Song Wang from Kitty Hawk has suggested on their Facebook page that the 1/35 scale Pave Hawk HH-60G will be released next month, August.

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Thanks!

I hope so. I have been waiting for this one. Fingers crossed it is early August.

Still waiting for the Blackhawk seems the UK is in a blackhole as none of the major stockiest or importers have it. Yes it’s on eBay all without figures though and a box that size will incur import tax and handling.

The Kitty Hawk Facebook page says the 1/35 USAF HH-60G Pave Hawk is ready to ship now. You can order it from them by contacting Sofia Lynm via email at: [email protected]

I don't know the price yet, but they say that the first batch will come with a set of 2 resin pilots as a bonus. The 1/35 MH-60L kit was $80 w/out the crew when sent through China Post. It took about two weeks to get to me in FL.

Some more pics of the HH-60G





A couple of the decal/paint options.



I can't wait to get mine.

I heard back from Kitty Hawk. The kits are being shipped from the factory now and will be ready to ship to customers in a couple weeks. They are taking names as pre-orders and will contact you when they are ready to ship. No word on price yet, but they did say it will be a little more than the MH-60L kit.

Thanks Gino, I'll look at contacting them direct and see if I can get a Blackhawk that way and put my name down for a Pavehawk.

Now which manufacture is going to do a 1/35 CH-53E or K?

p.s. I don't do faceache (and won't) so don't see companies info on there.

Just got an email from Sofia at Kitty Hawk. The HH-60G is ready to ship. Cost is $120 shipped to the US and it includes two resin pilot figures for the initial shipings.

The Kitty Hawk HH-60G kit is reviewed with sprue shots, instructions, etc. at Moxing.net. It is basically the same plastic as in the MH-60L kit, with a new, HH-60G specific G sprue.

HH-60G in-box review.

So far it looks really nice. One note, the kit will not accurately build into a modern HH-60G. A small detail, but it is missing. The new G sprue has the older H-bar fast rope/rappel rig that the USAF used up to about 2000. After that, they changed to the FRIES rig that was only used by the US Army before that. The FRIES (Fast Rope Insertion and Extraction) rig is in the KH MH-60L kit on its G sprue.

USAF H-Bar rig, pre-2000-ish, as in the HH-60G kit.


FRIES rig, US Army and USAF post-2000-ish, as in the MH-60L kit.


The remedy is to scratch-built the FRIES rig or contact Sofia at Kitty Hawk and they will sell the G sprue separately out of the MH kit w/the FRIES rig parts. I scratched one for my Academy MH-60L DAP. I used a piece of square stock and a couple pieces of rod. Some details for the attachment ends and straps and bolts to hold it all together. It wasn't too bad to do.