Kaman HH-43B Huskie
Sun, 2008-10-12 14:35 — pierre
Here is my current model, a Kaman HH-43B Huskie from Mach2 in scale 1/72. A few shots of the inner scratch built details: seats, main and upper console exhaust and rear doors...
Cheers, pierre
Comments
Copper Wires
seats details
Hi Peter,
All you see is glued using cyanocrilate (super glue), seats are made from copper (for the structure) and masking tape..
Bye
That's some nice work.
That's some nice work. Really enjoyed the photos.....please send more Oliver (shark 64)
more pic
The new vacu formed canopy for the HH43, compared to the original one used as a master.
Cheers
pierre
Awesome pierre!!..
very nice details!!!; the vacu formed canopies a aftermarket product or homemade? Keep sendig pics, the zise of the model, fuselage????
thanks for share it.
Greetings..
Hello Francisco, Home made
Hello Francisco,
Home made canopy, using a toaster (with my wife's agreement!!!), for the size of the helo, I tried to take a pic
Cheers
pierre
Thanks for the answer Mate!...
well the pictures are very clear , fantastic....very small/nice Heli!!!. Well I'll keep watching the advances. About the canopy, I didnt know that is posible to do it with a toaster, smart!!.....
Greetings..
Inspirational stuff. Keep
Inspirational stuff. Keep posting photos of the progress.
wow - keep on
rarely seen that someon invests so much time on a mach2 kit
Mach2 kits
Hi Felix,
Tim has some pics of my Mach2 HU-25 "retriever" to post, while seeing these pics and if you know this kit you will easily imagine the time I spent on it...! but when you love..you don't count
Cheers
pierre
On the bench 2 ...
Hi some more pics on the work, Kristal clear is drying on the instruments panel. Lot of things remains to build...
Great work.
Keep up the good work, Pierre. This looks like it could be THE build of the year!
LD.
Awesome!!!...
nice work pierre, I like it alot!!. Keep working mate!!!.
Greetings
I keep working!!!
some new pics of "the beast"...
Tail almost completely scratchbuilt..I'm now working on the undercarriage..hope you'll like it
Cheers
pierre
NO WORDS for so Magnificent Work !!!...
Pierre, did you say I hope that you like it?...Terrific job!!!!! I will say FANTASTICO!!!!!
Best regards,
Francisco A.
OUCH
Very high level , great job
Schazboz, nano nano
Balèze le gars hein Angus
Balèze le gars hein Angus !
Very good job !
thanks
Thank for the comments, I will keep posting pics asap.
Merci Xanathos! au fait j'aime bien le pseudo et je suis Marseillais d'origine et Bandolais d'adoption bien que vivant en Alsace!!!
Bye
Ah tu t'es éloignée du
Ah tu t'es éloignée du soleil ! J'espère quelle est trés belle la raison de ta migration ;)
Tu sévis sur de forum en langue française aussi?
Ah you went away from the sun! I hope there was a very beautiful reason for your migration ;)
You rage also on forums in French language?
Hi, The reason is simply
Hi,
The reason is simply "military" (that's my job!)
to answer I'm not on any other forum, scalerotors is the first place where I post pics of my models and it will remain like that!
Cheers
pierre
Incroyable Pierre, how do
Incroyable Pierre, how do you do that ? It's the fifth time I went over your build and I'm still amazed.
How do you work with the toaster? You put the clear sheet inside or over?
Norbert
Norbert
Pierre, that is some amazing work at that scale -- heck at
ANY scale it's amazing!
--Jon
Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons! - General Douglas MacArthur
Outstanding!
Hi Pierre,
GREAT work on that, especially considering the tiny size!
I saw these photos and they made me think of your project:
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=Vietnam+source:life&imgurl=c7fa...
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=Vietnam+source:life&imgurl=97a1...
Cheers, Corbin
I have that kit in 1/32
I have that kit in 1/32 scale. I cant wait to see yours finished. It looks awesome so far....please more photos Oliver
Wow!
WOOOOOOW !
Pierre it's hard to believe what I see.
I have this model from Mach II on my stash, but when I see what you do with it ... It's incredible
Congratulations. I wait with longing new photos
I live in Mulhouse, perhaps can wee meet us on a model exibition en Alsace one of these days ?
Cheers
Patrick
Thank you
Hi everybody!
Thank you all for your kind comments! I keep working on this model but I do not have enough time...I'll try to post pics as work progress..
Patrick, I'll be glad to meet you one day on a model show and to talk about rotors and model kits.
Norbert, I send you a mail via the "contact form" about vacuformed canopy I hope you received it
Thanks for the pictures Chaldane!!
Cheers
Pierre
Congratulations
Hi Pierre
1/72 rules
It's an amazing job you have with this model
Congratulations
That Canopy is realy
That Canopy is realy something else.
I have a 1/72 Alouette II that I would like to do that by I'm a bit scared with the process
What kind of plastic did you used?
Thank you Pierre for your
Thank you Pierre for your mail, it will help me as I'm wondering if I will realy be able to succed in mu Lynx conversion
Norbert
what kind of plastic...
Canopy
HH 43 part 3
Hello All,
Just few pics..canopy is in place and "South sea sue" has her legs now!! (1 front leg = 15 pieces)
Hey Bladerunner, Your Rooivalk is terrific!! What about doing it in 1/72 just after (!!!)
