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  1. troschi
    the short nose is included in KHs second boxing Item No. KH 80109: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234980039-148-harbin-z-9bcw-haitun-new-variant-by-kitty-hawk-released/
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    Laurie, sorry, but I see another point. As the Junglies didn't have any sonar equipment, there is no sonar tunnel tube at the fuselage belly. Juglies, HAR.3 and HU.5 had it blanked off with a panel. The horizontal stabilizer does not only have no support strut, it is also smaller than the one of the SH-3H as represented by Hasegawa.
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    For what reason? I have the impression that the engine housing is too big...
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    Although SM lists the Revell 72nd Huey as a Hasegawa moulding, the RoG UH-1H/Ds could rather be considered as copies of the original Hasegawa mould. Revell improved and added some details here and there whereas the original Hasegawa kit has a finer surface structure with e.g. raised rivets on the tailboom instead of raised panel lines. Whether it's Hasegawa or Revell, these are tough kits and not for the faint-hearted. To make a nice looking Huey out of it, you have to invest some extra work. Good luck and an enjoyabe build though!
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    http://www.plastik-modellbau.org/blog/testshots-vorgestellt-douglas-c-54-von-revell-im-massstab-172/2015/ a translator may be used at your discretion ... Summary: Great!
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    Nobody has seen any parts yet but the modelers have nothing better to do than to complain. Obviously bigger manufacturers keep their fingers away from an Ecureuil/Squirrel for whatever reason. So there was Miku - what you got there was more something of a caricature of an Ecureuil - Dimensions and Proportions were awkward. Mach 2 makes such mistakes sometimes as well but I think they will get it better than Miku. And why 1:48? There are better kits, but the Heller kit is still useable... I suppose a modeller who considers to buy a Mach 2 product knows what he will get in the end. The Miku kit is around for 2-3 times the price of the Mach 2 kit and you will have no real advantage with it. Yes, I'm afraid of the clear parts and curious how he (M. Palix) will do the rather delicate starflex rotorhead. But overall, I'm happy at first that somebody will do an Ecureuil! If it'll be crap - I can also stay away from a purchase then.
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    I see your point - but concerning future resin parts there is one major issue. As my friend David doesn't use any professional equipment, everything is casted by hand without any vacuum casting. Therefore it's very time consuming and the number of waste/junk/rejects is not that low. Setting retail price and effort into relation, you will end up with a negative balance. This is the reason why David decided only to make those upgrade bits accessible for his clients that he needs for his own modeling projects according to his personal list of priorities. The Bo-105 P is a subject which needs some enhancements, I certainly agree on that (and I assume that David will do so as well), but there next to the point I mentioned above, there are obstacles: - the Airfix kit hasn't been in the regular catalogue programme for approx. 15 years I assume and there was no reissue until now - the Amodel kit is not that widespread and is supposed to have terrible fitting issues with the clear parts It's too early to exclude a possible resin upgrade for a Bo-105 tank killer, but this is what I can tell for now. Thx for understanding.
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    Looking at the different photos it's very difficult to tell. I have the impression of the longer rotorblades and therefore the longer tailboom. AFAIK all 204B-models, wheter they came from American or Italian production lines have the longer tailboom. If you have a close look on the picture at Air Britain, you will find the cargo compartment door at the RH tailboom root. This is a typical feature of a civil 204B-model and its modified tailboom. Military UH-1B with their ordinary tailboom miss this cargo compartment normally.
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    Aaron, nice subject once again and well done progress so far. I'm hooked. AFAIK, but not 100% certain on that, the Agusta customer could choose if he want's the original Lycoming engine or the Gnome. But first option was quite rare. So the vast majority of AB 204 were fitted with a Gnome oven. It also can be a confusion and this is a Bell built 204 only rederred to as AB 204. Anyway, there is one photo of VR-BDX on floats in Egypt and this led me to the strong assumption that it has the longer rotorblades. Better check once again. Whirlybird offers new blades and head.
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    Hooray! Although I've been quiet for a while, I always followed the thread. Hendie, congrats for finishing. The result is certainly worth the effort you put into this kit. I'm very happy that there is a second pro built "old" Dauphin in the web now. I especially like the rotor head and of course the work you did on the engine housing. You can be very proud to made it until the end. Your WIP will be most certainly a guideline when I will build a Lower Saxony Police Dauphin (Fly Out approx. Mid-2015 :-( ) once a day. Felix PS: If you're interested, I would be very keen in having the Dauphin published on www.scale-rotors.com
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    I would place pre orders as well...
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    hendie, if you look for references of the hoist It's worth to have a look on the French Sécurité Civile Dauphins. There are (AFAIK) no detail pics either, but they had the same hoist installation except for the lower platform and its framework. But as to be seen here, it was obviously intended that they have it as well: http://www.rhkaaf.com/photo-gallery/through-the-years/1980/april-conversion-course-for-dauphin.html (a pity that they don't kept the characteristic cessna-like wheel fairings)
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    I always like to see Whirlwind models - this one as well!
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    It is, but life is a b*tch and then you die But on the other hand - If I would really realize all the projects I have in my head, I have to become approx. 543 years old and therefore it is much uncertain when, if ever, I will start to build a Dauphin. But I'm really pleased with this one...
