1:35 HH-60J "Jayhawk" - converting the Kitty Hawk HH-60H "Rescue Hawk" Kit No KH50010

[The Scotsman]

Hi All, I've just finished the 1:35 scale Kitty Hawk SH-60F Ocean Hawk and being a bit addicted to the larger scale helicopters...and on top of that being a sucker for the Kitty Hawk 1:35 series of Helicopters I wanted to do one of the colourful US coast guard rescue machines...they look reaaaalllly sexy!

 

For this build I'm going to be using the Werners Wings conversion kit and decals on a Kitty Hawk 1:35 scale HH-60 Rescue Hawk. There may be a few add ons and bits of extra work going into it.....one thing I wanted to try out was putting some LED lighting in the cabin.... but that depends on space and time and whether or not I actually have a clue how to do it!!??  I'm in the process of trying to accumulate all the gunk and clutter and stuff that goes inside on of these things so not sure of timings yet.....Norbert at Reedoak is a good place to start for a few of these things like Helmet bags and oxygen tanks and pilots survival vests and stuff like that....will also be re-doing the instrument panel and again a shout out to Anyz for all his brilliant bits and bobs! you can find there stuff here...

 

https://reedoak.com/

https://anyz.io/shop

 

One thing I am having difficulty sourcing are medical or first aid decals/stencils for all the medical boxes and pouches and equipment bags that are packed inside the cabin. I've been hunting around the interweb but can't find anything so if anyone has some thoughts or ideas I would love your input!

 

Anyway this is hopefully what the final product will look like....one good thing about this is the weathering which is going to be minimal! Seems that after a hards days work these things are tucked up tightly in bed after a hot bath a cup of horlicks and a bedtime story....

 

 

 

 

As far as the build goes there shouldn't be anything to weird as this is pretty much like the Ocean Hawk I've just fininshed (there's a reveal and a build thread for that). One thing about this machine is that it doesn't have the folding rotor system that the carrier borne choppers have so this one is pretty simple without having to build all hoses and lines etc. As mentioned I'll be using the Werners Wings conversion kit which has all the additional resin and decals for this build can see that here...

https://wernerswings.com/products/#135-Resin

 

Anyway that's the plan at the moment.

 

Thanks for looking and stay safe

Cheers

Alan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 31 by The Scotsman
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[heloman1]

Oooooh! You got my interest. I have the Italeri 1/48thkit, having missed out on the Kitty Hawk kits. 

I'll pull up a bar stool...

 

Colin

[The Scotsman]

1 hour ago, heloman1 said:

Oooooh! You got my interest. I have the Italeri 1/48thkit, having missed out on the Kitty Hawk kits. 

I'll pull up a bar stool...

 

Colin

Hi Mate, you can get them all again now.....they've all been re-branded and out under Zimi Models

https://www.zimimodel.com

I got one of the MH-60R kits and apart from the plastic it's exactly the same as the KH ones....it even came in the same KH box but am guessing that will obviously change at  some point?

Edited April 1 by The Scotsman

[The Scotsman]

I've been exploring this idea about lighting the main cabin which basically means utilizing the tiny space in the cabin roof to install a single 3V coin battery holder and a bit of wire which will fire up two cool white pre-wired SMD LEDs and possibly a red one in the cockpit?  Still mulling the idea of a red light but hey what's life without whimsy huh...... but also want to put a light on the underside of the fuselage as well.

Anyway I've ordered some white and red lights and something called heat shrink tubing which I'm told is a good idea....anyway once all this stuff is on the desk I can have a look and see what space there actually is and what I can do with it?? 

This is sort of make it up as you go along stuff so it'll all probably go tits up...who knows!!?? 

Thinking about whether I need a soldering iron as well....they look pretty cheap.....hmmmm.....

