Any-1 build the 1/32 EC-145 yet?

QUOTE: Originally posted by AirMedical I'm making some RTV ems interior molds for the 1/32 BK- to convert the 117M to medical. Will make a mold too for the 135 to change the one bulkhead section of the interior. Next will be the radar noze and external oxygon molds. I'd rather vacuum form them but am waiting on a vacuum former.

Sorry, no info on the EC-145, but did notice you said you are making molds of some of the medical equipment on board. I am in the planning stages of building a UH-60A MenEvac with the Academy kit. What do you have made or are planning on doing? Are you interested in selling or tading stuff for some of these pieces? Let me know.

I could be wrong, but I don't think the EC-145 kit is available in the U.S. yet (but should be pretty soon)

Hi,

Nice 1N!

I'm actually building 4 models for a medic friend of mine who's part of the local air medical program "University Medevac". He's also part of a local ambulance service which calls all the surrounding air medical services when needed.
I'm doing models of Medevac 1 and 2 (BK-117's) and MedFlight Ohio 3 (EC-135) and MedFlight Ohio 5 (BK-117). I'm building them pretty basic like a display model, nothing fancy or realistic like your 1N. That's impressive.
Below is a link to a few photos of the builds in progress.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/johneagle777/album?.dir=6063&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos

I'm making molds from the master parts and a few scratch parts. I have 3 BK kits. One is air medical and the other two are military. So I used the masters from the air medical kit to make castings to convert the other kits. The scratch parts are as I mentioned in my post.

I've casted parts for felloe modelers here and there. If you need something I already have then I can run a few parts while I'm working. Not a problem, as long as your within the U.S. I'll be happy to send them out.

If you have a master and you need a mold and parts made and it's something simple. We can figure something out. I cast with Polyurethane resin. I make basic scratch parts from high density balsa. It's a hobby thing. So as I find free time here and there, I try to have a little fun. You know.

Let me know what you have in mind.
Feel free to email me direct. johnsengr@aol.com
Be sure to have model helicopters or something obvious in the subject line.

Cheers,
John

Hi Grant,

Yah I know. I've been to a couple U.S. hobby sites and they had it posted for October-November. So it's gotta be sometime soon. I have my eye on a couple places already to purchase a kit.....or two. I'm sure we should see somthing by the new year. I'm not holding out for Santa.

I'm sure it'll be out when they say it will. Not like the Lagato 1/72 Sikorsky S-76 they've been promising for the last 2-1/2 to 3 years.

Thanks John

Hey, waitasecond....you sound familiar..... does the phrase "HH-60D parts" ring any bells?

Yeah, I'm keeping my eye out for one too, considering the -145 is part of the Army's current LUH competition.

Grant! Wuz up?!

Yah, I was at the web site the other day checking it out. www.uh-145.com
I'm suprised the 210 is falling short. But the LUH (407) seems promising for them.
You can see Bell is trying to be an EC wanna be with their new 429. (A converted 427 wash out) The EC-120/130 skids and 105/135/117 rear loading. It looked lower than a 105 in the rear. A real head-bump and back strain.
They also have a new future line with a fenestron design.
I know Bell started out bad with the 407 but it seems to be slowly coming back. But the Astar still seems to lead the way.

I keep putting a bug in Medevacs ear about the 145. Everyone is for it but the higher ups. Of course.

If Bell can make the Huey & 412 faster, more economical, efficiant, and more performing, I think they'll bounce back. The Huey is a good work horse.

Hope all is well,
John

Nope, I'm Grant. I must have referenced another HH-60D parts swap.

Hey, we've got an airshow coming up this weekend. I'll take my camera with me and snap as many pix of Life Force as I can for ya. Sometimes they'll park it away from the display area.

Cool deal! Thanks. See if you can snag me some pins!!

I just shot some pictures of Medevac when they flew in to Home Depot. They always have me help out with the LZ which is always fun.

Yah, I sent you the parts from the presidential version that had nighthawk parts.

You know, I noticed on the Revell kit that the rotor head was made weird. The rotor blades are not centered, concentric to the rotor head. They're offset from the center. It wasn't made rite. What a bummer.
I'm looking for a spare 1/48 UH-60 rotor head.

Gotta run!

Glad you like the UH-1N. It was a conversion of the 1/32 Revell UH-1D/H model. I made it way before there was a Panda UH1N. As it always goes, build it from scratch, and it will come out in kit form soon. I'll send you an email about the other stuff.

Hi John,

Haven't seen the 1:32 EC145 here in the Netherlands yet, so I guess it still has to be realeased. The Revell site has got it planned for november.

BTW: Looking at your pics I see something that look like fuselage halves of a S76?????? Are they? If yes: did you mould them yourselves???

Best regards, Gertjan

BTW: Looking at your pics I see something that look like fuselage halves of a S76?????? Are they? If yes: did you mould them yourselves???

