HH-62

Awesome build .

Your right about not seeing HH-62 all that much .

May I ask where you bought the resin kit , I would very much like to build a HH-62 for my helicopter / USCG collection as well .

                          John .

Hi John

Thanks for the nice comment.

 It was purchased direct from Unicraft models(Google the name and the address should pop up). Unicraft, as you may know, offers a wide variety of unusual aircraft in resin.  I note that they are producing another CG helo, the "Flying Banana" , hope to purchase one soon.

 By the way, Sikorsky referred to this helo as the "H-62" but the USCG called it the "HH-52", boy am I losing it!

Regards

Mike

thunder1

Hi John

 

Thanks for the nice comment.

 It was purchased direct from Unicraft models(Google the name and the address should pop up). Unicraft, as you may know, offers a wide variety of unusual aircraft in resin.  I note that they are producing another CG helo, the "Flying Banana" , hope to purchase one soon.

 By the way, Sikorsky referred to this helo as the "H-62" but the USCG called it the "HH-52", boy am I losing it!

Regards

Mike

Thank's for the link to Unicraft Models Mike ;

I just ordered my S-62/HH-52 and I look forward to it arriving early in the New Year .

I have an unfinished HH-3F Pelican build under the bench , it was the 1/72 Lindberg HH-3E kit . I cut the cockpit section off and grafted a Revell Seaking cockpit front section on as well as the recessed rotor housing ; It was a lot of work kit bashing the HH-3E , so I dug her out last night and will start masking the canopy and finally get around to painting her .

Both the HH-52 and the HH-3F should look great sitting next to each other .

Thank's again for the link .

                                 John .

H-34.......

I recently used the old 1/72 Revell Jolly Green Giant kit to build my HH-3E, didn't have to graft a new nose or rotor housing onto it, and used one of the fuel tanks to make the radome. Also pirated the main rotor & winch from an old MPC Sea King then changed the side windows & added scratchbuilt items to the fuselage & cockpit to complete the build. It was a fun conversion, and will soon be ready for paint. Have any suggestion for the USCG red-orange color? I usually paint w/ Model Master enamels. 

I'll soon be building 1/72 USCG  Albatross, C-130, & a Jayhawk, all because I really like the paint scheme, & live near USCG Air Station Cape Cod.

I just might have to get the HH-62 now......... 

RotorHead10

Indeed. It makes a current Coast Guard hoist operator weep. I just purchased the lindberg kit. Only thing i was going to add was the FOD cover and a radome. How much of a difference did the seaking nose affect the sub assy?

Here's a link to a couple of WIP pic's of the HH-3F build ;

/forums/p/92862/907747.aspx#907747

This was my second Linberg / Revell kit bash of the HH-3E ; I did the same conversion for a Vietnam HH-3E . The Revell front cockpit section was slightly smaller in width than the Linberg fuselage but it fitted together okay . I have 6 more Lindberg HH-3E kits in the stash but I won't be kit-bashing them to the same extent as the two previous builds , I'll just try and improve the cockpit interior and add a rear cabin floor and cut open the side door .

Here's a link to the HH-3E Jolly Green Giant with finished pic's on page 2

/forums/t/90644.aspx?PageIndex=1

                      John

Here's my copy of the Revell H-3. I haven't built a Jayhawk yet in 1:72 for my collection, it's on my list for next year. I took a couple of short hops on the H-3, noisy like the 52 but spacious in the interior, more so than the Jayhawk. My respect to the CG aircrews that fly these things into the soup, I prefer a steel deck under my feet on a SAR case.  

Another Awesome H-3 USCG build Mike .

I don't suppose you might have have built a  HUS-1G (H-34) Coast Guard bird , with an external tank fitted .

I've been trying to figure out for ages how to mount a external tank on my HUS-1G as well as a CIA "Air America" S-58T and an upcoming LH-34 /HUS-1L Antartic Sea Horse ???

                    John .

John

Thanks for the nice compliment on the H-3.

I built this HUS 1G  so long ago I forgot how I attached the external tank , I recall I built a frame from brass rod, I wish I had a better picture. I think I used a photo from a book on CG aviation as a guide. The Coast Guard has a lot of aircraft sites to use for research thank goodness for the internet! You should have seen the "stuff" I built back in the day with no computers.    Try the USCG home page, historian department, I believe there are pics of helos. Good luck.

On the site there are pics of this kit that shows with and without a cockpit and windows. What do you get with the kit?

Regarding the HH-52, the kit comes with a vacuform canopy and a piece of clear plastic for the windows. I always use Testors Clear Parts Glue in lieu of clear plastic. It's a little tricky to work with making windows, portholes are a little easier. I have also used Micro Crystle Clear as another means of putting "glass" in model aiorcraft.

Thanks! I may have to grab one while these are still available. I grew up watching these in Kodiak AK as a kid.

Awesome looking builds! cheers Trey

Thunder   Any chance you can contact me reguarding the Coast Guard Aircraft? I have been looking for a HH-52A model since 1985. I flew the HH-3F's for years and would love to pick your brain about these builds. Great friggin' work!  OMG I can't believe after all these years there may be hope for me yet. God I miss those birds. If you think the 52 was noisy and shook, you need a ride in a Pelican. Earplugs and seatbelts are a must. : )  Thank you for the uplift.  gryxter@verizon.net

Beautiful work on al the models...

I'd like to pick your brain about hoisting in an H-3!

MH-60T flight mech sends...

I just found this thread.. hope it isn’t too late to contribute. I’m slowly accumulating a collection of 1/72 scale USCG aircraft....

I found an outfit in the UK- http://air-graphics.co.uk/   They have resin conversion for a HH-65C, and a correction set for the HH-65 doghouse. They also have a set to convert the HH-3E to a Pelican.  The -3F set includes a hoist, a FOD cover, the radome, floatation bags for the sponsons, and a 5-bladed tail rotor.   I ordered both HH-65 sets and the Pelican set. They look nice, but I haven’t test-fitted anything yet.

I was converting the old Aurora HH-3E to a Pelican, got stuck trying to make a decent radome. The Air-Graphics set should let me finish it now....

I also own the Unicraft HH-52 kit - got mine on eBay.  Haven’t gotten the nerve to start it yet- it will be my first resin kit.

Finally, I built the Hobby Boss H-34G as an AIRSTA New Orleans bird from 1960.  The HB kit is OK, but the Italeri kit looks to have better molding.  Someone used to make a little resin set for the extra fuel tank, but I think it is long OOP now.  I started to make mine using a spare drop tank from the scrap box, but never came up with a decent mount. So I display my model “Starboard side to”...!

Update:  Found another great vendor:   Whirlybird in the UK.  They offer the external tank and fittings for the H-34G in 1/72.  

But they also have other USCG (resin) kits — I bought two...

The few threads  I could find online say that the Whirlybird kit of the HH-52 is easier to build that the Unicraft kit....