kg4kpg Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 I have this kit but curious to the variant as I want to find a US scheme instead of the UK it comes with. I know it’s not a D due to the blades. A or B maybe? I plan to built it OOB. Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jstar Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 It's a rebox of the Italeri ACH-47 kit. It lacks the armament of that kit, but does have inserts with circular windows for the two rectangular openings for the ACH's aft gun postitions, It has the tapered aft pylon. As such, it will build up as a CH-47A only. Joe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kg4kpg Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 Thanks Joe. I'm good building it as an A. Just gotta find some US decals. Maybe I'll get lucky and find someone who didn't use the weapons and ecals from their Italeri ACH-47A kit. If not, just a regular unarmed will be the plan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
let_models Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 On 7/25/2019 at 6:13 AM, kg4kpg said: Thanks Joe. I'm good building it as an A. Just gotta find some US decals. Maybe I'll get lucky and find someone who didn't use the weapons and ecals from their Italeri ACH-47A kit. If not, just a regular unarmed will be the plan. hello, are you interest for trading your Airfix Chinook with my Italeri ACH-47A kit? I had 2x and currently looking for one unarmed Hook... let_models, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jstar Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 http://www.printscale.org/product_230.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawg53 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 I do have a question. If this kit is a rebox of the Italeri ACH-47A, why did they include decals for the Spanish and British chinooks? I’m pretty sure neither of those countries bought the “A” model Chinook. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barkin mad Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) On 7/25/2019 at 11:30 AM, jstar said: It's a rebox of the Italeri ACH-47 kit. It lacks the armament of that kit, but does have inserts with circular windows for the two rectangular openings for the ACH's aft gun postitions, It has the tapered aft pylon. As such, it will build up as a CH-47A only. Joe It is the rebox of the Italeri kit and it does come with both styles of rear rotor pylon, so I think it could be built as a C (of which the early UK and Spanish ones were) or possibly an early D. The ACH kit and the standard transport are 2 slightly different kits. The rotor blades were later modified in the kit to the composite type. Course they did also do the MCH variant. ---------------- Edited July 28, 2019 by barkin mad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jstar Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Okay, I need to correct myself. My fingers were typing before my brain was engaged. 1) The Airfix kit is a repop of an Italeri kit, but NOT the ACH-47. The Airfix kit out of the box is a CH-47D...squared off rear pylon (a separate piece for the aft section), wide chord rotor blades, hole in the leading edge of the front pylon (but included in the kit is a piece for the front of the pylon without the cooling hole). It will NOT make an 'A' version. 2) The Italeri ACH-47A WILL make an 'A' version, but the rectangular openings in the rear of the fuselage will have to be corrected. I'm cross kitting one of each kit to make an 'A' without having to scratchbuild the fuselage corrections of the Italeri kit, Using the Airfix fuselage with the italeri tapered aft part of the pylon and the Italeri blades. Sorry for any confusion I may have caused. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kg4kpg Posted July 28, 2019 Author Share Posted July 28, 2019 3 hours ago, jstar said: Okay, I need to correct myself. My fingers were typing before my brain was engaged. 1) The Airfix kit is a repop of an Italeri kit, but NOT the ACH-47. The Airfix kit out of the box is a CH-47D...squared off rear pylon (a separate piece for the aft section), wide chord rotor blades, hole in the leading edge of the front pylon (but included in the kit is a piece for the front of the pylon without the cooling hole). It will NOT make an 'A' version. 2) The Italeri ACH-47A WILL make an 'A' version, but the rectangular openings in the rear of the fuselage will have to be corrected. I'm cross kitting one of each kit to make an 'A' without having to scratchbuild the fuselage corrections of the Italeri kit, Using the Airfix fuselage with the italeri tapered aft part of the pylon and the Italeri blades. Sorry for any confusion I may have caused. Thanks, good info. That actually works for some decals I found yesterday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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