster, and I feel worse. Get completely off the crackers, chips, and sodas, and the weight tends to hold at wherever it is at and the swelling in my ankles goes minimum to almost zero.
Yeah our food is full of crap that makes us sick unless you know how to do a lot of cooking (which I don't)
So my goal is to get down into my 170's. If I am a good boy during the week and do my Saturday fasting, I should get there and stay in a couple of months. IF! Problem is I tend to get cravings, and if not focused on stuff I stray and the weight and swelling go up.
Hope this gives some ideas. Try things out and observe how it affects you over several days.
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