GeejeeZ
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Wow, great work on a fascinating kit!! The S-92 is top on my helicopter model wish list although as a particular impatient modeller I do not look forward to the hassle with resin... But hey: beggars can't be choosers and I did get acceptable results in a resin kit on the S-92- predecessor: the 1/72 S-61N by Whirlybits.
Thank you for keeping us updated, will be following this one with interest. Good luck!!
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1/72 S-92
1/72 H225
1/72 AW139
1/72 Bell 214ST
1/72 /48 Bell 407
1/48 H145
1/48 MD530F
1/48 H300
please..
And oh yeah: as said by JohnEB: no need to go crazy on the parts number!
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Nice, thank you!!
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Couldn't agree more!!!
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Fascinating read, thank you for sharing the link 11bee!!
Gertjan
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Nice subject to model, Dave!
1. I have the Whirlybird 84sq RAF Akroti kit in 1:72. Although most of the time I am quite fanatic about the Whirlybird stuff, this kit was somewhat of a disappointment. The parts that you would need are the long exhausts, the big sliding doors (with the bigger windows) and the fast fin tail. The doors (on the 1:72-Wb-kit) are just two door- size pieces of transparent resin: you have to mask the window positions and then paint the parts. Effective, I know, but you could just as well cut these parts yourself from transparent sheet plastic, using the Italeri doors as templates.
The fit of the Wb resin fast fin tail piece imho is too much of a hassle: you have to cut a part off of the kit's tailboom and then fit the resin piece there. Cutting the back part of the Italeri kit's tailfin gets equal results and leaves the surface detail of the tailboom intact.
2. CobraCompany had a resin 1:48 bellytank, although I don't know if it was the type that's used on your example. And ofcourse I wouldn't know where to get CobraCompany stuff nowadays/ if another company took over these conversions.
3. In Europe former Helostuff from Germany do civil rescue decals. https://www.sparks-scalemodelshop.de/en They don't have what you're looking for, but maybe you could ask them?
HTH!
Gertjan
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Nice find Andy! I bought my DreamModel kits at Hobbyeasy Japan, purely because I have not been able to find a DreamModel seller in Europe (exept 1001hobbies but they dare to ask over 50 euros for a Dauphin which comes pretty close to ridiculous). Quite affordable prices at Hobbyeasy (but take shipping costs into acount), but I once had an unpleasant surprise when I unexpectedly had to pay a considerable amount for customs clearance when the kits had arrived in the Netherlands.
How are the shipping costs from Daiyee/ US?
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22 hours ago, andyf117 said:
I've contacted the retailer asking if he can supply the missing items out of another kit (he still had a couple shown in stock) - at the end of the day it wasn't a cheap kit, even though his price was lower than others are selling it at...
....if push comes to shove, I could make replacements from thin plastic card - in similar fashion to the strengthening strips on my UH-3H - but I'd still need a template to work from...
Andy, I have these parts; I have not used them. If you pm me your home adress, I can send them to you.
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Thank you so much for the heads up 11bee!
Listened to the Mills episode this morning. Awesome to hear the man speak after having read Low Level Hell several times; listening to his stories make them even more real. Terrific story teller, humorous and modest.
Also great to hear mr. Mills say that that a second book and a documentary are in the making!
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On 4/7/2021 at 3:54 AM, Brad-M said:
I have sent Trumpeter/Hobby Boss 100's of photo's of the RCAF CH-148 Cyclone (Militarized S92), so who knows in the future!
Whoa,,,!!! Ofcourse nothing certain yet, but man does this fuel my dreams of an S-92 kit!
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On 3/27/2021 at 4:57 AM, JohnEB said:
GeejayZ
In my last move a rotor blade broke on the Hughes. I found a guy in the UK who supplied spares, you might find him online. I took my floats off and just display it on the skids.
Thank you John, I will definitely contact this guy!
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On 3/17/2021 at 9:47 PM, K5054NZ said:
A friend gave me his childhood one which survived *mumblemumble* years. I wish I'd had one as a kid, it's so cool! It's the sprayer variant which is what I'd want.
