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Offline kitnut617

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #175 on: October 30, 2014, 02:39:01 AM »
Quote from: GTX_Admin on October 30, 2014, 02:03:40 AM
Quote from: kitnut617 on October 20, 2014, 04:08:18 AM
grand total of 1/48 kits in my stash would be  --- 12 [I think  :-\ ] )

Grand total 1/48 kits in my stash is 12+ :-[

 ;D ;D

I might have lied, I think it's closer to 18 now, found a EE. Lightning in a stash box a couple of days ago which I can't remember buying, must have got it for a scale-a-rama which didn't pan out or something.  I'm up to around a 1000 kits now ('course -- nothing like a few of our fellow members' stashes is it)
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Offline LemonJello

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #176 on: November 05, 2014, 02:29:44 AM »
Test shots of the AH-1Z Viper are up at Aeroscale:

http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=17958

Adding one of these and the UH-1Y Venom to the stash upon release.
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Offline Jeffry Fontaine

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #177 on: November 06, 2014, 11:17:25 AM »
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Offline finsrin

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #178 on: November 06, 2014, 01:25:01 PM »
Do I see a 1/72 bomber in this kit ?
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Offline Gingie

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #179 on: November 06, 2014, 10:57:45 PM »
wonder if I could scale bash the nose with a 48th Osprey?
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Offline Jeffry Fontaine

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #180 on: November 07, 2014, 03:08:40 AM »
Quote from: Gingie on November 06, 2014, 10:57:45 PM
wonder if I could scale bash the nose with a 48th Osprey?
Scale it down to a 1:48th scale Testors-Italeri Bronco and 1:72nd scale Osprey (ESCI, Italeri, and, Hasegawa) and see how it looks before going big.  Save you some money and it would give you a feel for what would need to be modified. 

I like your idea though and it needs to be tested just to see if it would work.  The cargo version of the Bronco was always a favourite of mine. 
« Last Edit: November 07, 2014, 03:11:04 AM by Jeffry Fontaine »
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Offline GTX_Admin

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #181 on: November 20, 2014, 02:46:58 AM »
Box Artwork for soon to be released kit:



I'm thinking one in this scheme:

« Last Edit: November 20, 2014, 02:56:31 AM by GTX_Admin »
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Offline The Big Gimper

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #182 on: December 11, 2014, 07:22:19 PM »
1/32 F-86K.  Availability 2015.

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #183 on: January 02, 2015, 07:37:34 AM »
New 1/32 XF5U-1 "Flying Flapjack" announced:




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Offline LemonJello

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #184 on: January 06, 2015, 10:06:31 PM »
Color photos of a built test-shot of the AH-1Z Viper are on Aeroscale:

http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=18451

Can't wait to get one of these for future construction.
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Offline taiidantomcat

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #185 on: January 07, 2015, 12:19:46 AM »
Quote from: LemonJello on January 06, 2015, 10:06:31 PM
Color photos of a built test-shot of the AH-1Z Viper are on Aeroscale:

http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=18451

Can't wait to get one of these for future construction.


Same here, wallet will not survive 2015 ... :-X
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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #186 on: January 10, 2015, 04:44:38 AM »
Quote from: LemonJello on January 06, 2015, 10:06:31 PM
Color photos of a built test-shot of the AH-1Z Viper are on Aeroscale:

http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=18451

Can't wait to get one of these for future construction.


I am more interested in the 1/48 UH-1Y they also have coming:



Click image for more details
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Offline LemonJello

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #187 on: January 10, 2015, 04:56:46 AM »
One of the Venom's will also be added to the stash here at LemonJello Industries, to be sure. 
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Offline Jeffry Fontaine

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #188 on: January 31, 2015, 01:54:01 AM »
CyberModeler in-the-box inspection of the Kitty Hawk AH-1Z 'Viper' (1:48th scale, kit number 80125)

Click on the html or image to view at CyberModeler.

