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| 1/72nd scale HH-53C Super Jolly Green Giant; Italeri & MPC (Airfix) kit bash-up | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 2 2016, 10:25 PM (142 Views) | |
| RJ Tucker | Aug 2 2016, 10:25 PM Post #1 |
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Patrolling the MMM frontier
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Finally finished this one! Here’s my HH-53C CSAR helicopter. It’s a kit bash of the ancient Italeri & MPC (Airfix) kits. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() AND the stinger! ![]() I built this for a friend who flew HH-53 CSAR missions in Vietnam; later, he became a USAF Chaplain. The base is painted wood with sheet plastic providing the tarmac top. ![]() The figure was the lovely & gracious Mrs Tucker’s suggestion since “only a geeks’ geek has any notion of ‘I inch = 6 feet’ means.“ ![]() I’m not much of a figure painter as you can see, but he does give a good visual as to how big this beast really is! ![]() The emblems came from the local airbase exchange. (I’m retired military, so I can shop there. Uniform stuff is available online.) The trophy shop down the street did the placards. ![]() The Italeri kit is pretty ragged, but I’m pleased how it turned out. |
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| Disorder | Aug 2 2016, 10:52 PM Post #2 |
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Lt Paddy 'Chancer' Boyle
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That is a magnificent example of what can be done with these old kits. A true piece of modelling. I'm sure your friend will be thrilled to receive it.
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| Simon G | Aug 2 2016, 11:26 PM Post #3 |
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heavy weatherer
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Nice work indeed.
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| Jonesy113 | Aug 3 2016, 05:31 AM Post #4 |
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Nick 'Token' Jones
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A great build, I'm sure your friend will be chuffed to bits
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| Nikon User | Aug 3 2016, 06:06 AM Post #5 |
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"BEAVER"
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Very nicely done. |
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| snapper655 | Aug 3 2016, 07:07 AM Post #6 |
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Gun Monkey
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very nice,
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| Olde Farte | Aug 3 2016, 07:53 AM Post #7 |
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
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You have an excellent model here R.J. and one I would be proud to have presented to me. A nice neat diorama also, well done mate. |
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| RJ Tucker | Aug 3 2016, 09:44 PM Post #8 |
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Patrolling the MMM frontier
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Thanks for the kind words, guys!
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| tc2324 | Aug 11 2016, 06:51 AM Post #9 |
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LCDR Tony `Banana's` Clay
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Wow! What a great job you have done on that one. I`m sure your friend is going to be very pleased with it. |
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