Anyway, learning new words like parallel and series and resistors and weird stuff like that.....I need a beer.....bye

 

Cheers and stay safe

Alan

Edited April 1 by The Scotsman

[Gondor44]

Heat Shrink does what it says on the tin, shrinks when heated. It's used in electronics to cover joints between items so that the bare connections between the items can't form an electrical connection to anything else by accident. Always a good idea to use.

 

Gondor

[The Scotsman]

On 4/4/2025 at 5:16 PM, Gondor44 said:

Heat Shrink does what it says on the tin, shrinks when heated. It's used in electronics to cover joints between items so that the bare connections between the items can't form an electrical connection to anything else by accident. Always a good idea to use.

 

Gondor

Thanks mate......it's a helluva learning curve fiddling with all this these teensy lights and stuff!! Never done this before so should be a giggle trying to get this right.....if I get it right....!!??

 

Trouble with me is I start doing stuff like this and end up hurling myself down flipping great rabbit (expensive) holes!! For example now I'm thinking of connecting wires and things so what's the best method do to that??  No clue.....so now I'm buying JST-HX connectors and crimpers....why.....god knows but they look about right??  And, no doubt very soon I'll convince myself there's some other thing that I think I need!!??  All just to put lights in a helicopter which probably doesn't really warrant it anyway....oh well....all good fun isn't it....

[Gondor44]

1 hour ago, The Scotsman said:

Thanks mate......it's a helluva learning curve fiddling with all this these teensy lights and stuff!! Never done this before so should be a giggle trying to get this right.....if I get it right....!!??

 

Trouble with me is I start doing stuff like this and end up hurling myself down flipping great rabbit (expensive) holes!! For example now I'm thinking of connecting wires and things so what's the best method do to that??  No clue.....so now I'm buying JST-HX connectors and crimpers....why.....god knows but they look about right??  And, no doubt very soon I'll convince myself there's some other thing that I think I need!!??  All just to put lights in a helicopter which probably doesn't really warrant it anyway....oh well....all good fun isn't it....

 

That sounds good. Having done electronics in a past life I know my limitations, especially as I build in 1/72 so what you are doing is not likely to happen with any of my builds. Soldering items together is another way of connecting them although I do like the idea of using connectors, means you can work on it bit by bit. I strongly suggest that you test your lighting before you fit any of it, and then every time you fit parts of it into the model.

 

Gondor

[The Scotsman]

Happy Easter everyone!

 

Not much been happening for the past couple weeks as been flattened with COVID. 've just finished the wee overhead panel which meant getting rid of most the detail on the part and starting again. Oddly enough there is a decal which is supposed to sit on top of a load of lumps and bumps and it's expect it to settle down and look half way descent....yeah that's not happening.....anyway I've taken the part and few drilled holes into which some dials and switches will go. Once the holes are drilled then some reaaallly weensie decals get laid on which the dials and switches get placed.......these are all from ANYZ which is high quality 3D printed resin stuff and his decals superb....thoroughly recommend them....as said they're a tiny wee gadgets but seriously love working with them....anyway this is the bit.....half way done.....

 

 

the tricky bit is getting the center of each deal over the hole so the everything matches up when the switch or dial goes in.....I usually use a pin to poke a hole in the deal whilst it's still on the backing paper.  Anyway this is the final look.....

 

 

 

And once it's finished...little bit of art work left on it; some scuffing up and blending....that sort of thing....anyway it ends up on this....

 

 

Rest of the cabin is just starting out with the basic colours down on the floor and walls. I've put paint down in the main cabin to try and simulate a well worn well used non-skid tape.....is what it is.....I've also started to prepare the based on the cockpit which is painted with a mixture of NATO Black and Tyre black and then rubbed with gun metal powder and iron metal powder to bring out the floor rivets and highlight some of the raised elements.....again lots still to do on the cabin floor.....looks something like this

 

 

I've begun the detailing of the instrument panel. This again has a kit decal which is supposed to go on and again I can't figure out how one could make that work...anyway this shows the start of the detail process for the instrument panel which again will have a shed load of holes drilled into it doe the switches and dials.....

