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Kitty Hawk & Panda kaput

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  • Member since
    June 2014
Posted by BrandonK on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 12:59 PM

John 3:16 KJV

Nooo!!!. Does anyone have the decal sheet that went with Kittyhawk's 1/48 UH-1N Huey? Maybe we could figure out a decal swap or somethin. Wanted that kit; can't find it now.... :( 

 

I have the UH-1D huey in the stash. I can state without question that the newer KH kits were amazing. They had some errors in the instructions, but the Viper is one of the finest kits I've ever tackled.

BK

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A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!

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    April 2019
  • From: Earth, Milky Way Galaxy
Posted by John 3:16 KJV on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 11:28 AM

Nooo!!!. Does anyone have the decal sheet that went with Kittyhawk's 1/48 UH-1N Huey? Maybe we could figure out a decal swap or somethin. Wanted that kit; can't find it now.... :( 

     “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

     For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”  - John 3:16-17

 

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Valrico, FL
Posted by HeavyArty on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 8:01 AM

I didn't find them too hard to build; a little fiddly here and there, but about average. I have built two of their 1/35 Hawks; MH-60L and HH-60G. 

Here are mine: MH-60L backdated to MH-60A from Somalia: http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/16/t/186009.aspx?page=1

HH-60G Alaska Air Guard: https://archive.aeroscale.net/review/15165/

Which MH-60 were the directions a mess on? Kitty Hawk had a few misprints, but sent me PDFs of the instructions to fix it. I have them if anyone needs them.

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  • Member since
    September 2021
Posted by The Lt387 on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 6:26 PM

Same. I was going to retry the MH60 until I read this post. They had the instructions all messed up and I ended up "scratch" building a 150$ model. There sure was a lot of detail though. Also a positive, I upped my filler game and tried some new filler products and new sand sticks. Trying to remain positive.

  • Member since
    May 2020
  • From: Omaha, Nebraska
Posted by learmech64 on Friday, June 4, 2021 11:06 AM

Unfortunatly, Im not a Kitty Hawk kit fan. Ive attempted 2 of them and both ented up in the oval file. They have interesting subjects, but didnt think the quality was very good. If someone picks up the molds, I hope they make improvements.

Doug

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Valrico, FL
Posted by HeavyArty on Friday, June 4, 2021 8:10 AM
Unfortunately, it looks that way. Get them while you can.

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    March 2013
Kitty Hawk & Panda kaput
Posted by LonCray on Friday, June 4, 2021 6:21 AM

So the folks behind Kitty Hawk (and Panda) have announced they're going out of business.  Might want to stock up on those 'Hawk variants; there's no telling if anyone else will be picking up those molds or how long it would take for production to ramp up again at a different company.

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