Appreciate the long review where you can get into detail with all of the parts & instructions! Looks like I’ll have to pick this up as a birthday present for myself in the near future! Thanks Peter
Hi Peter! Was busy this week at noontime. Peter, the Apache was used in both wars (Desert Storm and Iraqi War); the Apache was used at the start of the air campaign destroying radar installations near the front. The Apache also was also used to support the tanks and armored infantry in the big drive.
Yes but the art is wrong as the original Apaches , not the D were in Dessert Storm, where the oil fields were burning, so a bit of artistic license used here...
@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Labhi Peter,excellent review as always...just incase you werent aware Flory models have a comparison video between this and the Takom kit.
I appreciate the great review Peter. The kit looks fantastic. Sorry I couldn't make the live chat. BTW the AR-15s are actually M-4 Carbines in the US military, more compact than the original rifle. 👍👍👍
I have always been a big fan of the Apache and this is looking to be quite a nice offering. I already have the Takom in my stash though.. Wish I was more plugged in to the "in the pipeline" rumor mills, I may have waited. :) Thanks for the look inside!
Never done a helicopter love the way Meng gives you lots of technical information and those wheels very nice indeed such high detail it invites you to build it thank you tell me about the Apaches being based at RAF Wattisham because l'm on the East Coast and they fly over us on training flights and l was wondering where they were coming from 👍
Now look matey🤨😆....JHC Flying Station Wattisham ceased to be RAF Wattisham in 92 and has housed 3 and 4 regts Army Air Corps operating the Apache AH1 (E block going online soon). As it goes our WAH64s first went operational as part of Op Herrick setting many records (notably until then the largest amount of ammunition used in one action during the battle of jugroom Fort rescuing Mne Mathew Ford (RIP). Sadly they apparently don't like strong winds on the deck....ahem🙄😪. It is fair to say that at the time they were probably the most capable marque, with some of that development going into the Guardian/E block. Great review Peter. I have the Takom guardian because a Boeing TP friend assured me that it...and our E block cabs, were near identical less the carbine bracket in the cabin. He forgot to mention lack of sugarscoop exhaust (and as ours were re builds probably loads of other bits) so Aircav it is then.....arrrggghhhh. They can stuff their AH1 where the sun won't shine on principle.
😆 only having a dig Mr O. It's a shame really. Our friends in blue have every reason to be proud of their history, its their active and often rather silly actions to ground the other arms that let them down. After a few years dealing with Joe public its a sad fact of life they cannot understand that it all started with the Army and the Navy, and they both work best with their own indigenous air arms. Hells bells, we were only re formed because there was scant effort to provide support. Live and let live.
PS. Although the AH is after my time I have enough contacts who know. They are obviously heavy and tall so need very careful active handling on the deck. What I don't understand was why, with a weather warning out that would topple an articulated truck, that cab wasn't under cover. I didn't go into the compound at Wallop (it's a separate security gated compound, part of the stipulation for Apache) so I don't know if it has tie down points, but I doubt it.
Ah now I don't think that, but there have been some pretty disastrous aviation related decisions down to the green eyed monsters. At no point would the AAC or FAA threaten their existence. However going back to the squabbling over weight limits nearly saw us without arguably our best buy, the Beaver. In the end someone in Whitehall said...:make it happen". Then we had the support helicopter force. Paid for out of the Army budget and until recently not really fit for purpose. Then we have the "we don't need the big carriers....we can hit anywhere in the world". Well after raiding scrap yards and fire dumps we managed one bomb on a runway that was still operating on the day of ceasefire FFS. The irony was that the other cab capable of it and more accurately was the Buccaneer....designed for carrier use. On it went, the D4K was axed from NI to be replaced by something else. Army couldn't fly it (pressurised apparently) but it wasn't any good so quietly disappeared. Again, the Beavers often stood in for the RAF PR cabs during Op Banner. That is one aircraft that deserves a decent new mold kit. Early on they showed no interest in helicopters until this big sexy beast turned up....then they tried to offer the chinooks and pumas to the Army....hoping they would get AH (by then it was a done deal anyway). The sad thing about it all is that they have done some great things, brave, gutsy things over the last century. They did some great stuff down south, flying FRS1 or GR3, FAC and the lads with BN and SH, so why pin everything on black buck? Sharkie Ward summed that one up well but as an exe phantom man he had cause to grumble. They kept very quiet about not rigging the SAS boys kit pallets properly and dropping the lot into the Atlantic. Horses for courses though (there have been some decent RAF crew on Apache, they wouldn't pass the course otherwise, likewise Army and RM pilots graduate to support helicopters when they have to start flying desks). In the most part it is good natured banter supported by real time silliness. Did I mention we produced more astronauts...?😆
Stencils do not have to be bad just do what I do. I get a pen and cross them off on the instruction sheet as they are done. Put them on on a gloss coat. All whilst I watch a Peter Oxley video.
What a model, such moldings I agree 9¾ from me as well. I would be up for this but my sights are on IJN Akagi FD, & Kate. Wonder if napalm tank is thermobaric weapon, vacuum bomb.
Appreciate the long review where you can get into detail with all of the parts & instructions! Looks like I’ll have to pick this up as a birthday present for myself in the near future! Thanks Peter
Hi Peter! Was busy this week at noontime. Peter, the Apache was used in both wars (Desert Storm and Iraqi War); the Apache was used at the start of the air campaign destroying radar installations near the front. The Apache also was also used to support the tanks and armored infantry in the big drive.
Yes but the art is wrong as the original Apaches , not the D were in Dessert Storm, where the oil fields were burning, so a bit of artistic license used here...
