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Tamiya, Eurocopter Tiger HAP 1/72 kit

  • Manufacturer: Tamiya
  • Part number: 60710
  • Year of production: 1993 (rebox of an Italeri kit from 1991)
  • Scale: 1/72
  • Kit type: Fixed-pose aircraft
  • In-universe role: Light Attack Helicopter
  • Purchase date: Early 2000's
  • Build date: ????

Fig. 1: Manufacturer box art. Fig. 2: Example of completed model.

This kit has been hanging around in the bottom of a box of my unbuilt models for close to two decades… I'll build it one day…


Paints

Paints Used

The paints listed below are from the Tamiya instructions of the rebox. In the original Italeri release it uses different codes - I suspect Tamiya colours are probably easier to get matches to, since they are so common:

Section Recommended Colour Selected Colour Notes
All black parts Tamiya XF-1
Tail rotor tips Tamiya XF-3
Engine exhaust cover, rotor centres Tamiya X-10
Landing gear struts Tamiya XF-11
Control panels Tamiya X-18
Interior, main rotor blades Tamiya XF-24
Control panel screens Tamiya X-28
Camo markings of box art scheme Tamiya XF-59
Seat base Tamiya XF-62
Seatbelts, Main hull markings of box art scheme Tamiya XF-64

Box Contents

Box

Fig. 3: Box

Instructions / assembly information

Fig. 4: Instruction manual. Fig. 5: Instruction manual. Fig. 6: Instruction manual. Fig. 7: Instruction manual. Fig. 8: Instruction manual. Fig. 9: Instruction manual.

Parts

Fig. 10: Parts Frame. Fig. 11: Parts Frame. Fig. 12: Canopy.

Decals

Fig. 13: Waterslide decals.

In Progress Images

Finished Images


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