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Title: 40 year-old Aurora AH-64 Cheyenne whiffer paint-job.
Post by: CSMO on March 22, 2014, 09:49:57 AM
I bought and built this model when stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky in 1974. It is OOB except for the paint. The Cheyenne was such a hot performing aircraft that it deserved an Air Force type paint-job. Army helos, since Vietnam are Flat O.D. Helo Drab with black lettering. I substituted Gray for one of the Greens in the Vietnam camouflage  scheme. This was one of the first models that I used, the then newly-discovered, Humbrol paints on.

Adios, Larry.
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Title: Re: 40 year-old Aurora AH-64 Cheyenne whiffer paint-job.
Post by: JayBee on March 22, 2014, 10:09:12 AM
Ah! Such memories, a model I remember well.  :wub:
Title: Re: 40 year-old Aurora AH-64 Cheyenne whiffer paint-job.
Post by: Dizzyfugu on March 22, 2014, 10:18:56 AM
Uh, sexy!  :wub:  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 40 year-old Aurora AH-64 Cheyenne whiffer paint-job.
Post by: kerick on March 22, 2014, 01:33:01 PM
That looks great! And you have carried it around all these years. And still in the proper number of pieces.
Title: Re: 40 year-old Aurora AH-64 Cheyenne whiffer paint-job.
Post by: Captain Canada on March 22, 2014, 01:44:26 PM
Looks great like that...definitely better than the boring green !

Nice work.

:cheers:
Title: Re: 40 year-old Aurora AH-64 Cheyenne whiffer paint-job.
Post by: The Rat on March 22, 2014, 01:46:42 PM
TEEEEERRIFIC!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 40 year-old Aurora AH-64 Cheyenne whiffer paint-job.
Post by: PR19_Kit on March 22, 2014, 02:08:54 PM
I always loved the Cheyenne, a pity it never made it into service.

Your model looks as if it DID make it in though.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 40 year-old Aurora AH-64 Cheyenne whiffer paint-job.
Post by: Joe C-P on March 22, 2014, 07:26:14 PM
Very nice work.  :thumbsup:
Like the Cheyenne, someday I'll follow in your footsteps with a USN or USMC.
Title: Re: 40 year-old Aurora AH-64 Cheyenne whiffer paint-job.
Post by: zenrat on March 23, 2014, 03:34:57 AM
Spooky.  I was reading about these this morning.
Nice build.  I wish some of my stuff from back then had survived.
Title: Re: 40 year-old Aurora AH-64 Cheyenne whiffer paint-job.
Post by: NARSES2 on March 23, 2014, 08:43:33 AM
Looks right in those colours
Title: Re: 40 year-old Aurora AH-64 Cheyenne whiffer paint-job.
Post by: KiwiZac on March 23, 2014, 10:41:17 PM
Very very nice! The SEA scheme - or, in your case, the SAC scheme - fits very nicely on the AH-56. Well done, and even more so for keeping it in AWESOME condition for 40 years!
Title: Re: 40 year-old Aurora AH-64 Cheyenne whiffer paint-job.
Post by: rickshaw on March 24, 2014, 02:54:44 AM
Quite nicely done.  The Cheyenne always looked a bit of a beauty.  What scale is it?  1/48?
Title: Re: 40 year-old Aurora AH-64 Cheyenne whiffer paint-job.
Post by: CSMO on March 24, 2014, 07:14:43 AM
1/72. The One True Scale.

Adios, Larry.
Title: Re: 40 year-old Aurora AH-64 Cheyenne whiffer paint-job.
Post by: Army of One on March 29, 2014, 04:43:45 PM
I loved this craft as a child.....thought it was great.....this model looks awesome.......!!!!!