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Any one built the Sikorsky R-4B?

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  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Brooklyn
Posted by wibhi2 on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 10:28 PM
Wow.....looks pretty good. I'd also be interested in further developments as I am a closet helicopter junkie and forgive me for saying this.......**whisper**when the lights are out, I dream of wheeling about in a 65 ton tracked vehicle with a very big gun on the front.
3d modelling is an option a true mental excercise in frusrtation
  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: Upper left side of the lower Penninsula of Mich
Posted by dkmacin on Monday, March 29, 2004 5:30 AM
Keep the shots coming Quag,
Srue stretching? Man count me out on that one!!

Don
I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it.
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  • From: and just won't go away.
Posted by Quagmyre on Saturday, March 27, 2004 8:23 AM
OK... shedding the "stationary" wings...

So far the cockpit is going together rather well. No showstoppers or "What the...'s?" yet. A few parts do take some extra preparation but it's nothing any modeler who has worked with multi-media kits (polyurethane, photo-etch, and vacuform parts) cannot handle.


Looks like I got a challenge ahead assembling the gear. Instructions call for some spure stretching. Always an adventure.


Current and Subsequent Projects:
1/48 scale Tamiya P-47 "Razorback" - Complete
1/48 scale Testors/Lone Star Models PT-22 Recruit - 20% Complete 
1/48 scale Monogram C-47 Skytrain - Not Started

  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: Upper left side of the lower Penninsula of Mich
Posted by dkmacin on Saturday, March 27, 2004 6:50 AM
Helicopters have wings!
We cannot help it if we prefer to have our wings spinning happily over head and actually doing something than just sitting there attached to the body occasionally flapping about!
I have built MCM's 1/72 R4 but would be interested in your review of the Special Hobby kit. I would not recommend the MCM kit, most of the pieces are actually part of the sprue and darn hard to get off.

Don
I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it.
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Any one built the Sikorsky R-4B?
Posted by Quagmyre on Friday, March 26, 2004 10:13 PM
Specifically Special Hobby's 1/48 scale Sikorsky R-4B?

This will be my first helicopter so it's new teritory for me. Shedding the wings for props this month. Figured it was fitting to start with a first like the R-4B.


Current and Subsequent Projects:
1/48 scale Tamiya P-47 "Razorback" - Complete
1/48 scale Testors/Lone Star Models PT-22 Recruit - 20% Complete 
1/48 scale Monogram C-47 Skytrain - Not Started

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