Intruder_bass

Thats a good point - I will relay your question to them

Roger that guys! Very helpful information indeed! Looking forward to see some photos and opinions! I also expressed the interest in "on ground" and more relaxed poses but according to the inquiring party - "in action" poses are still much more "in demand". I can't really twist their arm there... I am just glad we can finally get anything decent and accurate at this point! Andy

Thanks, Ray, that would be wonderfull!

Gentlemen, all of you know we have been waiting for a new set of figures for our UH-1 collections for quiet some time now... The Dragon figures are good but clearly not up to modern standards in terms of accuracy and crispness of detail. CMK figures are OK but not the greatest either. Finally, the wait might be over! Not long ago I was contacted by a well known company that specializes in sculpting figures. They are one of the best at what they do! One of their next projects is the UH-1 "slick" crew circa Vietnam War period. The set will most likely include both pilots, crew chief and the

I wonder if KittyHawk people are following this kind of posts. If they do, correcting couple of parts and throwing extra sprue in the box would be logical and wise from common sense perspective... Unless they dont care about reputation, success, money and all that other capitalist nonsense.

Here is another trick you can use to make the soundproofing yourself. Aluminium foil from K&S (or any other supplier) was used as a base. Metal ruler and pin vise with needle is all you need! Cheers! Andy

anything can be made out of Styrene! just takes time... a lot of time! the rest of the inside walls could be covered with soundproof material. No really need to make all the frames exposed. Good luck!

Hmmm... Floyd, I suspect this is due to shrinkage of the mold and therefore the castings... The original master was a much better fit. thats unfortunate, but not the end of the world. Your fix looks fairly simple and effective!

the lower half of the door flips outside - right over the probe mount check the Primeportal walkaround

I believe the blister has to go. Scooby, there might be one coming soon in 1/48 scale... I am not authorized to say more, but maybe Mike Belcher can clear this up ?

Beautiful work Floyd! It does come together nicely! Andy

:-) I will, as soon as I actually pull my MH-47 out from the dusty box. I need inspiration and your build is just the right thing!

Floyd, I might be wrong, but the probe suppose to be 16' 4'' long in real life... Which makes it 140 mm long in 1/35 scale or 5.6 inch ....correction (those are measurements for sticking out part of the probe beyond the aircraft length) the full length of the probe itself should be 29 feet and 5 inches in length with a 9-inch outer tube diameter. That makes it 252 mm or 10 inch long in 1/35 scale and it is fixed, not retractable like on Pave Hawk... Andy

I would think, its always better to have a chance of survival then not... BTW back in 80's in Afghanistan, lots of Hind's and Hip's crews survived thanks to parachutes strapped to their behinds... They had enough time to jump out of the burning, stalling machines!

...blades, obviously, are being "ejected" just a moment before the seat. Actually, as far as I know on Ka-52 the whole rotor system gets "ejected" away. On the pics you can see the white colored engine that takes seat up and away