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Offline Gingie

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #189 on: February 01, 2015, 02:05:55 AM »
I wonder how close that UH 1 Y could be for a CH-146 Griffon....

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #190 on: February 01, 2015, 04:39:03 AM »
Quote from: Gingie on February 01, 2015, 02:05:55 AM
I wonder how close that UH 1 Y could be for a CH-146 Griffon....


Well the UH-1Y is bigger than the CH-146 and also has a lot more power…though one could conceivably use the new kit as the basis for a developed CH-146... ;)
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Offline elmayerle

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #191 on: February 01, 2015, 07:41:57 AM »
Quote from: GTX_Admin on February 01, 2015, 04:39:03 AM
Quote from: Gingie on February 01, 2015, 02:05:55 AM
I wonder how close that UH 1 Y could be for a CH-146 Griffon....


Well the UH-1Y is bigger than the CH-146 and also has a lot more power…though one could conceivably use the new kit as the basis for a developed CH-146... ;)
Or an "evolved" one.  After all, the UH-1Y can trace ancestry back to the Bell 212/214 (by way of the 214ST), much as the CH-146 can.
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Offline LemonJello

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #192 on: March 14, 2015, 01:17:54 AM »
From Kitty Hawk's Faceplace page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kitty-hawk/736521713066784?fref=nf

The UH-1Y Venom is expected to be released next month.

Oh, and they're planning to offer/produce helicopter kits in 1/35.

Looks like the moratorium (semi-self-imposed) will be lifted to add a Venom to the stash.
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Offline KiwiZac

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #193 on: March 16, 2015, 03:44:21 AM »
Quote from: elmayerle on February 01, 2015, 07:41:57 AM
Quote from: GTX_Admin on February 01, 2015, 04:39:03 AM
Quote from: Gingie on February 01, 2015, 02:05:55 AM
I wonder how close that UH 1 Y could be for a CH-146 Griffon....


Well the UH-1Y is bigger than the CH-146 and also has a lot more power…though one could conceivably use the new kit as the basis for a developed CH-146... ;)
Or an "evolved" one.  After all, the UH-1Y can trace ancestry back to the Bell 212/214 (by way of the 214ST), much as the CH-146 can.

Apparently the commonality between a Venom and a Griffon is pretty small - the rotor system (based on that developed for the Bell-McD LHX) and engine are completely different, the cabin has a plug just aft of the front doors (compare the pics above) and the tail (like the engine and rotor) are shared with the AH-1Z and based on a Cobra tailboom.


So a 412/Griffon from a UH-1Y would involve a lot more cutting and PSR than, say, doing it from a 212/UH-1N.

I just want the rotor from a Venom/Viper for another project....
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Offline elmayerle

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #194 on: March 16, 2015, 04:23:09 AM »
Like I said, an evolved Griffon.  The UH-1Y has a longer cabin, like the 214ST, as well as cowlings similar to that aircraft while the transmission is a new one jointly developed for the UH-1Y and AH-1Z.  Both also have an improved engine installation and tailpipe design over that flown on the AH-1W.
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Offline LemonJello

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #195 on: March 20, 2015, 08:07:28 PM »
Update via Aeroscale on the UH-1Y Venom.  Build shots included:

http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=19035

Scheduled for an April release.  Can't wait.
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Offline Kerick

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #196 on: March 20, 2015, 09:15:21 PM »
Looks awesome!!
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Offline KiwiZac

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #197 on: March 25, 2015, 05:22:30 AM »
I really hope they do "legacy" Hueys - they'll be exquisite, if this and the Viper are anything to go by. Beautiful.
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Offline LemonJello

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #198 on: May 05, 2015, 02:14:19 AM »
In stock (for now) at SprueBrothers:

http://store.spruebrothers.com/product_p/kth80124.htm

Will be getting one in the near future...
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Offline elmayerle

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #199 on: May 05, 2015, 11:30:30 AM »
Could do a diorama of the Nepal relief effort.   The US vertical lift contribution is UH-1Ys and MV-22Bs.
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