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Whirlybird

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  1. It does get confusing....Cobra may have a made a set, I bought what I think was the earliest one available - Cutting Edge - marketed as an H-34/Wessex set. Nonetheless, either way - the credit goes to Chief Snake...he made the masters.
  2. Floyd, I'm blaming you for directing me to that kit at the recent OD show. LOL (just kidding) This thing is kinda fragile.
  3. New Kitty Hawk kit has me looking at an older project I was working on. Seems to be a better model to work with. Made the hard part in the back from scratch, have the 1/48th mini gun...and a 50 cal. from aftermarket. Looking for other 1/48 weapons and crew stuff - but most appear to be for 1/35th.... Anyone have a source for that kind of thing? Thought there was a French source for resin M16s...
  4. What's the best material to use on my vacuum forming machine? Not so happy with previous attempts - clarity not so good.
  5. Thanks guys. I have an old Revell/Germany UH-34D release that looks that looks respectable - with the old Cutting Edge aftermarket interior/bent legs set. Nonetheless, one of these would be good to have.
  6. Seems after a dry spell - more choices for an H-34 in 1/48th now...Anyone taken a look at this one....?
  7. Yeah..it will, cuz if it sells for that...I've got one I'll part with.
  8. yep....Those of us that have them will build them... I have an H-34...(found it at Air Land and Sea years ago....Chief Snake will know what that is - or was), a Queens flight and a Wessex.
  9. Maybe you can luck into 48th Revell Wessex...(I did...twice). Almost as good as scoring a H-34, and maybe, MAYBE, ... "someone" will do a conversion to make it into a H-34...
  10. Very Nice. You have made a silk purse from a sow's ear. I like the color scheme too.
  11. I just logged on and posted. I was even able to retrieve my log in name and password via email.... A guy has a kit list posted recently for trade /sell..... granted I haven't seen much going on there lately, it was the place to be at one time... http://www.network54.com/Forum/163130/ http://www.network54.com/Forum/163130/login
  12. I don't know if the kits I got were Smer or some other manufacturer, but they were pretty rough. At least they were not "snap together" toys , but they were not that great either. The kit does not do justice to the interesting lines of the real thing...it is only a very bad approximation of the intakes, bulges and panel lines. Here's what I've managed to do in the way of converting and adding much need detail to the engine areas...., with the orginal kit shown for reference: http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu172/M...pg?t=1240035643 http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu172/M...pg?t=1240
  13. I think this forum can get a ESCI 1/48th kit to you, one way or another. The Heller kit can be used...(I converted it) the question is how accurate you want to be. Do you want the "look" of an OH-58D for your own pleasure, or you want to survive the high scrutiny of someone with an engineers scale or calipers...? When I built mine I wrote Bell Textron for information, what I got was a manual: "Armed OH-58D Warrior - Program and Operational Highlights of the Armed OH-58D Kiowa Warrior". Apparently it was a presentation made at the 46th Annual Forum of the American Helicopter Society. It
  14. Better yet..rather than take more pictures I should take a stab at doing a better one.
  15. Ok...Thanks. I was very happy with the cockpit......and the overall shape seemed ok. It lacked detail in several areas...exterior of the doghouse, particle seperators would be good to do in PE brass ....the device for the MMS was rough and the main rotor was not as detailed as it could've been. My old camera does not take very good close ups...I've got a new one and I may get around to doing some shots inside.
  16. You mean the walkarounds of the OH -58D from the airshows and such? I'd have to scan them and upload them to a link... ...my 1/48th conversion effort is (was?) at this photobucket link..also posted above.. http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu172/M...Warrior1-48.jpg
  17. If you can't get the seller to ship to UK, I'm sure some of the members here might have one of these kits sitting around....
  18. Side view...picture with a slightly better view of the canopy and seats... http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu172/M.../OH58D-left.jpg Have fun!
  19. I used the Heller kit for my 1/48th conversion...did it back in 1995 (now being "restored" after cold storage..the kit landing skids are weak and I've broken it several times, stabs need to be replaced among other things). As for the Heller kit...it is a Bell Jetranger with incorrect panels etc. At the time...I used the kit I had, plus the best information I could find, which included my own walkaround pictures of two D's. Today...if I was to do it again, I would use the ESCI kit ....and I'd do a more modern version of the OH-58D...with the squat gear. http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/u
  20. Turecki, ...if he does make them in 1/48th, let us know, ....please. Keep us posted on your progress on this build as well.....
  21. Looking over my pictures...unfortunately they are orginal prints..I'll have to see about getting them digitized or scanned....
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