 

 

A few views of the basics on the main cabin.....I've made some modifications to the cabin walls so they tally with the Jayhawk interior but there is a load of extra work which has to made to the left hand side as there are rails onto which are fitted De-Fib monitors and computer monitors there's also all the boxes and bags containing medical equipment and so on.....this is just a quick over view which shows the starting point......

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 19 by The Scotsman

[AlxBNE]

Wow! I have looked at those ANYZ products online and wondered how anyone could use such tiny details....

..... question answered, you have demonstrated exactly how good they can look.

I am still not convinced that I have the patience to even try but loved seeing your excellent results.

[The Scotsman]

20 hours ago, AlxBNE said:

Wow! I have looked at those ANYZ products online and wondered how anyone could use such tiny details....

..... question answered, you have demonstrated exactly how good they can look.

I am still not convinced that I have the patience to even try but loved seeing your excellent results.

Yeah first time I looked at these I had the same thought but once you use them...you know....you get used to working through the processes.....learn the do's and don't! They are really good bits of kit if you like going down the fine detailing rabbit holes...

 

One thing you do need is a good set of tweezers as getting the wee gadgets off the block can be annoying as sometimes they just ping off into hyper-space never to be seen again! Also, if you're drilling the holes use 0.5mm drills and buy lots....I get through quite a few of them (depending on the thickness of the plastic) when drilling into the instrument panels....I use the Dspiae ones which around cost £1.50 each so not too ridiculous....

 

these are the switches I use which are 1:35/1:32 scale

 

 

......and these are the dials....

 

 

 

[The Scotsman]

Almost finished the overhead Instrument panels to day......bit of scuffing and scratching and it'll be ready to go......

 

Edited April 20 by The Scotsman

[The Scotsman]

Finished the cockpit instrument panels

 

 

 

 

[The Scotsman]

Cockpit is basically finished now....just need to make some seat belts. There are some photo etch seat belts as part of the kit but PE and me....well....we don't get on well together.

 

Here's some views of where we I am at the moment....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[phildagreek]

Cockpit looks sharp!

[Alan P]

Excellent stuff with that cockpit. I've got a sizable stock of Anyz products, but haven't had a good chance to go all out with them since I built the Israeli F-35 a couple of years ago. But you're certainly writing the book on how to use it to best advantage, inspirational stuff!

[The Scotsman]

1 hour ago, phildagreek said:

Cockpit looks sharp!

 

1 hour ago, Alan P said:

Excellent stuff with that cockpit. I've got a sizable stock of Anyz products, but haven't had a good chance to go all out with them since I built the Israeli F-35 a couple of years ago. But you're certainly writing the book on how to use it to best advantage, inspirational stuff!

 

thanks guys...👍

[The Scotsman]

Hi, been playing around in the cockpit again, just finishing off the seating arrangements by adding some safety belts for the pilots. The kit has this clunky photo etch stuff which I'm sure that someone with skills immeasurably superior to mine could probably make look reasonably spiffing but not me. What I did do though was salvage the bits that I could use being the end buckely bits and used them on the belts I made . So this is what I mean I just needed the buckley bits at the end......

 

 

 

The rest was pretty simple just a dab of CA glue onto some NATO black painted Tamiya Tape and that's it....job done.....pretty sure that me using the PE stuff would have ended up looking mind blowingly ludicrous. Anyway belts installed and the seats are almost complete....

 

 

 

just need some final filters and shading and that's that.....I've installed them into the cockpit and they look like this...

 

 

 

Also started to do some of the detailing work in the rear cabin of which there's going to be a shed load. So to start with there's detailing an electrical cabinet and started detailing some fire extinguishers which need to be finished..... and a kit box. Also, started installing something round the left hand side windows of which I have no clue what they are but they appear in all my reference photos....I know....I should look these things up and give them their proper technical names.....but anyway this is a start on the rear cabin...

