HansReggelsen Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Hi all! I have the Fujimi 1/72 RD-53 and would like to ask the question: What will it take to convert it to a CH-53G other than some new decals? I'm preparing a Bundeswehr series of planes and thingies that drive on the ground and therefor would like to include the 'G' in my collection. Cheers Hans J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungo1974 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 I would say yes... I think the CH-53G got new composite rotor blades at some point same as the USAF MH-53J/M's which IIRC have a different tip profile to the earlier blades...that may limit your use of the RH-53D to a certain time frame of Bundeswehr use. But i'm no expert on the type. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkalos Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 (edited) Hi As I know, RD-53 has foldable rotor head because of the carrier ops, CH-53 has fixed rotor head . Therefore You need carefully remove the folding mechanism from each blades. All Fujimi's **-53* kits has foldable rotors . For CH-53G You are better off with old Airfix kit which is still the best CH-53 kit in the market now. Edited February 23, 2019 by zkalos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonywood Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 The CH-53G had a folding main rotor for hangar stowage. I have one in the stash which will be an Italeri MH-53J with Isracast parts for RWR receivers etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkalos Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 (edited) It never appeared to me, I'm ashamed of myself. Thank You for the correction. According to these, from the Fujimi kit we can do a correct early CH-53G (possibly with new composite rotor blades for late version), CH-53D Sea Stallion and RD-53D, but for example not an IAF CH-53 Yasur or HH-53C Jolly Green Giant without a little rotorhead surgical intervention . Thanks tonywood ! Edited February 26, 2019 by zkalos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansReggelsen Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 Thank you all - now it's just a question of finding the right decals - the hunt is on! Cheers Hans J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IotaChiTau Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Greetings from Germany, HFlRgt 15 was my unit, a German Army Aviation Regiment equipped with the CH-53. I wrote a comparison between Fujimi's, Revell's and Airfix' CH-53 kits in 1/72 sclae on Flugzeugforum: https://www.flugzeugforum.de/threads/1-72-ch-53g-bausatzvergleich-airfix-fujimi-italeri-auch-revell-bilek.53083/ I agree, Airfix kit is clearly the best in 1/72 scale, but Fujimi is not bad, the bigges problems being an anemic tail pylon and wrong-sized cockpit side windows. You can buy decals for German CH-53 variants from: http://www.df-helostuff.de/Decals/Streitkraefte/Military/index.php/ The tail and the main rotor of German CH-53's were folded regularly to save space. HTH ICT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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