ST0RM Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) So I'm plugging along on a shelf of doom project (old Revell CH-3 in 1/72) alongside my Sea King. It got me thinking about the lack of kits for this helo. It was instrumental in Vietnam and later into the Cold War for the AFRes & ANG. Just curious if anything might have been heard on a "to-do" list. -Jeff Edited June 15, 2015 by ST0RM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) So I'm plugging along on a shelf of doom project (old Revell CH-3 in 1/72) alongside my Sea King. It got me thinking about the lack of kits for this helo. It was instrumental in Vietnam and later into the Cold War for the AFRes & ANG. Just curious if anything might have been heard on a "to-do" list. -Jeff Nothing that I've heard of. At one point, a long-departed ARC member (Cobra historian?) was working on a conversion of the 1/48 Hasegawa SH-3 to an HH-3, you should be able to find his build log someone on this forum. I wouldn't mind a 1/48th kit of this, as a kid, I recall seeing Coast Guard HH-3's flying out of Otis ANGB on Cape Cod. Edited June 15, 2015 by 11bee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
82Whitey51 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Not to mention the cool looking "Coastie" birds... Would love one of these in 1/48 scale. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Loach Driver Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I think Whirlybird Decals in the UK released a 1/72 resin HH-3 kit a few years ago. I haven't seen it but their stuff is usually pretty good. LD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jabba29 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I think Whirlybird Decals in the UK released a 1/72 resin HH-3 kit a few years ago. I haven't seen it but their stuff is usually pretty good. LD. I have seen it at the UK nationals and yes it is very good, but also pricey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaronw Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 That is one of the mysteries. An iconic helo of the Vietnam war, with a decent service life post war. Used by the USCG and Italy in slightly modified form. It seems like a no brainer for Italeri who have a good history of doing helicopter kits, particularly those with ties to the Italian military. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) Back many years, an Italian guy did a major modification of the Hasegawa SH-3 into an Italian CH-3 rescue bird - skinned with aluminum from Coke cans! Saw it at Telford (or maybe even Castle Donington). It was a sight to behold. I've never understood why the good old Jolly Green can't get any love. Edited June 15, 2015 by Jennings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Glynn Jacobs Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Man, This brings back many memories from the good old Revell kit that I built many, many years ago (and more than once too!). It was in the days before Hasegawa and we only had Revell and Aurora back then! Also, I used to hang out on the corner of the fence at the Coast Guard station in San Diego as a young Naval Officer to do a little fence checking, when I had a little time off. I once thought of trying to find another Revell kit to try to modify into an Italian S.A.R. bird but when I couldn't find one, my better judgement kicked in and I dropped the quest. I do have an Aurora kit in the stash but it seems a little less accurate than the Revell kit. It would be really nice to have Italeri do a new kit with options for a USAF or Italian S.A.R. bird. Sweet! WARDOG Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ST0RM Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share Posted June 17, 2015 So there is interest! Well, on those random FSM surveys I'll add the CH-3 to the list for 1/48 and 1/72. Let's hope we're eventually heard. -Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
italycrew Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Hello gent!! Still now I don't understand why the factories of modeling aren't interested to produce a kit of this glorious helicopter .... Someone will hear our voices???? They could make a version of HH-3F in USCG , Italian Air Force,Argentina. While the version HH-3E SEA, Desert Storm, AFRES .... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Luca Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Member of our modeling club who works in Italeri said me they are interested to produce it in 1/48 scale Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I'd say Italeri is the only company likely to do one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tobiK Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I agree, that helo is really missing in 1/48! When Italeri is working on it I hope they make it better than their Wessex kits. New mold helos should be at the level on the e.g. MRC H-34 kits. Please! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 The Wessex isn't bad. It's not an MRC H-34, but it's better than no Wessex in 1/48... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tobiK Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Sure, a so-so Wessex is better than zero! But price is the same as MRC helo BUT the HAS.1 lacks of complete interior! No seat, no bench, no rack, no stretchers...unlike the HU.5 - has at least troop seats. MRC has all options in the box. (just one example). Pilot seats are wrong, also some color instructions...Decals are ovesized, have wrong writing. Unlike for the chinook there is no "upgrade set" made of resin and PE from Italeri. You may be right, they sell their wessex kits because it is the best out there because the outraged Revell kit is even worse. That is why I say PLEASE...do some orientation on good examples of new kits! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
italycrew Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Hello! I hope that Hasegawa, Kittyhawk, Hobbyboss, Trumpeter staffs will read this topic... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
admiralcag Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I mentioned the need for an HH-3E to a rep from Dragon at the Thin Air Nats. Still hoping. It was the first airframe I worked in the Air Force. Vern Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Italeri kits are massively overpriced in America, given what's in the box. No argument there. Some of their prices are comically ridiculous. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DonSS3 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Agree with you there, Jennings. I want to do one in these markings: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DonSS3 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Forum won't let med edit, keeps giving me a 500 error code. This pic was taken at Moffett Field, CA, in March of 1980. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trigger Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 It got me thinking about the lack of kits for this helo. It's not an ERMAGERD JERLY RERGERZ TOMCAT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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