 

 

 

That's that for the moment!

Thanks for looking and stay safe.

Cheers

Alan

Edited May 4 by The Scotsman

[Jens]

On 4/20/2025 at 10:34 PM, The Scotsman said:

One thing you do need is a good set of tweezers as getting the wee gadgets off the block can be annoying as sometimes they just ping off into hyper-space never to be seen again! Also, if you're drilling the holes use 0.5mm drills and buy lots....I get through quite a few of them (depending on the thickness of the plastic) when drilling into the instrument panels....I use the Dspiae ones which around cost £1.50 each so not too ridiculous....

 

Would it help to remove them from the block inside a clear plsatic bag (obviously one large enough to fit at least one hand)?

 

Jens

[The Scotsman]

1 hour ago, Jens said:

 

Would it help to remove them from the block inside a clear plsatic bag (obviously one large enough to fit at least one hand)?

 

Jens

...mate...that is actually a damn good idea!!! I hadn't thought of that........you're on my Christmas Card list....👍

[The Scotsman]

...so yeah 2 issues....first is that I made a bit of booboo! When I was curating all the wee bits and bobs that go inside the helicopter I ordered the rescue basket from the Flight Engineering in the States...this be them....

 

https://www.flightlineengineering.com/

 

Now it's a great bit of 3D printing (which I so have to learn how to do!!)....looks like this....

 

 

But then it dawned on me that "stowed" in terms of inside the helicopter means something completely different......this is the new version in the stowed position....

 

 

....and nobody I know sells one of these so I'm going to have to make one..... I've ordered some screen mesh and the Albion Alloys silver nickel rods. I suppose I'll need to make a template to get the curves and dimensions right, so was thinking if making a 4 cornered frame with picture hook nails as I think they have roughly the right circle profile and more important they are strong so shouldn't bend when wrangling the rods round them to get the right profile......anyway we'll see if it works out...I mean it's not earth shattering if it doesn't........oh yeah the same thing with the spine boards I ordered which are total rubbish....supposed to be 1:35 scale but they almost fill the entire length of the cabin so will either have to build some or leave them out or look for new ones....

 

So, second issue.....Flickr is mucking around with their freebie accounts so that you can only attach tiny photos which isn't cool. If anyone can suggest a free photo hosting platform which allows attaching photos to sites like this using BBCode that would be much appreciated!

 

Cheers all and thanks for looking

Stay safe

Cheers

Alan

Edited Tuesday at 08:10 PM by The Scotsman

[Gondor44]

May I suggest that you modify the basket that you have? The top section is the same, fully stowed or semi-erect, as the print that you have. Cut that part off and then build the folded lower section under it.

 

As for Flickr, the premium account is not too costly.

 

Gondor

[The Scotsman]

12 hours ago, Gondor44 said:

May I suggest that you modify the basket that you have? The top section is the same, fully stowed or semi-erect, as the print that you have. Cut that part off and then build the folded lower section under it.

 

As for Flickr, the premium account is not too costly.

 

Gondor

yeah was thinking along those lines with the basket....I mean...whatever happens the top part will have to have been cut off because there's no way to paint the floats and mask them off to paint the metal frame!  The issue though is that the nickel rod I want to use is 1mm which would would be dwarfed by the resin.....so having a ponder on that one....

 

Flickr want almost £9 per month which for the few photos I post here....well....in my mind it's a wee bit to much to be honest.....was looking at sommat called Postimage.org...???

Edited Saturday at 11:19 PM by The Scotsman

[The Scotsman]

not much happening at the moment....today was doing some more fiddly stuff in the cabin....there is a medical monitor sort of thing on the left hand side so have been building that in today....

 

 

 

there are a couple of canvas seats next to it which I've now got build so that will be Sunday's job.

 

Thanks for loooking

Stay safe

Cheers

Alan

[Parabat]

Brilliant work detailing this, great to see it all being done.