Boeing H-46 Sea Knight

Bernd Korte Very nice!

Ekki Well done.

Glenn . neat job!

Dave Burgess The H-19 / H04S 'Chickasaw' (RCN & RCAF) and H-34 'Chocktaw' in RCN colours will follow. Just trying to get my hands on the kits & decals.

Glenn . Look forward to seeing more of your work Dave!

Dave Burgess I'm a bit at loose ends right now. We started a renovation project in our basement hobby room back in late May. We're still waiting for the floor installers to lay down the new floor. In the meanwhile, we have hobby supplies stacked up all over the house, and nowhere to build!

We're looking forward to getting the hobby room back in operation. We re-framed, wired, dry-walled and installed 21 pot lights so it's nice and bright. The room is big - 12' x 32'. My wife has half for her sewing, quilting etc. In the other half, I loaded up with 20 (switched) electrical outlets so I have enough plugs for all of my lighted projects. Now if we can just get an installer for the floor!

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Gustavo Bunger Nete momento estou trabalhando no compartimento de cargas, criando a nova estrutura de assentos com arame e solda. Em seguida serão adicionados os assentos do PE de Cargo Seats do C-54.

Gustavo Bunger Falta pouco para o fechamento da fuselagem, assentos horizontais pintados, faltando adicionar os encostos em PE. Estruturas externas modificadas. Pneus com pintura iniciada.

Ekki Nice job.

sideflare Love the model. A few more details: Sideflare 63 never had the chaff/flare pods or the "fish eye" detectors on the sides. We also carried 2 x .50 cal machine guns, one on each side. The Port gun was in the position of the forward crew window. Detail is really awesome.

M.Julian Marles Pretty sweet lookin whirly bird!...and kudos for your service to the country!

Alberto Bianchi welcome!

Phil Marchese This will be fun to watch. Wonder if this FY 1958 funding given "8" RCN.

Clifford Keesler Nice project.

Dutch Kit is started, have pics somewhere. Will load up once I complete my two on bench right now.

Clifford Keesler I know how that is. I never knew the Army tested HC-1A, all ways thought it was a Navy/Marine bird from the get go.

Dutch @Clifford: check out helis.com/database/modelorg/423/ USAF tested a couple of New York Airways 107s pre-delivery and then ordered 12 as YH-49 / CH-46B. They had a pretty short delivery timeline, and when they visited the factory and saw none on the production line, they cancelled the contract and ordered 3 Sikorksy CH-3B Sea Kings before eventually ordering the S-61R / CH-3C.

Dutch @Phil: See text here: helis.com/database/model/316/ and check serial number here: joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1958.html

Phil Marchese Dutch. If USAF procured for ARMY then 58-5514/16 might apply. I did not check Joe's US ARMY listing for FY 58.

Dutch Phil, I have researched this one pretty well. The Army did contract with Vertol for ten YHC-1A (V-107) protoypes, but amended the contract while only three were under construction and used the remaining funds for ordering five larger YHC-1B (Vertol 114) Chinooks, 59-04982-6. Trust me. I've talked with Piasecki & Vertol factory guys. Besides, I have a copy of the factory production line sequence. R/ Dutch

Phil Marchese The additional five RCNs 904982 /6 (ordinal) then can be excluded; and the inital three FY 58 (RCNs 85514/16) are contenders. The tenth you did not address. I don t see a conflict here.

Phil Marchese PS My HS sat on perhaps the highest elevation in the County and during the Conflict years the C-47 test hops were in clear view.

Phil Marchese *CH

Harry Eder WOW! Looks great! I like your selfmade interior and the paintjob

Eduardo Arguijo Thanks Harry, I have always liked this chopper, originally I wanted to make it from the marines in gray, but after I got this box and saw the box art, the chamo grew in me.

Harry Eder You are right! This jsdf camos are eyecatcher´s.

Burkhard D Wow, this one caught my attention.

Luc B great Sea Knight! very well done

Michel Huijghe Very good model.

Eduardo Arguijo Burkhqrd, luc, michel, thanks for your comments! Glad you liked it.

Gertjan Zwart Hi Dutch,
I am curious about these decals since the picture shows the KV-107 with the square civil- style window configuration. Can you check if window decals are included?
TIA!
Gertjan

Dutch Gertjan, Let me look. R/ Dutch

Dutch Gertjan, Sorry for the long delay in responding, but I checked the decal last night and there are no window markings, just square holes in the white and green fuselage band. So, either the side wall of the helo under the decal band has to have a clear strip inserted or you have to paint the fuselage in that area a grey/blue colour, or you have to print your own window decal ala the Silver Fox BV-107II from New York Airways. R/ Dutch

Gertjan Zwart Thanks Dutch, also for the heads up on the Silver Fox decals, had never heard of them!!
Gertjan

Dutch I cannot recommend the Silver Fox decals as the bottom stripe is inaccurate in size, shape, and NYA font. There is only one registration for N6675D. While the "New York Airways" titles are close, they are the least inaccurate of the decals. I have my own artwork for NYA in the wroks, but no time nor ALPS Decal printer. This will be one for the future. R/ Dutch

scalemates company?

Michael Ullmann Tim, E-ZMask.
I added this company to the thing I would add later, when all my stack is in the data base.

scalemates EZ Masks was already in the list

Michael Ullmann Tim, perfect. You know what is in your data base. Often things to identify is not an easy task.

Urban Gardini How was it to build? Have you built the Fujimi so you can compare 'em?

Gertjan Zwart The build went perfect, very straightforward, fit good. Unfortunately I never built the Fujimi, so I cannot compare the kits!

Urban Gardini Thanks! That's nice to hear!

Dutch This is not the correct version for a Canadian CH-113, so I will make it into a HKP-4B 04064 of the Swedish Marinen using the Flying Colours decals.

Dutch I will use one of the Fujimi KV-107/II-3 kits to make an early CH-113 of the RCAF using the Belcher Bits decals.