small side doors on the bbi blackhawk
small side doors on the bbi blackhawk
anyone manage to cut open the small side doors on the bbi blackhawk? (the window like doors in front of the main doors, where the machineguns would be mounted).
If so, some tips on how you did it would be appreciated.. I really wish they had been molded seperately.
If so, some tips on how you did it would be appreciated.. I really wish they had been molded seperately.
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I remember seeing at least two on this board. One of them even had miniguns mounted with sliding doors and was painted flat black. It looked pretty good. I remember seeing pictures of it with a suburban in front of it and the crew getting out.
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yes,,that was me,, it was a big job!!! I had to remove the mount for the external fuel tanks and cut around the window frame with a knife and a roto tool...I will see if I still have soem good pictures,, I used GI joe miniguns to get the look I wanted...tomd
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there was also another board member who did the custom UH-60 with the pictures of a diecast ford suberban - long time ago,,,
I am still on a spending strike..
I have not spent any money on 1/18th stuff in 8 months...I had at least a $100 per month habit.
I want XD vietnam figures. I am starting to think the Platoon line is not real..
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I am still on a spending strike..
I have not spent any money on 1/18th stuff in 8 months...I had at least a $100 per month habit.
I want XD vietnam figures. I am starting to think the Platoon line is not real..
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yes that was he...I believe the pics were in the GP member gallery..
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Thank's AF,, I was hoping BBI would do a "blackhawk down" version. I guess the big toy companies will continue to frustrate us.
They have however made my customizing skills better with each passing year.
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They have however made my customizing skills better with each passing year.
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Hey Tom...
Your Halo Jumpers are MAD Wicked! I wanted to give you props for those. By the way have you ever spray painted any of bbi's stuff? If so, does the paint adhere well or does it stay sticky and fails to dry? I have had some problems with that when painting a few action figures. Some dried but then 2 or 3 would not. Anyhow, like the work...
Take care
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Take care
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you have to use acrylic paints when painting these figures. Enamal paint, which is what most spray paints are (at least the hobby ones) wont' dry properly and will stay tacky for years.
To my knowledge there are no hobby spray acrylics. You either have to brush paint them or use an airbrush.
To my knowledge there are no hobby spray acrylics. You either have to brush paint them or use an airbrush.
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Thank's Rob,, I did those halo customs a few months ago,, they are combo GI Joe Spytroops and Dusty trails Halo figures.
As far as spray painting,, I use flat spray paint on the big stuff,, humbrol flat colors on the figures.
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As far as spray painting,, I use flat spray paint on the big stuff,, humbrol flat colors on the figures.
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Sprays
I'm pretty sure I have Tamiya Acrylics in a spray can. They're great.
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Aferguson, all the fire support you'll ever need for an insertion is an AH-1 or AH-64.aferguson wrote:Nice job Tomd. You know what they say; no guts, no glory. So i guess it's no glory for me.
I've got a team fast roping from my Blackhawk; and they'll have to do it without fire support.
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Re: Sprays
Yup, tamiya has a fairly substancial line of their paints available in spray form. All of the bottles can be thined and airbrushed as well.digger wrote:I'm pretty sure I have Tamiya Acrylics in a spray can. They're great.
Ive always wanted to do that to a blackhawk, but never could quite get myself to cut up mine, and dont have a spare
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Thanks for the Paint Input...
I wanted to know my options because I want to Navalize a BlackHawk Helo into an SH-60... but perhaps bbi might make one in the books??
But thanks to everyone for the tip!
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But thanks to everyone for the tip!
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