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    I don't refer to the angle but to the scribing it self - coul be a bit more cleas as far can judge from the image. But just leave it as it is - will be better of primer and paint is applied. Damn - I quarreled with myself whether I should ask you or not. In fact I wouldn't be impolite and refused to ask in the "I saw your unique thing - Once you've done all the work - can I have it" manner. Now it's too late - but life is a challenge and things doesn't always come on a silver platter.
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    hendie, this is going to be a real gem. The scribing looks good actuelly. It may be a bit too deep and the lower line of the rear panel is not 100% straight, but I really like it a lot. It's a pity that I didn't ask you earlier to make resin mouldings of the engine compartment - there are still some to go in my stash - but I can't decide - German Police, French Sécurité Civile - both are loads of work. The police one less but the french one even more than yours. Keep on the good work. I can't wait to see it painted and the hoist fitted.
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    hendie, the Rotor head is wonderful. Well done and far ahead of kit parts. This will give your model the extra als the kit part would be completely wrog anyway. But (I'm so sorry to say that there is nearly always a "but"), the Rotor hep position looks a bit too high from my point of view. It may be too late now, but me in your position would be intended to shorten the upper end of the rotor shaft a little bit as the (non-rotating) swashplate ist defenitly visible out of the engine housing... just to provide a pic for comparison: http://www.airliners.net/photo/NHC---Northern/Aerospatiale-SA-365C-3-Dauphin/2107082/L/
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    Nice to see you back in theatre. Your progress is very well, and I'm still sure, that youl will add the second of the only two pro-built old-fashioned Dauphins in the (public accessibile) modeling hemisphere. Can't wait to see more and I'm learning a lot as well for my proposed Dauphins whil I'll build in approx. 134 years. :D Go and scratch your tail as you've never done it before! :D
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    It's a bootleg of Foxmodel's IL-14 Someone stated that in the German www.flugzeugforum.de Fox Model is going to reissue their IL-14M
  20. troschi
    no spinning rotor? Where is the fun while playing?
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    Hendie, you may ne right about the dimensions of the main engine doghouse. Nonetheless, you did a very good job on it. I won't be too niggling about it as the general appearance seems right for me. ve to It's also good that you chose the original Heller blades (as I told you via email). I strongly assume that SA 360 and SA 365 C has the same kind of blades. Only the first prototype of the SA 360 used Alouette III rotor blades. But I'm neither 100% sure on this fact, nor about the measurements of the blades itself. As there is almost no data available (except in flight manuals or technical docs, which I don't have at hand here), I would have to climb up the police aircraft here and take my ruler to be sure. The overall shape of the AS 365 N blades is not appropriate for SA 365 C - that's for sure. But it CAN be possible, that the SA 365 C blades from serial production are a little bit wider in chord, than it is represensted in the kit. Quite interesting anecdote from the police aircraft engineers her: By now, there are no more main gear boxes, rotor heads and blade components for SA 365 C with 0 part hours available on the spare part market. The former chief of the maintenance section told me once: "If I own a main gear box privatlely, I could quit my job immediately" and "If there ever will occur structural demage to the airframes e.g. due to a hard landing, this would be the death sentence for further operations on the type"
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    Hi hendie, great progress! Keep it up, especially if new shape issues will come up. What about the engine power levers in the overhead panel? Do you have them in mind? If you ask me, the scratched exhaust spine looks a bit too long from my perspective. Regarding the mesh - it's not that easy to find an appropriate mesh for such covers. From that what I can see and judge, it looks a bit too rough. Some tea bags have a very fine mesh structure for example, or fat splasher guards for frying pans as well. Even lady nylon stockings may provide proper mesh imitations. Can't wait to see more
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    I rarely experienced such a detailed WIP report on such an unusual helicopter. I hope that you'll keep up your engagement. I'm very curious how you will represent the mesh covers for the air intakes. Can't wait to see the rotor head. Do you think that you will manage to apply the cabin windows through the already married fuselage halves? Have you already thought about rescribing panel lines? I strongly expect that you will lose some due to sanding.
  24. troschi
    I'm hooked... I would not consider this one as an old kit - it appeared 1996 or 1997 for the first time. But this is not that important to know. I built two of them (an AB-412 and a Bell 212 long years ago) and did not have any troubles with the upper cabin windows. Of course they will need test fitting and careful glue application. On the whole I would use something different as PVAC glue or clear fix for the transparent parts. The model is very prone to pressing the the clear parts into the cabin while handling the model. As Flying Badger told, expect some fitting issues with the engine housing. Some people say that the problem will be solved with glueing the engine housing halves to the dfuselage halves instead of putting both components together seperately with already joined halves. The pilot seats are in the Bell 412 style. http://www.whirlybirdmodels.com/ offers "Agusta-style seats for UH-1(2 off)" (item no. WBA72003) which are much more closer to that what's inside USAF UH-1N. But the most exasperating issue are the completely messed up nose proportions. The upper surface od the nose is seriously too flat and the lower "bow" of the windscreen has to be much higer/curved. Anyway, this is almost impossible to correct, but there is a lttle and easy method to improve this issue at least a little bit: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=223508&view=findpost&p=2130397 Happy modeling!
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    same as for the 520N applies here - well done!
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