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Rotor Craft H-34 fuselage extension
Topic Started: May 22 2015, 06:05 PM (1,215 Views)
colinburgess
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Aaron_w,May 29 2015
02:58 AM
Thanks for explaining Colin.

I was hoping when you said you had been a Wessex maintainer you had based this piece off of measurements from an actual aircraft fuselage. Unfortunately as is often the case it is just the usual which drawing is accurate (Warpaint vs 4+ in this case), 6mm in 1/72 is a pretty big boo boo.

If it is an error it is an issue with all three available kits, Matchbox, Italeri / Revell and Hobbyboss. I have all three and that section of fuselage is essentially identical in length (certainly none are 6mm longer). They may very well have copied from each other, so that really proves nothing, just that it is or is not an issue on all the kits.



While I'm not sold on this particular piece, I am a fan of your work. Not many doing stuff for helicopters, even more so the case for helicopters that are not Hueys.

So about the metal landing gear, any chance of those being offered alone? I have a bunch of V leg UH-34s and I'd like to convert a few to the bent leg style.

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
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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
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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.
Aaron Woods
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Flyboy72nd
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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.
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Building something Canadian, Eh! Graham; to avoid confusion M., from Canada's Capital!!
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