Hey there
I've really been wanting for a while now to get a Loach/Cayuse or Littlebird, alongside the Bell 47 (HTL-4 USCG), S-61R Jolly Green and UH-1C I've currently got in progress and also a UH-60 that I have planned, and now also a SH-3H Sea King (Fujimi kit if it ever arrives, I got fed up with waiting for it to use as a details donor for the Jolly Green and bought a Revell Sea King instead).
But I'm not sure what OH-6/MH-6 kits are out there and I'm not entirely sure of what scale I want it in.
Basically the fuselage has to meet the following size requirements due to some parts I'm fitting inside -
- Cabin height (bottom of cabin to top of cabin, not the engine/rotor housing) - 35mm (1.37 inches)
- Cabin width - 45mm (1.77 inches)
- Length (not quite as important as the two above) - 254mm (10 inches)
These are just rough measurements based on a UH-1D in 1/48 scale that I know the parts will fit in but anything smaller is a no-go.
I've googled for dimension pics and I've drawn a blank.
I think I'm looking for a 1/24th or 1/32nd scale kit for this bird but I'm not sure.
Any help on finding dimensions of the real thing, dimensions of various scales of kits for the OH-6/MH-6, and advice on which kits to look at buying would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
EDIT - nevermind, I've looked around a bit more and it seems there's only 1 1/24 scale OH-6A/MH-6 kit around and that's by Hobbycraft but is quite hard to find (i.e. I can't find one for sale), and there's only an old almost as impossible to get (especially at a reasonable price) Revell OH-6A for 1/32 scale, but I think 1/32 might just be too much of a tight squeeze. Even the Dragon Little Bird seems to be sold out everywhere, but that's too small anyway.