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| Rotor Craft H-34 fuselage extension | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 22 2015, 06:05 PM (1,215 Views) | |
| colinburgess | May 30 2015, 10:02 AM Post #16 |
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Hi Aaron. Thanks for your comments. Italeri and Revell are the same kits/tooling, a Revell rebox as is the Tamiya kit (available only in Japan). The HB kit I have but haven't looked at I will do so. The Matchbox kit, I don't rate at all the fuselage is to square but the Revell release has a very good decal sheet. The very old Frog kit is good too and can be turned into a n early HAS Mk1 with some effort. For those of you who may be interested, I did the nose for the Wessex prototype H-34 clamshell doors and Napier Gazelle engine intake and hot air outlet plating. Re the metal legs, Colin may have had those made, they weren't anything that I have mastered, I was happy enough with those supplied in the kits. I did however master the legs in the Whirlwind kit along with the later British type rescue hiost. I'm now only involved in mastering parts as and when I want, so can't comment on Colin's buisiness. Colin |
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| colinburgess | May 31 2015, 08:37 AM Post #17 |
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OK guys, I've just had alook at the HB H-34 kit and it suffers form the same problem as the Italeri/Revell/Tamiya kits. The dimension form MRH c/l to TR c/l is 137.5 mm (HB kit 137). The HB kit apart form the way it is engineered, looks to be a crib of the Italeri kit. Some parts are simplifies, panel line detail ommited, main u/c radius arms quite chunky, etc. I guess it's up to the individual and how you want to tackle the kits OOB or accurate. As for the Warpaint drawings, I don't rate them at all. I think they may well be a makeover of the original Aviation News drawings. Colin |
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| Aaron_w | May 31 2015, 06:23 PM Post #18 |
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Yes, the Hobbyboss is likely a semi-copy of the Italeri. The Italeri has much finer detail, but the Hobby Boss is available with the bent leg landing gear, where the Italeri requires robbing a Wessex or hunting down the older UH-34D boxing. Shame Italeri didn't leave the bent leg landing gear on the sprue as an option when they tooled up the V style landing gear. |
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| Flyboy72nd | Jun 24 2015, 07:34 PM Post #19 |
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Finally got my 2 conversions!!! As I said to Colin they must be using sail to cross the pond!?!!?!! Will put up some pics later to show the wm legs. |
![]() Building something Canadian, Eh! Graham; to avoid confusion M., from Canada's Capital!! | |
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