Mark I Models 1:144 - Page 6
Sikorsky H-34 'Around the World'
This injection-moulded kit contains 35 parts and 7 clear parts (the cockpit canopy and the fuselage windows). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Sikorsky (assembled by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) HSS-1N (SH-34J), c/n 58-1529, White 101-8568/68, 101st Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HAS-101, 101 Kokutai), 21st Fleet Air Wing (FAW, Kōkūgun), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF, Kaijōjieitai), Tateyama Naval Air Base, mid-1960s
2) Sikorsky (assembled by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) HSS-1N (SH-34J), c/n 58-1543, Black 8569/White 69, 101st Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HAS-101, 101 Kokutai), 21st Fleet Air Wing (FAW, Kōkūgun), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF, Kaijōjieitai), Ōmura Naval Air Base, 1971
3) Sikorsky UH-34D, s/n 63-13139 (c/n 58-1744), White 139, Search and Rescue (SAR), 505th Search and Rescue Group (SRG), Philippine Air Force (Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas), Villamor Air Base, the 1970s
4) Sikorsky H-34 (HSS-1N/SH-34J), s/n 60-5424 (c/n 58-1293), Black 8550/50, 3rd Squadron “Esquadrão Puma”, 8th Air Group (3°/8° GAv), Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB), Afonsos Air Force Base, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, mid-1960s
Sikorsky H-34 'In Combat'
This injection-moulded kit contains 35 parts and 7 clear parts (the cockpit canopy and the fuselage windows). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Sikorsky HUS-1 (UH-34D) Seahorse, BuNo 150219 (c/n 58-1559), Black 20-YP20, HMM-163 (Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron) “Ridge Runners”, 3rd Marine Air Wing (MAW), U.S. Marine Corps, Phu Bai Combat Base, Vietnam, October 1966 – July 1967
2) Sikorsky HUS-1 (UH-34D) Seahorse/“Kingbee”, BuNo 148060 (c/n 53-1173), RK 48060, 217th Helicopter Squadron, 74th Tactical Wing, South Vietnamese Air Force (Không lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa, KLVNCH), Binh Thuy Air Base, Vietnam, 1965-69
3) Sikorsky S-58 (H-34G.III/CH-34A), No.15796 (c/n 58-1657), White 42, No.124 “Rolling Sword” Squadron (Tayeset), Israeli Air Force (IAF, Kheil HaʼAvir), Israeli Defence Force, Palmachim Airbase, Israel, 1967
4) Sikorsky H-34A, c/n 58-354 (SKY-354), Yellow 58354 LQ, Escadrons d’Hélicoptères Lourds (EHL) 1/58, Escadre d’Hélicoptères (EH) n°3, French Air Force (Armée de l’Air), Air Base (BA) 142 Boufarik, Algeria, 1957-59
Sikorsky H-34 'In Europe'
This injection-moulded kit contains 42 parts and 7 clear parts (the cockpit canopy and the fuselage windows). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Sikorsky H-34G.III (HSS-1N/CH-34C), BuNo 150812 (c/n 58-1617), Black 80+94, Search and Rescue (SAR), Naval Air Wing 5 (Marinefliegergeschwader, MFG), Federal German Navy (Bundesmarine), Kiel-Holtenau Air Base, West Germany, 1968-72
2) Sikorsky HSS-1N, BuNo 147632 (c/n 58-1150), Black V-142, No.8 Naval Air Squadron (Vliegtuigsquadron, VSQ), Netherlands Naval Aviation Service (Marine Luchtvaartdienst, MLD), Valkenburg Naval Air Base (Marine Vliegkamp), early 1960s
3) Sikorsky (Sud Aviation-built) HSS-1, c/n SA184, White B-7/OT-ZKG, No.40 Heli Squadron (Smaldeel Heli/Escadrille Héli), a/c leased to the Belgian Navy, Belgian Air Force (Belgische Luchtmacht/Force aérienne belge), Koksijde Air Base (Vliegbasis Koksijde/Base Aérienne de Coxyde), Belgium, mid-1960s
4) Sikorsky SH-34J (HSS-1N), MM150821 (c/n 58-1666), White 4-03, 1st Helicopter Squadron (Gruppo Elicotteri), Italian Navy (Marina Militare Italiana, MMI), Catania-Fontanarossa Air Base (MARISTAELI), Sicily, Italy, mid-1960s
Sikorsky H-34 'Special Service'
