HeavyArty

Reedoak has a French Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer that I plan on using. I swapped out the French helmet he is holding for a US HGU-56 helmet and I think he looks close enough to me.

The one you need is the one I linked to. It doesn't matter which Academy kit it came from; they all have this sprue for the rotor head parts. To build an MH-60L, you need the straight, folding stabilator, not the pointy one pictured above.

The Academy rotors/rotor head (and other parts) sprue is available for sale by itself on eBay at a reasonable price. It has all the parts you need. https://www.ebay.com/itm/295351416085?hash=item44c450f515:g:LvoAAOSwEoljd~6K

Maybe a transmission swap, but that would require opening up a bunch of panels and adding the internal details. By the way, there is no such aircraft in US use named AH-60. I'm not sure where Academy got that idea. The aircraft is depicting a 160th SOAR (Special Operations Aviation Regiment) MH-60L Black Hawk. Also, the markings decals are the wrong color, they should be an OD green color, not yellow.

I agree that the H-53 and Chinook will still be around for quite some time. For that matter, so will the Black Hawk. The V-280 is not supposed to even be ready to begin fielding until at least 2030, we shall see if they can do it that quickly. Also, it will take quite a while to replace Black Hawks as new V-280s become available. They will be around for a long time still.

Not too much longer. The next step, Bell/Boeing V-44 Quad Rotor. Currently under Army contract in the design phase.

Yes, the wing turns to be in-line with the fuselage, the blades fold in, and the tail planes fold down; similar to the Osprey.

Both are available on eBay. You can use PayPal protections. HH-43 https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=1%2F48+hh-43&_sacat=0 HOK-1 https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=1%2F48+hok-1&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=1%2F48+OH-42&_osacat=0

So who will be the first to come out with a model of it? Army selects Bell V-280 Valor to replace Black Hawk fleet - Task & Purpose (taskandpurpose.com)

I don't know if they have the same relationship in 1/48, but the 1/32 Special Hobby AH-1G is the ICM kit with added resin and 3D printed parts, and new decals. They may be the same plastic in 1/48, but I am not sure.

1/35 OH-23 would be welcomed too.

1/35 UH-1 series: UH-1D/H, UH-1N, CH-135, CH-146, UH-1Y

^^Ditto^^

No. It has the short ESSS wings and weapons hung on them (M230 chain gun and M200 rocket pod) and the internal ammo can and control boxes, in the DAP configuration, along w/a few other external pieces.

Chris Miller (orig. Cobra Company owner) is alive and well. He just decided to move in another direction and sold the company to Lone Star Models. As far as Lone Star Models goes, I saw on another board that his wife just recently passed and he is planning to ramp things up again soon.

Not in 1/35. Hobby Fan does have one in 1/48 though. I don't know how accurate it is, but it is out there.

They look like standard MH-60Ss to me, with nothing but the ID paint added.

Highly recommended. I just bough a set of the Part 1 (AOA 35-003) decals at ModelPalooza in Orlando over the weekend. They look awesome and are well worth the money. They come with all the aircraft specific decals and a full set of stencils as well. I am looking forward to using them on a couple KH Naval H-60s.

Takom has announced another rotary wing surprise. They are showing an MQ-8B Fire Scout Drone as an upcoming release. These drones are used by the USN and are based on OH-6 technology. Very cool Actual drone. More info: https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/air/fire-scout/

It looks like Takom has a coupe of 1/35 Apaches in the works. These should be awesome....

It depends on how much work you want to put into it...

Here are a few helo / aircraft items I have for sale or trade (1/35 unless otherwise noted): Academy: RQ-7B UAV $15 Black Ops Models: AH-6M Rotor conversion (6 blade set) for H-6A/J $5 Dragon: AH-6J Little Bird with Black Ops Models center wall and tailboom updates. $35 Monogram 1/32 AH-1G Package $75 Includes latest boxing (85-4677) w/ “Voodoo Lady” decals, Cobra Company Cockpit set (CC 32001), Cobra Company XM-35 20mm Weapons System (CC32005), Fireball Modelworks Anti-Strella and Right Hand Tail kit (32-001), and Werner

Most likely his aircraft was 68-10365 "68-10365: USAF; 37th ARRS w/o 06Apr72 Vietnam during Bat 21 rescue" More info: "6 Apr 71: Coast Guard Lt. Commander Jay Crowe, an exchange pilot on assignment to the 37th ARRS at Da Nang, was piloting Jolly Green 65. The helicopter broke through the clouds and rapidly dropped into the area where Hambleton was hidden. The aircraft was immediately struck by a wall of North Vietnamese gunfire. Their rounds tore through the aircraft, destroying the instrument panel. Crowe struggled to get the aircraft out of the fire zone

From what I have seen/heard, it wasn't much. Just a few medic bags, maybe a water jug, C-rats, etc... There wasn't much care given on the MedEvac helos. They mainly transported stable patients from the battlefield to a rear aid station/MASH.