Phantom2 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 (edited) Finally! Time for a Chopper build, I have waited for this! My build will be the Special Hobby Hi-Tech reboxing of the ICM AH-1G Cobra "Marines/US Navy" in 1/32… More to come soon…. Stefan Edited June 9 by Phantom2 Rick Griewski, themongoose, artoor_k and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 I have the other boxing - the ICM kit combined with all the Special Hobby detail parts makes for a pretty impressive package. Look forward to seeing this come together Stefan! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted June 11 Author Share Posted June 11 (edited) On 6/11/2024 at 2:45 PM, Iain said: I have the other boxing - the ICM kit combined with all the Special Hobby detail parts makes for a pretty impressive package. Look forward to seeing this come together Stefan! Iain Yes, and the best part is that this boxing are CHEAPER then the original, plain ICM! I paied about €10 ($9) LESS for this Maxed-out kit then the bare plastic ICM! This box is fantastic value! Stefan Edited June 23 by Phantom2 Iain and Rick Griewski 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 (edited) Hi All! In this boxing we find the quite new ICM kit from Special Hobby and as this is the “Hi-Tech” edition there´s a LOT of extra goodies in the box! Best of all, this boxing is cheaper then the original, plain, ICM kit! I paid about €10 less for this kit compared to the ICM kit! Fantastic value in this box! Here´s what we find in the quite large box. One large, box-siezed frame with the well-moulded fuselage halves (already removed) and some smaller parts (seats and cockpit parts). This is not a small chopper, fuselage parts are 30cm (1´) without the tail part! ”Real” positive rivets! One large frame with lots of smaller parts…. One large frame with rotor blades, tail parts and a smattering of smaller parts and hatches. Two smaller frames, loaded with small parts and weapons… The glass parts are among the best I have ever seen in a kit! Crystal clear and absolutely no distortion, scratches or any other imperfections! Two large sheets with pre-cut masks (Eduard?) and a small acetate sheet. Two etched frets, one is pre-painted with instrument panels and seatbelts (Eduard)…. One large decal sheet with no less than four interesting options to build. I will build this chopper as a blue “Navy” machine from US Navy Test Pilot School, Jacksonville, 1974. The Instruction booklet follows SH new format and is quite clear and easy to follow. I don´t like that SH uses Gunze colours, but at least they give you the real name on the paint, so it´s easy enough to translate to your preferred brand. In the bottom of the large box we find two smaller boxes, one with all the 3D printed parts and one with the resin parts. I´ll present the contents of the boxes as the build progresses. Wow, this is a very complete box indeed and there´s no need for any AM Stefan Edited June 23 by Phantom2 BradG, chrish, Landrotten Highlander and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 That is a VERY complete kit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 22 hours ago, Alex said: That is a VERY complete kit! I’ll say. They give you both tails, so you can build either an early variant with the rotor on the port side, or a later one with the rotor on the starboard side. themongoose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted July 4 Author Share Posted July 4 On 6/27/2024 at 7:52 PM, Lee White said: I’ll say. They give you both tails, so you can build either an early variant with the rotor on the port side, or a later one with the rotor on the starboard side. ...and you also get two types of chin turrets (single and double barrels), two types of skids (one "skinny" set and one "beefed up" set, two different tailfins. Can be more, but that´s what I can see now.. I have started glueing parts together, update will be coming soon! Stefan Alain Gadbois and Lee White 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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