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AS365N2 Dauphin vs AS365N3 Dauphin in 1/72?


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I am interested in building an AS365N3 Dauphin in 1/72. I have a DreamModel kit of the AS365N2 Dauphin already in my stash (nice kit BTW!). Can the N3 version be easily built from a model of the N2 version? Are the differences between the two types noticeable in 1/72? I did some searching on-line but I am uncertain as to what would be noticeable in 1/72. Thanks for any suggestions!

Have fun modeling

Mike

 

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AFAIK the fenestron is different - the N2 has a fenestron with eleven evenly spaces blades:

 

https://www.helis.com/database/cn/12257/

 

, while the N3has a noice reducing feneston with ten blades in an asymmetric pattern:

 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eurocopter_AS365N3_Dauphin_2_n°_HB-ZDR.jpg

 

HTH,

 

Andre

 

 

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A lot of N2s also had the ten-blade fenestron retrofitted. The engines are different (Arriel 1 in the N2, Arriel 2 in the N3), too. Most N3s also have the radar nose fitted where few N2s do.

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