Surgery needed - it turns out that the figures were too tall for the cockpit unless I lowered the floor. So the guides for the cockpit floor panels went the way of the excess stabilizer. The crew figures also needed some surgery to fit properly - probably should've taken the figures from Monogram's AH-1S Cobra gunship since they're identical to the Apache crew but smaller.
Rotor blade painting issues. Pre-sanded with 2000 grit sandpaper, then brush painted with Model Master Acrylic FS34087 properly thinned, but this was the result after 3 coats of paint. In some places the paint immediately became tacky and rubbed off; in other places it went on without issue; yet other places it was very gloppy and/or bubbly. Hopefully I can salvage them by sanding down the paint rather than having to strip and start again
Looks better on the right side. Not sure how I’ll fix the front though. Then again, this kit isn’t the most faithful representation of a Tiger to begin with.
Inspired by one of the many iterations of the Eurocopter Tiger prototype F-ZWWW with some creative license. Black body, olive green rotors, no OSIRIS sensor or nose gun. Cockpit instrument side panels, cyclics, and crew figures came from a Monogram AH-64 Apache.