NH90 TTH Utti Jagerregimen

My mini-review of the kit and the build:

This kit I bought the first when re-starting my model hobby, around 2005 when it was just released. The kit is very well detailed and contains more than 100 tiny parts, including navigation lights (which I never met in 1:72 helicopter kits). But unfortunately, it does not correspond to the active duty helicopters and probably was designed from the blueprints of a prototype helicopter:

1. Bottom windows of the cockpit have incorrect shape (painting masks do not fit)
2. Seats must be folded.
3. Rear door has no window.
4. Antennas and other equipment at the bottom are not correct (no hook for the sling load, no lights, etc.)
6. Joint of the tail section is not correct.
7. The grill on the top of the fairing of the main gearbox is too small and has wrong shape.

In the later kits, most of this issues were addressed.

The decals for the Finnish Army are not correct as well, starting from the wrong code "KH-202" instead of "NH-202", but Finnish helicopter is bright and unusual. I tried to paint the safety lines around doors and windows, because the decals give something completely different.

The kit has so-so fit and requires a lot of patience and thinking. You should not follow the instruction and install the main undercarriage before joining the hull, for example. But if you build helicopters often, as myself, you will not meet any difficulties.

There are not so much aftermarket for this model, especially decals. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to buy the detail kit from Reskit which worth it,