Mistral wrote:
Thanks gents
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Stratobat, definitely not MOY quality compared to those that have won in the past couple of years.
Sean, I agree on the Wasp. But I'd really like a Wasp and Alo III in 32nd scale
. Alo III most probably the most widely used military / paramilitary light helicopter (apart from the Hueys). I'm amazed that it has not received coverage in both 48th and 32nd.
Mistral ,
Awesome model you built , The real one gave us a good look at her few weeks back on the the golfcourse with a few low passes going by on its business. As a naval helicopter this is definitely much more high tech aircraft than the older Wasp. With the ageing Oryx and all sorts of other Types in Service like Augusta 109, Oryx ; Bk117,Rooivalk in a Perfect world something like the WG13 Lynx variants would cover the job of all of these , and having the mk64's in the Navy I am sure many maintanennce issues would be more standardized. The Lynx is super fast and super quiet compared to many others.
I have recently done a bad bad thing and bought a fujimi wasp and Alouette on ebay , well waited 6 weeks to get here and they are like hens teeth and unicorn with racing stripes and even more so at a reasonable price. Also very surprized nobody has taken on a new tool Alouette , only reason I can come up with is the old Heller 1:72 kit is still on the market and they are for sale for 12euro and sort of scratches the itch for those that want to build a alouette, same for a Puma kit either Matchbox or Revell in 1/32 or some old Airfix Heller Kit in 1/72. Slowly but surely many new tool kits are coming up and maybe just need to be a little patient,