Academy 1/48 CH-46 model weight?

Yeah right... hahaha

You're just trying to determine if that's what your PRESENT is under the tree!!       I'm not telling!!

Take care,

Frank

(ummm.... anybody know how much the new 1/48 ACH-47 weighs?)

Alright you two!!!!  Wait until Christmas morning just like the rest of us!!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

I know the answer to both, but I'm not telling.  Muaahahahahahahahahahaha

Ah yes..... xmas time is apon us once again! It may not be a helo subject but I sure would not mind that new 1/72 scale Gato class sub! JEEPERS! The other thing I want is not out yet but Trumpeter is talking about a 1/72 scale Chinook and the best of all........a 1/16 scale M16 Halftrack by Trumpeter with the dual quads 'meat grinders' on the bed.....man what a kit! and I'm not really a big armor guy but I have always dug the WWII halftracks. Merry Christmas all!!!!!

Geee, you guys are harsh.  I ask a simple question.  What happened to all that holiday spirit, brotherhood, goodwill and stuff.   Nobody has built one of these?   Nobody has a scale?  How do you all weigh stuff?????

 OK fine, I'll work it out myself.  Here are some probably useless facts. One Academy 1/48 CH-46D model in the box: 1 lb 9.5 oz.   Only the parts, still on the sprues:  11.5 oz.   I wonder what the ratio of sprue to parts is?   I wonder how much a few coats of paint weighs?  I wonder what the airspeed/velocity ratio of an unladen sparrow is? 

 Next question (dare I even ask).  Does anyone know what the diameter is of the pendant used for hoisting external loads during a Vertrep?   Do you think it would be possible to mount CH-46D on a brass/steel/titanium/unobtanium rod so it would appear to be in flight about to hoist a load from a ship's deck, without the pendant looking horribly overscale and without endangering the lives of my children and cats from a falling CH-46?  Has anyone ever tried this?

 Thanks, and Merry Christmas to you all!

 

Phil

Because of the 1/48 Ch53 E size I think the best way to do this might be a combo of the hoist idea with a thin brass rod in the back of the display. I saw a 1/72 scale Chinook in a dio in a mid flight by means of the cargo hook slinged to a howitzer.....it looked very cool! When I build my 1/48 CH46 A I want to do a dio directly from one of OldHookers Go Go pics ...If I can and dedicate it to all the brave and 'crazy' men who crewed and flew those infamous Hooks.

Par429 wrote:

...I wonder what the airspeed/velocity ratio of an unladen sparrow is?  Phil

African or European?

 

Screaminhelo wrote:

Par429 wrote:   ...I wonder what the airspeed/velocity ratio of an unladen sparrow is?  Phil African or European?

Or English?  Pesky little buggers!!!!