This injection-moulded kit contains 44 parts and 7 clear parts (the cockpit canopy and the fuselage windows). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Sikorsky HSS-1 (SH-34/UH-34G) Seabat, BuNo 141602 (c/n 58-265, G-17-1), Black G17-1, Westland Aircraft trials a/c, RNAY Fleetlands, Hampshire, and Yeovil airfield, Somerset, U.K., June 1956;
Westland Wessex WS-58 prototype (Sikorsky HSS-1), XL722, Westland Aircraft trials a/c, A&AEE Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, U.K., summer 1956
2) Sikorsky HUS-1 (UH-34D) Seahorse, BuNo 148767 (c/n 58-1318), White ET-44, HMR(L)-262 (Marine Helicopter Squadron (Light), 1st Marine Air Wing (MAW), U.S. Marine Corps, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, North Carolina, U.S.A., during Mercury-Redstone 3 capsule recovery, North Atlantic Ocean, 5 May 1961
3) Sikorsky HUS-1G (HH-34F) Seahorse, 1336 (c/n 58-1063), Air Station St. Petersburg, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) St. Petersburg, Albert Whitted Airport, Florida, U.S.A., crashed during a mission in the Gulf of Mexico, 29 November 1962
4) Sikorsky HUS-1A (UH-34E) Seabat, BuNo 144655 (c/n 58-510), Black JD-26/4655, VX-6 (Air Development Squadron), U.S. Navy, Naval Air Station (NAS) Quonset Point, Rhode Island, U.S.A., during ‘Operation Deep Freeze III’, Little America Station (LAS), Antarctica, 1957-58
Sikorsky H-34 'US & Canadian Service'
This injection-moulded kit contains 44 parts and 7 clear parts (the cockpit canopy and the fuselage windows). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Sikorsky HUS-1 (UH-34D) Seahorse, BuNo 149352 (c/n 58-1452), White ET-47, HMR(L)-262 (Marine Helicopter Squadron (Light), 1st Marine Air Wing (MAW), U.S. Marine Corps, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, North Carolina, U.S.A., 1962
2) Sikorsky HH-34J Choctaw (ex-Navy HSS-1N/SH-34J Seabat, BuNo 148943, c/n 58-1327), 48943/RESCUE, 302nd ARRS (Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron), Air Force Reserve Command, U.S. Air Force, Luke AFB, Arizona, U.S.A., 1973
3) Sikorsky HSS-1 (SH-34/UH-34G) Seabat, BuNo 141586 (c/n 58-232), Black 2E-129/1586, HT-8 (Helicopter Training Squadron), U.S. Navy, NAS Ellyson Field, Florida, U.S.A., 1970-71
4) Sikorsky CH-126 (H-34A) Choctaw, c/n 58-160, 9630-630/RESCUE, No.4(T) Operational Training Unit (OTU), Royal Canadian Air Force, RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario, Canada, 1965-67
Sikorsky S-58 'Japan Coast Guard'
This injection-moulded kit contains 27 parts and 7 clear parts (the cockpit canopy and the fuselage windows). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Sikorsky S-58 (assembled by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), c/n 58-946, White JA7202/202, 3rd and 4th Antarctic Expedition, Maritime Safety Agency (MSA, Kaijōhoanchō), ice breaker Sōya, 1958-59
2) Sikorsky S-58 (assembled by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), c/n 58-945, White JA7201/201, Maritime Safety Agency (MSA, Kaijōhoanchō), Nagoya Airport and ice breaker Sōya, 1972-73
Tempest F.6 'Middle East Operations'
Description: This injection-moulded kit (one model is included) contains 37 parts, 3 resin parts (the wing, the radiator and a Pitot tube) and one clear part (the cockpit canopy). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Hawker Tempest F Mk.6, NX129, Sky JV-D, No.6 Sq., Royal Air Force, RAF Station Khartoum, Sudan, spring 1948
2) Hawker Tempest F Mk.6, NX143, Red GN-H, No.249 'Gold Coast' Sq., Royal Air Force, Habbaniya Air Base, Iraq, 1947
3) Hawker Tempest F Mk.6, NX151, White E, No.213 'Ceylon' Sq., Royal Air Force, RAF Station Deversoir (Abu Sultan), Egypt, 1949
4) Hawker Tempest F Mk.6, NX135, Black V, No.6 Sq., Royal Air Force, detachment at RAF Station Nicosia, Cyprus, early 1949
Tempest Mk.V 'Fighter Aces'
