KH 1/35 SH-60F Ocean Hawk

[PaulN]

Hi

Back after completing Kitty Hawks 1/35th scale SH-60F after a fight

When KH announced their Navy H-60 family I was a happy bunny USN being my main interest , helos especially Thought I would go for the HS-7 CAG bird at Hyeres back in June 2010 as its in the kit Then the "fun" began on opening the box it is FULL so much so that a lot of the major parts were badly warped , you soon realise that over half the parts are not needed in one case 2 small pieces are used from the 2 complete weapons sprues
Then there is the instructions , less said about them the better

Once I started building it , I soon realised it was not an SH-60F the interior is for he SH-60B , so had to scratch build , with the help of a donor Revell Lynx the sonar gear and crew stations , luckily you get all the US Army seats with it so these can be modified,then I had a break for a week Eventually got it all together and finished , its only a bit of plastic , I wasnt going to let it beat me , though it nearly did

Finished as I say with kit decals ...very nice as seen at Hyeres on 13 June 2010 , as 164610 AC-610 of HS-7 using Xtracolor enamels and Alclad Semi matt varnish

Is it a good kit , maybe not for the over £100 price tag , does it look like an SH-60F, yes , in the end I think it does will I make the other variants....well they are in the stash

Cheers

Paul

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[Kevin Brewer]

If that was a battle Paul, then you won hands down!

[DanBeeden]

Hi Paul,

Looks like you've done a very tidy job against the odds here - it's a very nice looking build. It's pretty disappointing though to shell out this kind of money and find a kit littered with problems, be it inaccuracies, missing parts or bad instructions.

Seem to be quite a few kit manufacturers who are going to the huge effort of bringing out a kit but doing a half-arsed job of it. Hobby Boss's F-111 series is another example? A pretty decent kit but with a cockpit profile/shape that is so wrong I can't bring myself to build it!

Keep up the good work.

Best wishes,

Dan

[PaulN]

If that was a battle Paul, then you won hands down!

Thanks Kevin Think I know the pitfalls to make a better hash of the next one

Cheers

Paul

[PaulN]

Hi Paul,

Looks like you've done a very tidy job against the odds here - it's a very nice looking build. It's pretty disappointing though to shell out this kind of money and find a kit littered with problems, be it inaccuracies, missing parts or bad instructions.

Seem to be quite a few kit manufacturers who are going to the huge effort of bringing out a kit but doing a half-arsed job of it. Hobby Boss's F-111 series is another example? A pretty decent kit but with a cockpit profile/shape that is so wrong I can't bring myself to build it!

Keep up the good work.

Best wishes,

Dan

Hi Dan

I think you have summed it up in one word there...disappointing It just seems to have very little thought put into it in certain areas

Thanks

Paul

[JONLITE06]

Very Nice!

[paddyboy]

Hi Paul

What a result, despite the problems

Well done you as always

Patrick

[PaulN]

Thanks a lot guys

Cheers

Paul

[cj9ru]

Very nice Paul.


Chris

[downes0106]

Quality work

[PaulN]

Thank you