AD-4N Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 I am disappointed they are releasing the Aurora HH-3. I understood they bought all of Revell's tooling as well. I would like to grab another Revell 1/72 HH-3 Jolly Green Giant as I understand it is superior to the Aurora version. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt H. Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 My understanding is that Atlantis purchased the tools located in the U.S. which Revell no longer wanted. Revell may have retained the tool for the kit you mentioned. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Glynn Jacobs Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 As a builder of at least 5 of the Revell Jolly Greens since the 70's, and the current owner of an Aurora kit now, I can definitely say the Revell kit is by far the superior kit. It is not without it's faults; limited cockpit and NO cargo cabin detail, over-sized rivets, thick clear parts, thick rotors, and limited rotor details. With some TCL and a LOT of scratch-building, it could be made into an award-winner. I was once thinking of building the Revell kit as an Italian "Pelikan" S.A.R. bird but I just don't think I have that many years left to work on all the scratch-building details needed! Take Care, WARDOG Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hemspilot Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 1/72 ScratchAeronautics from Spain is your answer. https://www.facebook.com/Scratchaeronautics/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RCAFFAN Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 On 12/19/2018 at 5:18 PM, Glynn Jacobs said: I was once thinking of building the Revell kit as an Italian "Pelikan" S.A.R. bird but I just don't think I have that many years left to work on all the scratch-building details needed! Take Care, WARDOG This might be useful: http://air-graphics.co.uk/shop?olsPage=products%2Fcs-04-hh-3f-pelican Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Glynn Jacobs Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Looks like a busted link, RCAFFAN. Thanks, WARDOG Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RCAFFAN Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Works just fine when I use it but basically there is a mail order firm in the UK called Air-graphics that does 1/72 decals and resin parts/conversions and they do a resin Pelican conversion consisting of 9 parts plus instructions........I've ordered decals and other resin stuff from them O.K........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cubs2jets Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) Try http://air-graphics.co.uk/index.html Click: Conversion Sets > Page 2 C2j Edited December 31, 2018 by Cubs2jets Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Glynn Jacobs Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Thanks Cubs2Jets, that worked. I am familiar with them and has e a number of their products lined-up for purchase (hopefully) soon. WARDOG Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RCAFFAN Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Curious.....using my laptop and chrome my link takes me right to the detail page for the actual conversion but C2j's link gives a 404 error instead of what I assume would be Air-graphics main page........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JEFlint Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 What I never liked about the Revell kit that the Aurora had was the debris shield in front of the engines. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RCAFFAN Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 On 1/5/2019 at 3:25 PM, JEFlint said: What I never liked about the Revell kit that the Aurora had was the debris shield in front of the engines. Pretty easy to scratch build. Just copy one from a Sea King (or steal an unused one) kit....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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