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Meng Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow

I have no clue on chopper loadouts. I know I've seen some aircraft in crazy maintenance mode with every panel off armed to the teeth. And that is really a no no.
I like what Saul posted with the mounts all there ready to load up.
 
I am having some weird crap going on this time around. Several new things:
1- Swelling along incision. Never happened before. Doc is not worried about it. What is weird is that it never happened before.
2: I squeak when I walk or lean sideways. Seriously, I sound exactly like the Tinman from Wiz of Oz. I keep mimmicking him out of the corner of my mouth. "oil can...oil can", everyone can hear it, it's not just me
3- knee and thigh pain. Standing up takes a lot of preparation because I know it is going to hurt like hell. 1..2...3...grit teeth, stand, cry out in pain, steady myself, then walk like a robot to minimize squeaking. Sometimes I can't force myself to follow through and just remain seated.
Weird, weird, and weird!
I want to work on my model!
@paddy had the best idea so far. I will rig up a pulley system and pretend to be Tom Cruise!
 
So many doctors are barely able to function as armatures. I just simply do not trust them any more and do my diligence to figure out what really is going on.
Sounds (?) like they didn't get the fix quite set or aligned just right or the prosthetic device installed has issues. Hope you can get some relief soon!
 
FINALLY! I have no doubt there are many many flaws, but I think all of the physical problems I have had while working on this have left a sour taste, and I am tired of working on this one. I DO feel better finally and can sit at the bench longer now. I had several other photos of this model, all the same size as these 2 shown, but the server said they were too big. IDK. They are 20% of the original size and about as small as I can make them LOL.

This was a difficult model, mostly in complexity and the number of tiny parts. The fit was excellent throughout. In the manner I have it displayled, it is EXTREMELY delicate and I have had to reglue parts that have fallen off repeatedly. Picking it up is dangerous and I have no clue how I am going to transport it.

An oddity I found was with the decals. They are Cartograph and are quite excellent, but the Japanese sun emblem is in 2 pieces much like the Swastika is in multiple pieces, and the suns as well as the decals that are in Japanese characters are indicated by a black outline on the instructions as if they are not allowed to show them in print or color. One sun turned out well and the other I could not align no matter what. I thought about painting it, but honestly,, I was ready to move on.

Anyway, this is a really top tier kit should anyone be on the fence about the quality.
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It looks really good Greg! You did an excellent job.

As to the photos, it isn't the resolution of the photo, but the file size. I think the file size has to be smaller than 2Mb though I might be wrong. Bob Puppy can give the actual max file size.
 
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