38 minutes ago, steph77 said:

The only vital parts are the swashplate elements.

I was able to build it without the ring-with-4-balljoints part, replacing it with a 8880 hub part. Had to do some small changes to make it fit and it might be a bit less smooth, but it eliminates 1 rare part... If anyone is interested, I can make and share some pictures of my changes

Thanks to chefkaspa (94) (Rebrickable member) two new versions are born : green military livery and finaly black ops

 

 

 

Thanks to him for his reproduction and kind words

 

 

Edited February 16, 20196 yr by steph77

Great stuff! I particularly love how nibble and maneuverable the nose gun is. Really amazing. Also I also like the variable pitch tail rotor.