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It looks like CH-46 is one type that I have not touched yet - I will start doing some research for a new sheet. Realistically speaking, this is probably for early 2022.

 

It appears that there have been several nice sheets, mostly covering the USMC career of the type post Desert Storm. I am drawn to the high-vis Navy and early USMC schemes, and perhaps foreign KV-107s. What would you be interested in seeing on a new CH-46 sheet?

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45 minutes ago, KursadA said:

It looks like CH-46 is one type that I have not touched yet - I will start doing some research for a new sheet. Realistically speaking, this is probably for early 2022.

 

It appears that there have been several nice sheets, mostly covering the USMC career of the type post Desert Storm. I am drawn to the high-vis Navy and early USMC schemes, and perhaps foreign KV-107s. What would you be interested in seeing on a new CH-46 sheet?

To be honest I am very interested in D Storm and have never been able to find a CH-46 sheet especially in 1/72, so if you could I would be very grateful.

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@KursadA. YES! FINALLY! 

 

Academy kit in 1/48 scale; Fujimi / Testors kit in 1/72 are the best kits. You may need to acquire both the large sponson and regular sponson kits to do both US and foreign machines.

 

I have 2 or 3 excellent resources that I will lend you.

 

Let's see!  Besides the usual Navy Utility [HC] squadrons & station/ship rescue flights, USMC Medium Helicopter Squadrons [HMM, HMX-1] & station rescue flights, there is: early RCAF & Cdn ARMY, early & late CAF, JASDF, JGSDF, JMSDF, Saudi Ministry of Interior GCDA, Swedish Air Force & Navy!  And, though it would require modifying the windows and installing an airline interior, I would love to see the New York Airways Pepsi scheme, Tokyo Police, 4 or 5 Japanese airlines [variations on a basic scheme.], and Columbia Helicopters as well, but that may have to wait for when you launch your airline decals. 

 

Check out the www.Helis.com/database Boeing-Vertol 107II site. I entered every Boeing-Vertol & Kawasaki-Vertol 107 into the db.

K/r,

Dutch

 

[One of my personal favorites, KV-107IIA-SM-1, cn4139, KSA, GCDA MOI 14 shown at the Kawasaki plant with temporary Japanese registration JQ4139 undergoing overhaul circa mid 1990s.]

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I'll toss you some ideas for some USN helos in the old Engine Gray schemes, East Coast, West Coast, and Guam based squadrons. All the CH-46 squadrons had cool tail markings and the amount of special Det markings and ship names is innumerable. Looking forward to this sheet!

East coast , NAS Norfolk HC-8 Dragon Whales:
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HC-8 older scheme with "tail flash"

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West coast NAS N. Island, HC-11 Gun Bearers:

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Guam based HC-5 Providers, NAS Agana:

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What was the Marine squadron with eyes? HMM-163?

 

Phrogs looked cool with those eyes on the nose. It just really fits that aircraft well, like the RAF/AVG sharks mouth on the P-40.

 

I don't think I've ever seen decals with the early scheme from that squadron, like the solid dark green or the green/gray camo.

 

 

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I would like to suggest:

CH-46D 153389 "Blood Sweat and Tears" HMA-263

On January, 1970, US Marine Corps Pfc. Mike Clausen, Jr. earned the Medal of Honor as a crew chief on this helicopter.

The actual aircraft is now preserved at the Carolinas Aviation Museum.

 

Carolinas Aviation Museum - Press - CH-46 Blood, Sweat & Tears" Arrives at Museum (chacweb.com)

 

Carolinas Aviation Museum CH-46 Sea Knight "Blood, Sweat & Tears" (flyian.net)

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Hi, nice idea af H-46. I was researching it a bit. No idea when they started using composite blades on them, but unless you can scratchbuild it (pretty easy from pics I have seen), you can not build one OOB as no kit (HB or Fujimi in 1:72) has those composite blades. And all Hobby Boss kits except CH-46E 87223 are missing the pointed EAPS screens. I know this table is mainly for Gulf war, but you will get the picture for 72 and for 48 kits ..

https://www.dstorm.eu/pages/build_instructions/h-46_en.html

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Folks, I have to confess that I have been trying to figure out this "stencil" for the last couple of days - it finally dawned on me that this looks like the pre-1993 US Postal Service logo - probably a joke that refers to these Sea Knights' role in delivering mail (among other things) to Navy ships. What do you think?

 

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2 hours ago, Hajo L. said:

Isn´t that some sort of copyright-violation by the US Navy then?? 😉

 

 

HAJO


How so? Both are mostly government agencies. If one unit/bird I was thinking someone had a friend as a Postmaster but being different units/dets and carrying US Mail the USPS probably gave them to the USN.

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