1/35 Academy MH-60L DAP and UH-60L done, lots of pics

Below is my completed Academy 1/35th MH-60L DAP. It represents a current aircraft as used by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR).

I used parts from the Cobra Company MH/HH-60G Update set, UH-60L Correction/Detail set, and the M230 30mm Cannon Rig set. The decals were custom made by Klaus Pagano (Avus) in the correct OD Green colors, as opposed to the crappy yellow kit decals. I added lots of scratch details as well to include the Fast Rope rig; engine control levers on the upper console; handles, locks and other bits on the nose; ammo belts from the CC UH-1N Weapons sets for the miniguns; spent brass chutes on the miniguns from old coils from a Star Wars Speeder Bike; etc., etc.

Cobra Company sets used.
MH/HH-60G Upgrade set (selected parts used)


UH-60L Correction set (selected parts used)


M230 30mm Cannon Rig


It is painted Ultra Flat Black from a spray can of Camo Paint. Then, after a coat of gloss, decals and two coats Testors Flat, I drybrushed with Gunship Gray, and then drybrushed with another coat of flat black.

Here it is. Check in Showcase II below for pics. Bandwith is killing me. Hope you like it.

Below is my Academy 1/35 UH-60L representing an early to mid 1990s to current UH-60L of the 101Airborne Division.

It is the standard Academy UH-60A/L kit with Cobra Company's UH-60L Correction/Detail set (see above). I actually built the model a couple of years ago, but recently added the CC upgrade set to it. To make it a true UH-60L, you have to add the CC parts. The kit is actually an A model out of the box. To make it a correct L model, you need the FOD covers on the front of the intakes (squares that cover the side openings), and extended sponson boxes (about 10" wider on the real bird) forward of the wheels to allow space for the roll stabilized bars added to L models. The CC set comes with all of this and also a new rear bulkhead (which I saved for a later project). I also replaced the cyclics and collectives, added pieces to the instrument panel and added the overhead engine control levers. In the cabin, I added the fourth seat on the rear facing middle row, Academy only gives you 3 seats for this row, should be 4. I also added various tie down rings and d-rings to the rear cabin and the Squad Leader's intercom/radio on the cabin roof. The kit M60Ds were replaced with ones from the DML Vietnam Helo Crew as well. The kit M60D parts are large and blobs of plastic, they don't represent M60Ds well at all. I added other bits and pieces around the cabin as well such as fire extinguishers and a crach axe.

It is painted with Testors MM US Army Helo Drab, and finished in the normal way of glosscoat, decals, and dulcoat, then selectively drybrushed with aluminum and dusty coats.

The crew are a combination of kits and resin pieces. The pilots are from the Academy OH-58D kit. For the gunners the lower legs, arms, and heads are from the DML Vietnam Helo Crew set. Their torsos are copies of the Verlinden Cobra Pilot figure. The torsos have the survival vest over a normal flight suit, I think they look pretty good for a modern/semi-modern crewman.

Hope you like them. I am pretty proud of them.

Thanks for looking.