I sometimes think I'm mad..but looking around this site it's good to see that I'm not alone...
Cheers
Rooivalk 1/72
Well, I've had the 1/72 CSH-2 Rooivalk in production since 2003. Recently I upgraded the kit to the latest variant with new CHAFF/Flare dispensers, a few antennas and "lumps & bumps. WIll be released soon. Watch this site as a review is pending by one of our members. I just love gunships!
Keep up the good work on your HH 43.
Terrific Job!!!!!
Pierre You are a master, that's landing gears are fabolous!!!!. I read you post about the color, and you have many option will be you choice...just let me tell you that also you have the camo scheme, maybe you can take a look at that. Anyway the work is Fantastic keep in touch.
Huskie - In progress
Hi all,
Here is a little update on my "South sea sue", I stopped working on this kit for a while...just the time to
renew with inspiration and avoid throwing her away.
I had to rebuild the rear undercarriage (it was too high the first time) and the tail (accidentaly broken..)
The wheels are home made resin and I add the skis. I'm now working on the rotor heads and blades.
Comments and remarks are always welcome
take care, Pierre
Huskie...
Hi Pierre. Thanks for posting you pics, I hauled my model out a couple of weeks ago, with the intention of finishing it after the start some 15+ years ago. I had done some work in the cabin and just added the booms. All this in a moment of panic! Well, panic over the kit is safely back in the box, in the hope that some kind kit manufacurer will produce it in 48th scale. Keep up the good work. Regards Heloman
Fantastic !!!
new pics of HH 43 in progress
Hi All,
Thanks for the kind words, here are some new pics of this project started on august...2008!!!
Blades and rotor heads are almost finished, exhaust was rebuilt using metal and side doors were vacuformed. I'm working on the hoist but I have no good pictures of it, so..
Comments and critics are always welcome!
Cheers
pierre
oki.....
excellent! it excites knowledge to me that version you go to do, amazing…
Ernest
From Mexico
Ernest,
Pierre, that is an amazing
Pierre, that is an amazing Pedro you have there. The level of detail is outstanding in this scale. Don't worry about the model taking so long. I have a 1/72 OH-6A kit on the go since June 2008! It is worth taking your time with it.
LD.
Holy moly! 1/72
Holy moly! 1/72 scale?!?!
You're a watchmaker in real life, aren't you?
It's fabulous!
scratchbuilt FSK..
Hi All and thks for the comments
About this HH 43, I found it could be a nice idea to display this helo with its special equipement i.e. the Fire Suppression Kit (FSK) so I'm scrtachbuilding it..I have only be abble to estimate its sizes..here are some pics, what you see measures 20x15x16 mm and it's not yet finished.
Cheers
FSK progress
The FSK is almost completed, I just have to find a good idea to represent the fire hose...
Cheers
Pierre
Thats sick....Just stunning
Thats sick....Just stunning work. Amazing work. You have turned this helo in a museum piece,
Oliver
fire suppression kit for HH-43
Hello. My name is Roland LaFrance. I was a U.S. Air Force firefighter in the 1970's, and am now a disabled firefighter. I have long been interested in the HH-43 Huskie. I built my first model of it while I was attending U.S.A.F. Fire Protection School at Chanute AFB, Illinois in 1972. Although I did see active HH-43s while on TDY at Andersen AFB, Guam in '73, I never got to see any FSKs up close.
I am in the process of building a second model of the HH-43. I have long wanted to scratchbuild a fire suppression kit to go with it. This is the Testors 1/32 scale HH-43 kit, plus I bought the Cobra super detail set. I was going to ask you where you had gotten your specifications for the FSK when I saw that you used the one way I have to build one, and that is by estimating sizes, by comparing sizes of various items on the HH-43, and knowing the scale, turning that into figures. I would rather find the specifications than only estimate, but you have shown me how great it can be to scratchbuild one, even without official specs. Thanks for a terrific model, and new ideas on creating an FSK in 1/32 scale. Can you at lest tell me what specifications you came up with in estimating size to build yor FSK? It would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Take care and GOD bless!!!
Roland R. LaFrance, Sr
disabled firefighter
FSK specs
Hi Roland,
Thanks for your kind words,
Due to work, I'm currently somewhere in Africa for 6 months..and I do not have my models here..If I'm correct, I mainly foccussed on the "main ball" (don't know how to name it..I guess it's a tank..) to estimate the dimensions of the FSK. By comparison of the only few pics I have, I found that a diameter of 12mm in 1/72 would not be so bad..Starting from this point, I decided that the small one will be about 6mm in diameter.. and the others parts were made with the only idea to obtain something "harmonious" to my eyes..hope you understand what I mean with my poor english. Sorry to be unable to help you more...but I was unable to find correct/real specs over the net for this important equipement..that's sad.. so if there is here a specialist...
Take care
Pierre
Pierre, your work on this
Pierre, your work on this Pedro is inspiational stuff.
Roland, I don't know if you have it but Schiffer published an excellent book on the H-43 by Wayne Mutza. It has a few good diagrams of the FSK as well as plenty of photos that might be helpful.
LD.
Absolte stunning!
Pierre,
c'est mgnifique!
Some of the best modeling I've seen!
Go on with your fabolous work!
Cheers,
ROB