@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab : you are right Peter… I was just mentioning that the Apaches overall was used in both but different models.
@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Labhi Peter,excellent review as always...just incase you werent aware Flory models have a comparison video between this and the Takom kit.
@@jaws848 Yes I just watched that today: A very interesting comparrison.👍🏻
@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab havent watched it yet...will watch later when i get home.👍
I appreciate the great review Peter. The kit looks fantastic. Sorry I couldn't make the live chat. BTW the AR-15s are actually M-4 Carbines in the US military, more compact than the original rifle. 👍👍👍
I have always been a big fan of the Apache and this is looking to be quite a nice offering. I already have the Takom in my stash though.. Wish I was more plugged in to the "in the pipeline" rumor mills, I may have waited. :) Thanks for the look inside!
Never done a helicopter love the way Meng gives you lots of technical information and those wheels very nice indeed such high detail it invites you to build it thank you tell me about the Apaches being based at RAF Wattisham because l'm on the East Coast and they fly over us on training flights and l was wondering where they were coming from 👍
Now look matey🤨😆....JHC Flying Station Wattisham ceased to be RAF Wattisham in 92 and has housed 3 and 4 regts Army Air Corps operating the Apache AH1 (E block going online soon). As it goes our WAH64s first went operational as part of Op Herrick setting many records (notably until then the largest amount of ammunition used in one action during the battle of jugroom Fort rescuing Mne Mathew Ford (RIP). Sadly they apparently don't like strong winds on the deck....ahem🙄😪. It is fair to say that at the time they were probably the most capable marque, with some of that development going into the Guardian/E block.
Great review Peter. I have the Takom guardian because a Boeing TP friend assured me that it...and our E block cabs, were near identical less the carbine bracket in the cabin. He forgot to mention lack of sugarscoop exhaust (and as ours were re builds probably loads of other bits) so Aircav it is then.....arrrggghhhh. They can stuff their AH1 where the sun won't shine on principle.
Ooops! Sounds like I committed a FAUX PAS there! 🫢 Yes…seems not great in a gale, eh? 😜
😆 only having a dig Mr O. It's a shame really. Our friends in blue have every reason to be proud of their history, its their active and often rather silly actions to ground the other arms that let them down. After a few years dealing with Joe public its a sad fact of life they cannot understand that it all started with the Army and the Navy, and they both work best with their own indigenous air arms. Hells bells, we were only re formed because there was scant effort to provide support. Live and let live.
PS. Although the AH is after my time I have enough contacts who know. They are obviously heavy and tall so need very careful active handling on the deck. What I don't understand was why, with a weather warning out that would topple an articulated truck, that cab wasn't under cover. I didn't go into the compound at Wallop (it's a separate security gated compound, part of the stipulation for Apache) so I don't know if it has tie down points, but I doubt it.
@@Flingwing24 Yes indeed…As NIgel ‘Sharkey’ Ward put it: “Bloody useless crabs!” 🤣
Ah now I don't think that, but there have been some pretty disastrous aviation related decisions down to the green eyed monsters. At no point would the AAC or FAA threaten their existence. However going back to the squabbling over weight limits nearly saw us without arguably our best buy, the Beaver. In the end someone in Whitehall said...:make it happen". Then we had the support helicopter force. Paid for out of the Army budget and until recently not really fit for purpose. Then we have the "we don't need the big carriers....we can hit anywhere in the world". Well after raiding scrap yards and fire dumps we managed one bomb on a runway that was still operating on the day of ceasefire FFS. The irony was that the other cab capable of it and more accurately was the Buccaneer....designed for carrier use. On it went, the D4K was axed from NI to be replaced by something else. Army couldn't fly it (pressurised apparently) but it wasn't any good so quietly disappeared. Again, the Beavers often stood in for the RAF PR cabs during Op Banner. That is one aircraft that deserves a decent new mold kit.
Early on they showed no interest in helicopters until this big sexy beast turned up....then they tried to offer the chinooks and pumas to the Army....hoping they would get AH (by then it was a done deal anyway). The sad thing about it all is that they have done some great things, brave, gutsy things over the last century. They did some great stuff down south, flying FRS1 or GR3, FAC and the lads with BN and SH, so why pin everything on black buck? Sharkie Ward summed that one up well but as an exe phantom man he had cause to grumble. They kept very quiet about not rigging the SAS boys kit pallets properly and dropping the lot into the Atlantic. Horses for courses though (there have been some decent RAF crew on Apache, they wouldn't pass the course otherwise, likewise Army and RM pilots graduate to support helicopters when they have to start flying desks).
In the most part it is good natured banter supported by real time silliness. Did I mention we produced more astronauts...?😆
Great looking kit. Luckily for my wallet, I have pretty good Apache resistance skills.
"The Force is STRONG with this one!" 👍🏻
Stencils do not have to be bad just do what I do. I get a pen and cross them off on the instruction sheet as they are done. Put them on on a gloss coat. All whilst I watch a Peter Oxley video.
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Peter, the vid show only 2 colors, is the 3rd a darker shade of yellow or green?
I was wondering about takom in terms of detail?
@@maxfartuhov Takom has excellent detail too but very fussy and too many parts. A much trickier build.
@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab thanks a lot. I am thinking of buying but have not decided which one yet. As I understand Takom has more parts than Meng?
What a model, such moldings I agree 9¾ from me as well. I would be up for this but my sights are on IJN Akagi FD, & Kate.
Wonder if napalm tank is thermobaric weapon, vacuum bomb.
The AH is also equipped with ferry tanks
i flew over the burning oil fields of iraq in 2010
Going to get this kit... Amazing... Would go nice with a 1/35 hind