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                        Coversion, Chinook to Sea Knight, how hard?

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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Coversion, Chinook to Sea Knight, how hard?
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Friday, January 28, 2005 11:13 PM
                        From my esteemed colleague, Tread Head on Armorama,

                        QUOTE: O.K......I'll be brave enough to ask the obvious.

                        Just how much work would it be to convert a CH-47 Chinook to a CH-46 Sea Knight, or visa-versa??

                        Tread.


                        Any ideas. Sounds like it could be interresting.

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 28, 2005 11:18 PM
                        That would entail A LOT of scratchbuilding and reworking. Kind of along the lines of converting a CH-53D into a CH-53E only worse.Dead [xx(] I'd wait for the kit to come out.
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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Friday, January 28, 2005 11:30 PM
                        Would be a lot of work, but he is toying with the idea of making a 1/35 CH-46 from the forthcoming 1/35 Trumpeter CH-47 Chinook. Interresting idea.

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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 29, 2005 12:52 AM
                        If he's got the time and resources, then I say go for it. More power to him!
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                        AH1Wsnake
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Modeling anything with "MARINES" on the side.
                        Posted by AH1Wsnake on Saturday, January 29, 2005 12:55 AM
                        ACK! The idea is making my head hurt!! Disapprove [V]
                        The Chinook is a much bigger bird than the Phrog is.....would have to do a lot of cutting of styrene to get it down to scale. Also would need to totally reshape the nose and probably need new cockpit glass, too. The fuel sponsons on the side of the fuselage are totally different, and, and......ACK! lol. Waaaay too much for me, but if you're a heck of a scratchbuilder, it's possible.

                         

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                        LemonJello
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                          February 2004
                        • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
                        Posted by LemonJello on Saturday, January 29, 2005 6:27 AM
                        Wow, it'd be more a scratchbuild with some parts maybe being modified for the finished product, wouldn't it? Still I'd like to see a 1/35 Phrog to go with the Chinook. Heck, I'll be crazy and say I want a 1/35 -53E! May as well get them all in one scale. Course, I'd be just as happy if those all came in 1/48. I've got the Phrog, just waiting on the model companies to get it in gear and give me the others.
                        A day in the Corps is like a day on the farm; every meal is a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every formation a parade... The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy? Yeah...The Men's Department.
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                        grandadjohn
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                        • From: phoenix
                        Posted by grandadjohn on Saturday, January 29, 2005 8:23 AM
                        Like both in 1/48th myself, would be a lot of work to convert
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                        oldhooker
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Piedmont Triad, NC (USA)
                        Posted by oldhooker on Saturday, January 29, 2005 11:58 AM
                        They are two different airframes.... Dragonfire said: "Kind of along the lines of converting a CH-53D into a CH-53E..."..... probably more along the lines of converting a CH-3E to a CH-53E; two completely different animals.

                        The fuselage chord/dimensions are different, the pylons are different, the cockpits are different, the transparencies are different, the gear configuarations are different, the rotor heads/blades are different, etc etc Shock [:O]

                        Probably be easier to make a wood/clay mock-up of the "46" and vacuform it.

                        Take care,
                        Frank

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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Saturday, January 29, 2005 1:17 PM
                        O.K. Guess they are not as close as they look. Hopefully, someone has a CH-46 in the works as well. Maybe Academy will pantograph their 1/48th to 1/35 scale. That would be interresting.

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                        Papa-Echo-64
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                          February 2003
                        • From: Seattle
                        Posted by Papa-Echo-64 on Saturday, January 29, 2005 3:08 PM
                        Unless MRC wanted to compete with Trumpeter and realease CH46 in 1/35 ...I don't think so.

                        Now.... the chances of Trumpeter doing a Sea knight in 1/35 is possible.

                        I have asked that guy in China to keep me updated on the 1/35 Hook.
                        Straighten up and fly right.....
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 29, 2005 11:07 PM
                        I don't think it can be done!!!! Yes! They are both products of Boeing but there body shapes are too differant and you would most likely end up screwing up a perfictly good Chinook kit wich won' be cheap to boot!!! Just give them some time and i'm sure someone will deliver!!!Smile [:)]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 30, 2005 11:27 AM
                        Well, Tamiya has a 1/48 scale "Sea Magnet" with USMC markings, check that out.
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