So after having spent.. somewhere between 16 and 32 hours in total on this project (possibly even more, I lost track of time), I am pleased to announce that this helicopter's finally done...

Hurray! After several years of hiatus, I picked up my old hobby again and started building models again. This is the first. I have yet to see what comes next, but I've had my eyes on the ISS (international space station) and Space Shuttle Atlantis, both on 1:144. We'll see..

For now, I present to you a reasonably succesful built of the AH-64D Apache Longbow. It has some bits that aren't as nicely put together as I'd like, but this is a common problem with building these things: it's like Ikea. They present you a manual, tell you what to do, but on the actual model there's no such thing. Like inserting piece A using the little knob inside piece B. There is no knob. There is no piece B. It barely fits together at some points! Gah!

But I guess that's all part of the challenge.