JBallsfromNZ Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Hello from New Zealand. I am not sure why I thought building these two Kittyhawk kits at the same time was a good idea, but here they are. The kits seemed to need plenty of extra work, but I am happy enough with the result overall. They just took ages. I have fond memories of flying around Waiouru and East Timor in the Iroquois years ago. I particularly enjoyed the low level flights while sitting on the edge, legs dangling out with what seemed to be only a flimsy canvas belt holding you in. Fun times! I definitely miss seeing (and hearing) the old majestic Iroquois buzzing around NZ. Excuse the basic phone photos. Thanks for looking. Josh 52 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Both very nicely finished. I've made the Kitty Hawk Huey and found it tricky in places, so I'm not surprised doing both took a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Beautiful work Josh, the Iroquois in particular looks fantastic! I think your toil paid off - two gorgeous builds. Bravo mate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albymoore Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Nice work on both kits, I especially love the Huey. Cheers, Albert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Superb helicopters, both of them, with an authorative air of exactness. Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Reminds me of this. Featuring the Iroquois standing in for the A4. Very amusing and a complete distortion of pilot egos, ahem. My skydiver colleagues found this video and never stopped taking the p, even making their own video featuring me.📹 Great job on those models too. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Very nice work on both. I have the SH-2G in the stash to do as one of the short-lived RAN SH-2G(A) aircraft; how did you find building it? 1 hour ago, noelh said: Reminds me of this. One of the best videos I've ever seen and much talked about post-Timor! Congrats to the Kiwi pilots for taking the p!ss out of themselves (or their A-4 brothers). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBallsfromNZ Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, Bell209 said: Very nice work on both. I have the SH-2G in the stash to do as one of the short-lived RAN SH-2G(A) aircraft; how did you find building it? One of the best videos I've ever seen and much talked about post-Timor! Congrats to the Kiwi pilots for taking the p!ss out of themselves (or their A-4 brothers). Thanks for the comments. The SH-2G build itself was so so. Plenty of test fitting and sanding as nothing goes together that well. Lots of filling required. The clear parts were the worst and need some work to fit. It had abnormally thick sprues for some reason. Worth it though as it is a unique kit. The short lived Aussie version will be cool to see. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Callahan Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Your models impression me much, especially the Huey, because its my favourite helo since my youth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Aer Lingus Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 two beauties very nicely finished well done thanks for sharing Eamonn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSModeller Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 9 hours ago, JBallsfromNZ said: I definitely miss seeing (and hearing) the old majestic Iroquois buzzing around NZ. Hi Josh, Really nice Agreed , definitely miss the distinctive "Wop Wop Wop" flying around/overhead. Memorable moments for me, was an Iroquois getting ready for take off at RNZAF Wigram, and the long flame that shot down the length of the tail boom when the pilot added the fuel. A Seasprite was doing Laps around Whenuapai this afternoon. Thanks for sharing your builds with us Regards Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Great builds, they look really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Lovely builds Josh.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmasbrother Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Hi Josh, amazing builds. I'm currently buying a few after market kits to help with my Kittyhawk UH-1H RNZAF 3 Sqn build. Just wanted to find out did you add any to your build? I served at 3 Sqn as a doorgunner in East Timor in 2000. Can I ask where you got the 1/48 scale Steyr? Regards Daryl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Hi, these are outstanding works! I love them both, but the UH-1 H a little more. Very very nice. Thx for sharing Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMSCHLOM Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 One of the nicest Huey builds I've seen. And I used to fly them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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