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  1. Hi Guys! This is my actual project, a rescue Daulphin. As You can see, the base is the Revell (ex-Matchbox) "SA-365 Dauphin II". As usual, the kit provide us some hard hours to make something bearable. My goal is to upgrade the kit to this configuration: For this, I have to create a winch, a search light, some antennas, a pair of holes on the fusalage, and a new interrior. And here I am right now.
  2. Aerospatiale SA.365F/AS.565SA KittyHawk 1:48 Developed from the single-engined Aerospatiale SA 360 Dauphin variant, the twin engined SA 365/AS365 Dauphin 2 is one of Eurocopter's most successful designs. This workhorse is widely used as a corporate transport, airborne law enforcement platform, emergency medical services (EMS) helicopter, electronic news gathering platform, and search & rescue helicopter. One of the distinctive features of the Dauphin is its fenestron tail rotor as first used operationally in the Aerospatiale/Westland Gazelle. The military version of the Dauphin is the Eurocopter AS.565 Panther, developed from the AS.365 N2, which is used in ASW, ASuW and SAR roles. The model The kit comes in a surprisingly small, yet deep box with an artists impression of the helicopter overflying a French aircraft carrier. Inside is packed with medium/light grey styrene, of which there are seven sprues, along with one clear sprue, one small sheet of etched brass, There are also a small, yet colourful sheet of decals for the outside and a smaller sheet for internal use. The kit looks superb on the sprues, having finely moulded panel lines, fastener and other surface details. There is no sign of flash on the parts, but just a bit on the central areas of the sprues. Strangely, the sprues are moulded in pairs then folded over which looks a bit awkward at first, but they are easily separated. There doesn’t appear to be any noticeable faults like sink marks anywhere on the parts and whilst the sprue gates aren’t particularly large the removal of the main rotor blades should be done with care as the gates are on both the leading and trailing edges. They will also require some careful cleanup to keep the fine edges undamaged. The instructions and exploded views are well drawn and very clear as to parts location. The build begins with the construction of the main rotor gearbox, which comes in five parts including the lower swash plate. Onto this the gearbox supports, cyclic and collective jacks, other ancillary items are attached. Moving onto the main rotor, the four blades are attached to the head by upper and lower ink arms. While it doesn’t mention it, it doesn’t look too difficult to have the rotor blades posed in the folded condition. The main rotor spindle is the fitted to the underside of the rotor head, along with the pitch control rods, intermediate fixture and upper swash plate. The spindle is then fitted into the main gear box and the whole assembly is completed by the fitting of the rotor head top cap. The build then moved to the interior, with the fitting of the front and rear bulkheads, centre console, which is made up of three styrene parts and the etched instrument placards. The cyclic and collective sticks are then fitted into their respective positions. The instrument panel is an etched brass part onto which a decal is laid. Decal solutions will be need for them to lay correctly and bed down around the instrument bezels. Four smaller etched parts are then fitted along with further decals on top. The cabin seats are then attached to the cabin floor and the pilot and co-pilots seats are fitted with etched seatbelts and fitted to their positions. There doesn’t appear to be any belts for the cabin seats which is a bit of a shame as they should at least have lap belts. Once the instrument panel and glare shield is fitted, a two piece frame is then fitted between the front and rear rows of cabin seats and the rear cabin roof attached between this frame and the rear bulkhead. The upper console is made up of two sections, when joined together the forward section is fitted to the front of the cabin floor, and lies over the glare shield, whilst the rear section is attached to the cross frame. Two small fire extinguisher bottles are fitted to outside of the two pilots’ seats and the winch control is fitted to the starboard side of the cabin. Another frame, which is the attachment for the windscreen is then attached to the cockpit floor either side of the cockpit seats. On the underside of the cabin/cockpit floor the nose and main undercarriage parts are attached to their respective positions. Each is made up of a single piece oleo, wheel, (two on the nose oleo), and retraction jack. Inside a well between the main undercarriage bays the retractable harpoon is fitted. With the interior done is time to start with the construction of the fuselage, which fits around the completed assembly. First to be attached is the lower fuselage, followed by the side pieces which fit to the cabin frame. Then it’s onto the engine bays, constructed from front, central and rear bulkheads plus the fuselage side panels. A two piece main gearbox fan assembly is fitted centrally to the top of the cabin frame. There are rotor head drive shafts fitted to each bay and are surely prime points of extra detailing should the modeller so wish. The rear nose panel, upper cockpit glass, and cabin roof are all attached, along with the two piece rear cabin/tail transition section, windscreen and cheek glass panels. The front and rear cabin doors are each fitted with their clear window parts and attached to the door hinge points/slides. The nose cone is assembled from upper and lower halves and strangely the instructions call for a bulkhead and radar dish to be fitted beforehand, but with no way of seeing inside it may be better to use this area for extra nose weight. The two halves of the tail cone are then glued together and fitted to the rear of the fuselage followed by the tail itself which is also in two halves with the two piece fenestron assembly sandwiched between. There are alternative tails depending on which version is to be modelled. On the underside of the fuselage there are quite a few aerials, to be fitted, along with the fuel dump pipe, steps and rear door slide covers. The horizontal tail plane is attached to the underside of the tail cone and fitted with the two end plates, don’t try to get these parallel to the fuselage as they are meant to be canted in slightly. Optional parts to be fitted are the weapon support mounts and what looks like a small searchlight. The air intakes are each constructed from three parts, as are the engines with the intakes fitted to the main gear box bay and the engines to their bays above the drive shafts. The two sides of the gearbox cowling are then fitted. The main rotor gear box and engine bay access doors are fitted into position, with the option of posing them open should the modeller wish. Finally the winch housing is assembled out of two halves onto which two support struts are attached along with the hook, with the completed part attached to the starboard side above the rear cabin door. There are two torpedoes included in the kit to be used with the Marine ASW option. Each torpedo comes in upper and lower halves with the propeller/shroud and parachute container moulded into the lower half. Using the supplied crutch plate the torpedoes are mounted, one per side onto the weapons hardpoints fitted earlier thus completing the build. Decals The decal sheet is quite small and contains insignia for four aircraft schemes of which only the following are identified:- Flotille 36F, No.522, Base d’Aeronautique Navale HYERES, France. In a scheme made up of two shades of grey. AS.565.SA, Flotille 36F, No.486 Base d’Aeronautique Navle HYERES, France. in a much more colourful red and white scheme over the top of the greys The two other schemes are aircraft No.318 in an overall grey green, or aircraft No.247 in green and mid stone. The sheet also contains a selection of stencils, and warning signs, is very nicely printed with good register and quite matt in appearance. There doesn't appear to be too much in the way of carrier film, but the aircraft ident numbers look like they will need a good gloss coat tp prevent silvering. Conclusion This is the first Kitty Hawk kit I’ve had to review and overall I am very impressed with it. The details and very nicely done and whilst the build could be a little awkward in places with so many separate panels to fit, with a bit of care and attention it should build into a great looking model. As always with a release like this there are other options which modellers would prefer, and I’m sure these will be catered for in the near future. Highly recommended Review sample courtesy of and available soon from major hobby shops
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