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Helicopter Campaign Proposal
Bigrip74
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Posted: Saturday, May 05, 2018 - 07:27 AM UTC
I am having trouble finding reviews for helicopters. Those that I am interested are:

1. Academy 12250 1/48 Plastic Model Kit Tow Defender 500D Hughe

2.Italeri 2744 1/48 Scale Model Helicopter Kit Royal Navy Westland Wessex HAS.1

3.1/72 Piasecky HUP-2/3 Amodel Kit. 72137
md72
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Posted: Saturday, May 05, 2018 - 08:56 AM UTC
Bob, don't know anything about any of those kits. But, I've heard the Amodel kits are VERY Challenging.
Bigrip74
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Posted: Sunday, May 06, 2018 - 12:50 AM UTC
Mark, thanks for the heads up. That puts AMODEL out of the running.

Bob
c4willy
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Posted: Sunday, May 06, 2018 - 02:33 AM UTC
I'm in with a Chinook .... not sure who's yet (RAF or USAF) or whether I'll build it as guns a go go (Armed version ex Vietnam).
Bigrip74
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Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2018 - 06:55 PM UTC
I finally found a kit that I could afford and I am interested in. Italeri's 1/48 Westland Wessex HAS.1

nico37
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Indre-et-Loire, France
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Posted: Monday, July 02, 2018 - 09:11 PM UTC
Hi all,

just enlisted with this one




nico
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MODELGEEK
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Scotland, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, July 02, 2018 - 09:54 PM UTC
wessex and chinooks, excellent choices, welcome aboard
Jessie_C
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted: Tuesday, July 03, 2018 - 07:27 AM UTC

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Mark, thanks for the heads up. That puts AMODEL out of the running.

Bob



They're a challenge all right, but if you can get past the terrible fit, questionable shapes and rotten plastic, you can get something few people have built.

Here's my HUP-3 converted from an HUP-2 kit:

Neo
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North Carolina, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 - 10:48 AM UTC
I'm in...
1/72 AMT Hind.
MichaelSatin
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AEROSCALE
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Colorado, United States
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Posted: Friday, August 31, 2018 - 11:15 AM UTC
OK folks, time to get this one off the ground!

The official campaign thread can be found here. Please post all your campaign related discussion in that thread. This thread will now be locked.

Here we go!

Michael
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