1/35 scale helos

Hey I love 1/35 helos! I'd like to have the reissued Revell CH-53 and I want to have a new tool of this. Trumpeter? Anyone?

Thanks for all the replies, Steve and Heavy. The Mil birds on the way sound intriguing, and I hope that Academy Huey is on the way as well. As for a 1/35 MH/CH-53........what a monster that would be!

Hi Guys~
Sorry can't wait building 1/48 CH-53J (Revell/Cobra) Nighthawk (minicraft/Cobra) we have some beauties here now we just have to build!
Got the Nighthawk idea from a great site in Italy!
http://digilander.libero.it/quattrogattimodelli/indicemodelli.htm
Have fun~
Ron

Hi from France.
For those interested in russian helicopters, here is an interesting link (plans and drawings)
http://www.airwar.ru/other/drawe.html

I have heard about Trumpeter's future releases and have seen the MI-8 on the web. i just can't see plunking down that much mones (between $70 to $100, depending on where you look). I thought $45 was a bit much for the Academy UH-60s. Does it cost that much more for the company to produce a helo than it does an armored vehicle. Look at their M10 and M12 kits, complete interiors and all the details for around $25-$30. Why so much more for 1/35 helos????

I haven't seen any of the Kamov helicopters in anything much larger than 1/72, and haven't seen anything regarding the Twin Huey either, but I would definitely be interested in a UH-1N if this is true. Problem is, Academy's release schedule is sketchy at best - many of us are still waiting for the 1/32 F/A-18 which was supposed to be released two years ago, and still, nothing. I've heard that it may be released in the summer of 2003, but I'll believe ti when I see it.

Don't know if you've heard about Trumpeter's new release announcements for 2003-2004, but they've announced an Mi-8 and Mi-24 in 1/35. There is also talk of a group of modelers in Europe who are considering kitting a multimedia (vac. resin) 1/35 kit of the MH-53J PaveLow (this one would be quite impressive on the shelf, if you ask me!)

Now, if someone would just do an AH-1F MOD Cobra in 1/35, my wishlist would be nearly complete!

New here too, I have been a subscriber to FSM for about 15 years though. I too love 1/35 scale helos, I heard that Academy is showing an upcoming UH-1N in the works. Lets hope so. I converted one of the Revell 1/32 UH-1H models to an N model some time ago. It turned out pretty good.