Hi Gertjen,

Good eye! You are correct. That is a 1/72 scale Sikorsky S-76A+. I actually got that kit from a friend in Hong Kong. The kit was molded under Hong Kong Creation Worshop. The kit is very, very rare and has no plans for new kits to be made The tooling is owned by a Hong Kong Modeling Club.. I had another S-76 but contributed it (w/ some terms of agreement) to the company that's working with Lagato that's been claiming to come out with a 1/72 S-76 for the last 2-1/2 to 3 years. I'm sad to say that I think I've gotten burned on that one. I hope I'm wrong, but we'll see. All of a sudden I'm been blown off on more then one occation. Hmmm?!?!?
I posted pictures of the kit on the Helikit News web page in the Sprue Zone.
http://www.hkngallery.org.uk/hkngallery.nsf/441d1d0511a9b71c80256db900362ad5/ad3827231ac6ac0780256fcb004f2662?OpenDocument

You know, I would love to try and make my own mold of it but it has a lot of difficult parts and requires some thermplastic molded parts v.s. cast. The kit is very brittle.

Let's hope that Lagato brings thier S-76 out soon.
Cheers,
John

Thanks for clarifying that John, and let's hope the Legato kit will be released at last! Funny thing is: in Heli Kit News# 210 the Revell S76 Rumour turns up once again and in the same edition Legato is said to have shelved the S76 because of the Revell plans!!!
My my, I do hope someone of Legato reads this forum...
On the other hand: I can't get overly enthousiastic about the kit quality on your pics on the HKN sprue zone. I hope the Legato kit will be an improvement over the HKMC-one. If not, I can imagine why Legato is so reluctant on releasing the thing...
Thanks again!
Gertjan

Yah, the kit is not for your everyday modeler that's for sure. It's going to take a lot of time and work.!
Here's more of the kit completed. They did a good job.
http://www.angelfire.com/ut2/cwlam2000/chinese.htm

Thanks for pointing out the HKN 210. That's the rumor I was told by a source. It'll be interesting to see who does what.
Then and only then would reveal the truth of the matter. I don't see anything wrong with having more then one S-76 kit on the market.
No sense throwing in the towel on a rumor and nothing to show for it. I say, bring it on!!!
Unless Legato is teaming up with Revell and not telling anyone. Anything is possible.
After all my correspondences with the comapny and everything; Sigh!
The outcome speaks for its self.

Changing subjects: November is just around the corner so keep a watch out for the EC-145!

Also, here's a few photo's of some helo's I took back in the 80's. There's pictures of the first S-76 air medical (In old paint scheme and hospital name) helicopter in the U.S. (NOT IN THE WORLD) Canada's Bandage service was the "first in the world" to use the S-76 for air medical. They were flying the S-76 ambulance long before Metro.
http://www.jeffsheliphiles.com/helidata/Photographer-82.shtml

Cheers
John

Great site and great pics, John! Thanks for the link.
Also for the Chinese one.

Btw: I think the Canada S76 'Medical' S76 on your site is the one I've seen on a Discovery Channel program on Sikorsky quite some years ago! It was presented as a novelty, the S76 in medevac configuration.

Having gone through the pics on the Chinese site again and again, it suddenly struck me why I don't have much with their S76-kit: it has way yoo much surface detail and in that way looks more like a WWII battle tank than a modern helicopter.
The S76 in real life already is an extremely sleek machine, and in 1:72 imho there should hardly be any surface scribing at all. No matter how much I hate Vacform kits, I must admit that the S76 would be a prime candidate for it: hardly any panels or scribing visible.

Than again: I have been waiting for an S76-kit for sooo long, I guess by now it has become impossible for any model maker to make something I would like...

Thanks again!

Gertjan

Gertjan,

It's a good possability that you did see that helo on Discovery. That program is out of Cleveland, Ohio, USA. (Metro Life Flight) They currently fly four S-76A's. They've gone through three paint schemes since. All have been pretty cheezy. N3122D was sent to another program in Louisiana, USA flying for Oschner FlightCare.

The S-76 kit has been compared to the old Matchbox panel lines. If you've ever seen the Hong Kong Goverment Flying Service or HKRAAF, they're S-76's are pretty decked out. Yah, I'm going to have to do some panel line filling.
Not to mention that the fiting of the main body is going to be tricky. It's a blind fit and the body is somewhat warped. thus more filling.

I was just looking at the 1/32 EC-145 kits, It looks that they're going to have two kits released! ADAC & REGA.

It was a pleasure corresponding with you sir. Keep in touch!
Kind regards,
John

Hi,

Like the EC 145 ?

Have a glance at that link : http://helimage.foxalpha.com/search.php?Aircraft=13

not less than 76 hi quality pics of colourful french "sécurité civile" and "gendarmerie" (civil-ized MP).

The Revell model kit is awesome ! And the french brand "Renaissance" plans an upgrade set with pe and resin parts...

Cheers,

 

Richard