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a seldom shortrun multimedia kit, not easy to find not cheap and today the AMP is so much better, but i buyed it some years ago so I have to build...


the kit
http://www.kitreview.com/reviews/sikors ... ewrk_1.htm

HU-1; USS Bataan 1952








and before painting you see the mix material

Very cool. I wish there was a nice injection molded kit of this. Is it me or is one rotor blade off axis?

midnightprowler wrote:Very cool. I wish there was a nice injection molded kit of this. Is it me or is one rotor blade off axis?

there is a new kit in town

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/amp-480 ... 1--1087816

Beautiful build CL! Gotta love those early choppers! There is lots of good footage of this type in “The Bridges at Tokyo Ri”. Pure USN Korean War carrier aviation eye candy. Grace Kelly isn’t bad either...

So you say that AMP kit is better than the Fonderie kit? I certainly need one or the other for my Korean War collection.

What they all said,

My goodness...

Very nice definitely something you don't see every day.

Wow.... gotta love those early 50's choppers!! Well done!!

Very nice!! I saw on of these at the Naval Aviation Museum.

What interesting subjects! Very nice work!

Beautiful! You transformed the kit itself!