Orion Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 (edited) Agusta Bell Utility Helicopter (I=Italy) from Italeri The AB 204 helicopter, was in service by the Royal Netherlands Navy from 08 june 1962 until 17 march 1978. Operations: search and recue, transport,firefighters,communication. Crew: 1 or 2 pilots (1 officer-1 NCO) + 1 flight technician. They operated from the Naval Air Station "Valkenburg" and "De Kooy" with SQ 7. The turbine engine had a maximum trust of 1050 HP, cruising at 200 km/h, with a radius of 400km. Seven were on service, two crashed. These were replaced with two Agusta Bell's from the Vatican (Air Force) Sikorsky SH-34G/J from Revell The West German Navy received 27 helicopters. 22 G type and 5 (all weather) J type. Operations:Anti Submarine, search and rescue (many F-104 Starfighter pilots), communications, Medical Evacuation from the Islands and transport. These airframes were divided over two squadrons MFG4 and MFG 5. (MFG=Marine Flieger geschwader) In 1973 still 23 airframes were operational. In 1974 they were replaced by the Westland Sea King MK41. Volkswagen Crew bus is from PJ productions with decals from the old box. Landrover Ambulance is from JB Models. Baseplate is from Trumpeter Figurines from Fujimi Belcher Bits rotorblades with the correct lenght for the AB 204B. Xtra colour enamel paints. (Excellent paints) Hope you enjoy the scenery. Regards, Derek The Netherlands. Edited November 26, 2014 by Orion 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louiex2 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Excellent diorama and models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitok1983 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Sharp work!!!!!!!! Looks amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 nice set up excellent models (10/10) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Very Nice. I'm currently trying to finish the S-58/H-34 from my shelf of doom. Having seen your lovely silver/dayglo SAR one is interesting as its one of the schemes I was thinking of or the HEER version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Liking that a lot. Very nicely done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Tidy little scene. Nice little collection of work, good effort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 That's really nice. Well made Sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 very nice work, great looking dio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Excellent models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Good to see such well made 'whirlybirds', and in a nice setting, too! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Very nice models in a nice realistic diorama. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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