{"id":49,"date":"2023-10-18T00:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T00:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avimator.net\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2023-11-11T10:24:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T10:24:05","slug":"the-paint-scheme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/avimator.net\/index.php\/the-apache-pit-project\/main-menu\/the-build\/the-paint-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"the paint scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I chose the standard Australian Army camoflauge livery specifically in the style of the recently retired OH-58A kiowas, which I always loved & wanted to try to purchase a fuselage when the all airframes when to auction, but they were still airworthy\/servicable & therefore were attracting ‘aviation’ rates….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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whereas the paintwork (nor the aircraft) of the Aus Tiger aircraft never appealed to me, it just looked like crap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All i did was grap a few images of left & right profile pics of the Aus Army OH-58s & superimpose the apache sketch profiles over the top, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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then did a quick & dirty paint scheme with paintbrush…. just enough to give me an idea of the required pattern<\/p>\n\n\n\n

then all i had to do was identify the paint colours as near as i could….another trip to Bunnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is my first attempt at spray painting…. ( i hate painting; i’m only guaranteed to get ~60% where it needs to be… the other 40% ends up running up my arms to my elbows, down my back, in my hair…. I look like ive been finger painting at kindergarten)
& it was a bit too windy , not a constant light breeze but more the occaisional gust… so i covered the neighbours car for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was just finished & waiting for the paint to dy just enough so that i could get the tarp cover back on….. & it rained. ‘Shit-Magnet’ strikes again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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