I have that one. I lost the spray booms and the rotor blades, but the rest survived my youth in the '70's. I also still have the yellow float equiped version, minus the floats and rotorblades that is.
Somehow the Britains model perfectly captures that typical insect like appearance of the Osage/ H300. I think it got me my soft spot for the H300, while most of the time having a preverence for the bigger (civil) helo's.
I built the 1/72 Special Hobby '300, but it stretched my meagre modelling skills to the limit. I just cannot wait for the new AMP kit.
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Thanks for the reply Winnie. Man, what a tragedy...!
Ofcourse the 214ST with its twin blade design must be susceptible to mast bumping as well. Somehow I always thought that phenomenon was only for the smaller Bell's; 212's, 205's and 206's.
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On 1/16/2021 at 5:59 PM, Loach Driver said:
(...) I have the Attack Squadron MQ-8C in 1/72. Sadly, there is no way to hollow out the windows and make a 407 from it but perhaps a 407 fuselage could be made from two Italeri OH-58D Kiowa kits, using the MQ-8C as a guide.
LD.
Same here Loach Driver.
I went the same route and painted the windows on the Attack Squadron resin fuselage black. Squinting from some distance it looks ok, but I would prefer an injection mould kit.
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On 1/15/2021 at 7:30 PM, Winnie said:
... an unfortunate mistake by the Okanagan crew killed it for offshore work...
?? What happened?
Sorry for continuing the thread drift, but man, would I love a kit of the 214ST!!!
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On 1/23/2021 at 11:32 PM, K5054NZ said:
Thanks to this thread I got to watching a ton of S92 videos on YouTube and now I want one in 1/72! A very impressive machine.
Same here!!
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Whenever I get the opportunity I buy these 1:32 OH-6's or JetRangers. Although it's true they lack interior detail, they build up ok and make me feel like a kid again.
And, in case of the JetRanger: while still anxiously awaiting Italeri's re- release of the 1:48 Esci JetRanger, the occasional Revell JetRanger is the only game in town. I have built several, and as Oliver says: the beam between the front windows looks too clunky. IIRC the Revell 1:32 Huey had exactly the same problem.
On some Revell JetRanger kits I have replaced the outdated low skid landing gear by Heli-Scale-Quality high skid landing gear. They also have high skid gear for the OH-6 if you'd wish so.
Good luck on your build Bounce!
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Magnificent Ismael!
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Wow, magnificent work (cockpit too)!
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Beautiful Ishmael! Indeed an old kit that needs a lot of work.
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Impressive work Ismael!
I remember the Revell kit in some aspects was a real pain. I built about six of them and f.i. have never achieved to remove the tail rotor blades of the sprue without each time breaking one or more...
. The rotor hub always looked too small to me, but your work looks amazing!
Keep up the good work!
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On 3/11/2020 at 5:07 PM, biggu said:
This book, is EXCELLENT, and until we get our new 1/48 scale Italeri B 206, it is well, worth a read in the mean time, lots of Bell 47 flying in British Columbia, and 206 stuff as well.... when I got it, I was only going to read a page or two, but I couldn't put it down... read it in a couple days.....
Jeff
I second that! I have quite a collection of books related to helicopter flying, and this definitely is one of the best! Not only an insight in the golden era (and place!) of helicopter flying, but the man also knows how to write.
On 3/11/2020 at 5:01 PM, biggu said:Not sure if this is the right place, to put this out there, but I will give it a try, if not, please feel free to delete, I'm NOT a Facebook guy, but a good friend of mine sent me this link, and as some of us are Bell 206 lovers, I thought this may be of some interest to those who don't know about it...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1444144865828784
If the link doesn't work google Bell 206 Jet Ranger / Long Ranger Enthusiast public group some good stuff on it.... but as I say I'm not a Facebook guy....
Jeff
Nice find, looks interesting! Although I have also never had a Facebook account, things like this tend to waver my convictions...
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That is some impressive scratch building!!
Gertjan
CH-148 Cyclone build.
in Helicopter Modeling
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You did a sterling job Phantom, but I am affraid that has more to do with your modelling skils than with the quality of this kit.
Hey, I know we should be glad someone tackles the subject. I hope for the best but am expecting the worst...