Best Chinook 1/72

Inigo71

Member since
May 2014

Best Chinook 1/72

Posted by Inigo71 on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 1:58 AM

My son loves the Chinook, any recommendation in 1/72.

Thanks

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Mikeym_us

Member since
March 2004
From: Kincheloe Michigan

Posted by Mikeym_us on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 10:49 AM

Italeri or even Trumpeter in 1/72 scale are the best for CH-47's. Revell of Germany offers a CH-47 in 1/72 and 1/48 but those are the Italeri kits reboxed.

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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Bish

Member since
December 2002
From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Posted by Bish on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 11:01 AM

Mikey, I am not 100% certain, but I think the 72nd Revell Chinook might be a re box of the Matchbox kit. I am pretty sure Revell bought the matchbox moulds, they have reboxed some of their other kits.

I can't compare the matchbox to the Trump kit, but I built 2 a couple of years ago and was pleasantly surprised.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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infofrog

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October 2013

Posted by infofrog on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 11:24 AM

This one looks nice
Rick

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00112ZGQY?pc_redir=1400214787&robot_redir=1

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Inigo71

Member since
May 2014

Posted by Inigo71 on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 12:45 PM

I think Ill go for the Trumpeter, I am not a big fan of Italeri.

Thanks for your help.

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Mikeym_us

Member since
March 2004
From: Kincheloe Michigan

Posted by Mikeym_us on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 8:21 PM

Bish
Mikey, I am not 100% certain, but I think the 72nd Revell Chinook might be a re box of the Matchbox kit. I am pretty sure Revell bought the matchbox moulds, they have reboxed some of their other kits.

I can't compare the matchbox to the Trump kit, but I built 2 a couple of years ago and was pleasantly surprised.

I'm pretty sure it is the Italeri kit ROG reboxes a lot of Italeri and Hasegawa aircraft kits. I believe the Matchbox kits were of Airfix origin or the other way around because I had a matchbox TBD-1 and an Airfix TBD-1 and they were the exact same kit just different boxes.

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/