First Post to Helicopter Forum USMC CH-53's

No, the E was just not Finished. The Academ kit and the Revell kit are both very good in their scale. To appreciate the size of the Echo you really need to see her in person. 

The E is 99 1/2 feet long. Probe to tail. The cabins are close, but the E cabin is longer. Same width. It’s the E’s tail that is just monsterous. With that big horizontal and the 5 degree cant. 

Both kits are great builds. 

Very nice. Is the E a shorter aircraft thn the D or is one of the kits out of scale? I have the Revell kit.

Fantastic!  They look great - and really nice work on the cockpit.

Here are the academy CH-53E and the revell CH-53D side by side

Here is the line up for my Marine buddy.

CH-53A

CH-53D

CH-53E

All of them

Looking good.  Nice job on the cockpit and cabin.

We used to put up para cord and then hang all of our seats belts up like this.  Before we received the upgraded individual crash worthy troop seats.  This is scratch built I know they have an upgrade sewt for it now.

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