Whirlybird Products

I'll second that!  I need to find their 1/48th Bell 206 conversion kit so I can finish my TH-67!

Jon

Or you could try Luchtvaart Hobby Shop (http://www.aviationmegastore.com/). Although they don't get everything they need (the Bell206 conversion set as mentioned by Cobrahistorian is on backorder for some time now), they appear to get some Whirlybird stuff every now and then.

Good Luck!

Gertjan

Hmmmm...having been born in Eindhoven Holland I'd like to give the Luchtvaart Hobby Shop some business, but when I did a search on their site for whirlybird, the only thing that came up were 7 kits that included Whirlybird decals.

Lindon Hill has some stuff, but as I initially posted they are just selling off what they have....not ordering any Whirlybird products due to "past supply issues" (Lindon Hill's words).

It's too bad since I like Jon would like to get several of the B-206 resin kits, Chinook comosite rotor sets and the SH-21B arctic schemed decal sets.  I had earlier contacted the head of Whirlybird asking if he would consider producing that decal set in 1/48 scale following the Fonderie Miniature release.  But the e-mail no longer works.

Dang............

Does anyone over at HKN have any info on Whirlybird?  They keep showing their suppposed "soon to be released" stuff.   

salbando wrote:

Hmmmm...having been born in Eindhoven Holland I'd like to give the Luchtvaart Hobby Shop some business, but when I did a search on their site for whirlybird, the only thing that came up were 7 kits that included Whirlybird decals.

That might have to do with the search option on the LHS-site; somehow it seems impossible to use the name of the manufacturer as search-item...

btw: From Eindhoven to Alaska? That's a long way!

Cheers, Gertjan

Whirlybirds decals and Whirlybits conversions are produced by Roger Evans here in the UK. I have a 2 page leaflet he sent me a couple of months ago. Contact details are

E-mail to:   whirlybird@dunamai.net or rgevans@compuserve.com

Telephone +44 (0)1226 203784

   Whirlybirds Decals

   Christchurch Vicarage

   Doncaster Road

   Ardsley

   Barnsley

   England S71 5EF

I think he is actually a Church of England vicar who produces the Whilybird items in his spare time so production is slow and a bit erratic and usually in small quantities which is probably why retailers can't get stuff fast enough but I have had no problems dealing with him.

His list has SH-19A decals as WB72014  - £3.50 and the H-21B decals are WB72025 also at £3.50.

WBA72034 are replacement composite rotor blades for the Italeri Chinook at £6.00.

Unfortunately the 1/48 Bell 206 conversion is marked as not available at present.

Overseas postage is 10% of order value with a minimum of £1.50.

There is an alternative route. Whirlybirds seems to have a link with Heritage Aviation Models

www.heritageaviationmodelsltd.com . This fellow has a store on eBay KATANAKOLLECTABLES and most of the Whirlbirds/Whirlybits stuff is on sale there.

Hope that helps

Rod McQueen