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GeejeeZ

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  1. Wow Zac, great! I wonder what would make a childhood happier: growing up in a beautiful country like NZ, or being around helicopters all day?!? At that age all I could do to watch stuff fly was throwing my oatmeal through the room!
  2. Whoa was it that long ago… I can still vividly remember these first tv reports. Indeed, this 206L would be a fitting subject, LD!!!
  3. So right Jeff! lol, thanks for the support Zac! Nice one! Possibilities are countless.
  4. Errr.. sorry for the thread drift, but... for what Aircrane Jeff? I don't see that many Revell Skycranes anymore, or am I missing plans for a re-release? TIA!
  5. Same here! I will not make the same mistake again thinking that the kit will stay in the shops for years to come..!
  6. Now that would be terrific news!! I would love to see a (preferably 1:48) kit of the 206L or 407. Thanks for the heads up Zac!
  7. Nice find Sabre Freak! The book is interesting too John. Never knew that the H-43 was used as a civil helo! Although the kit was not on my list, this changes things.
  8. Not that it's of help to you now, but no: it was in a 1/72 kit.
  9. And the Italeri kit I built some time ago, had two included...
  10. They're scehduled in the Italeri catalogue for a re release but have been in the 'coming soon- category' for some years now...
  11. Perfect build Hajo! I have build several DreamModel Dauphins, but none of them looks this good! Gertjan
  12. Magnificent build!! I am not so much a modeller of military stuff, but your build (followed every step of it) makes me doubt my conviction!
  13. Nice one!!! Agree with Ray: the 1/48 Italeri/ Esci?
  14. Great build Hajo! Funny about the tail sitting: I have built several DreamModel 365's and have never needed any extra weight in the front?!?
  15. But..ok...the only game in town of a kit I have wished for about thirty years, so I bought one. Man that will be some work..! My first instinct after opening the bag, was to toss the contents straight into the bin, but.. well, it's the only game in town, so... These modelers of vacform stuff are a special breed!
  16. Ah great, welcome back Anthony! Can't wait to see the build continue! Tricky question: have you got the H145 build planned already? Gertjan
  17. Guess you're right: Italeri would be the only mainstream manufacturer that could kit this in some Italian military livery. Man, I could use tons of them: countless possibilities for offshore and EMS liveries. I am not too positive though: mainstream kit makers seem to be in a 'helicopter kits are poor sellers- mode' and chicken out of these subjects more and more... On BritModeller I read that Whirly Bits from UK had actually thought about an AW139 release but was still too afraid that Italeri or Revell would release one eventually.
  18. I understand 11bee, but you would definitely enjoy the countless possibilities for civil liveries, now wouldn't you?!?
  19. Your story sounds very familiar Anthony! I started modelling in the '80's and modelling life was easier then: less choice! If the local modelling shop didn't have it: no worries and buy something else. Besides the Revell, Monogram and later Italeri- kits I bought a lot of Heller 1/48 (-ish) helicopter kits and now regret not having bought even more of them… Those kits were and still are perfect to me: sparse but sufficient detail, not too many parts, not too expensive, and after having built some of them, I started detailing them; more parts in the rotor head, adding a panel line here and ther
  20. Hi Anthony, I built the AH6, the Seasprite and the Dauphin, so none of the kits you have. I must say: overall dimensions look fine to me (mind you: the Italeri Huey looks good to me too, so…), but I found the parts build up and fit troublesome. In case of the AH6 (I made a civil 500 of it) I prefer the Dragon kit. As I stated in another post: these KH- kits imho could have done with less parts and a better fit. I think you hit the nail on the head: it's a hit or miss thing with KH kits: I like to build fast and don't care about hidden engine or cockpit details or seperate fuselage pa
  21. (Although I'm not interested in a '53) Good post! Not too keen on the prospect on KH kits from what I have built from them so far. And: it puzzles me too why the most obscure types of armour or ancient prop planes are being released and model helicopters suddenly appear to be a business risk?
  22. Errr… that must be me..! I for one like to build fast instead of detailed, most of the time. If I want detail on a model, I am perfectly able (well...to my taste that is ) to add the details that I think are essential on a specific model. I built the KH Dauphin and found it overdone: engine detail and all the seperate fuselage panels are completely lost on me. To me, the kit could have done with halve of the number of parts... To me what is essential on any kit model, is the shape: there's not much a modeller can do to correct a basically wrong shape of a helicopter kit fuselage. I
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