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), EJ578, Sky US-I, No.56 Sq., flown by Flg Off J.J. Payton, Royal Air Force, Grimbergen airfield (B-60), Belgium, September 1944
2) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), EJ762, Sky JJ-F, No.274 Sq., flown by Flt Lt D.C. Fairbanks, Royal Air Force, Volkel airfield (B-80), the Netherlands, October/November 1944
3) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), EJ600, Sky SD-F, No.501 Sq., flown by Sq Ldr J. Berry, Royal Air Force, Bradwell Bay airfield, Essex, U.K., October 1944
4) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), EJ667, Sky W2-D, No.80 Sq., flown by Flg/Off J.W. Garland, Royal Air Force, Volkel airfield (B-80), the Netherlands, December 1944
5) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), NV969, Sky SA-A, No.486 (NZ) Sq., flown by Sq Ldr W.E. Schrader (OC No.486 Sq.), Royal Air Force, Hopsten Air Base (B-112), Germany, April 1945
6) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), SN228, Sky EDM, No.122 Sq., flown by Wg Cdr E.D. Mackie (OC No.122 Wing), Royal Air Force, Fassberg Air Base (B-152), Germany, May 1945
Tempest Mk.V 'Le grand cirque' (Clostermann)
Description: This injection-moulded kit (one model is included) contains 46 parts and one clear part (the cockpit canopy). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), EJ536, Sky US-W, No.56 Sq., Royal Air Force, Volkel airfield (B-80), the Netherlands, early April 1945
2) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), EJ536, Sky US-W, No.56 Sq., Royal Air Force, Volkel airfield (B-80), the Netherlands, early April 1945
3) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), NV994, Sky JF-E, No.3 Sq., Royal Air Force, Fassberg Air Base (B-152), Germany, April 1945
Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), NV994, Sky JF-E, No.3 Sq., Royal Air Force, British Air Forces of Occupation (BAFO), Fassberg Air Base (B-152), Germany, May/June 1945
4) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), NV724, Sky JF-E, No.3 Sq., Royal Air Force, British Air Forces of Occupation (BAFO), Lubeck-Blankensee Air Base (B-158), Germany, August 1945
Tempest Mk.V Srs.2 'Fierce Fighter' (2in1)
Description: Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 42 parts and one clear part (the cockpit canopy). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), EJ555, Sky JJ-W, 'Bet', No.174 Sq., Royal Air Force, British Air Forces of Occupation (BAFO), Dedelstorf Air Base (B-155), Germany, September 1945
2) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), NV716, Sky J5-X, No.3 Sq., Royal Air Force, British Air Forces of Occupation (BAFO), Gatow Air Base, Germany, spring 1946
3) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), SN213, Black 5R-S, No.33 Sq., Royal Air Force, British Air Forces of Occupation (BAFO), Gatow Air Base, Germany, February 1946
4) Hawker Tempest Mk.V (Srs.2), SN326, Sky W2-L, 'Betty', No.80 Sq., Royal Air Force, Volkel airfield (B-80), the Netherlands, early 1945
Vampire FB.5/9 'Special Schemes'
This injection-moulded kit contains 31 parts and three clear parts (the cockpit canopy and position lights). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.5 (English Electric-built), WA173, Black A-Z, No.3 Sq., combined aerobatic team, RAF, Wildenrath Air Base, Germany, seen at Gütersloh, October 1952
2) de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.5 (English Electric-built), WA118, Black L-D, No.71 Sq., combined aerobatic team, RAF, Gütersloh Air Base, Germany, October 1952
3) de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.9, WR242, White 21, No.7 Flying Training School (FTS), RAF, Valley Air Base, Anglesey, U.K., late 1950s
4) de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.9, WR264, White 29, Royal Air Force College (RAFC), RAF, Cranwell Air Base, Lincolnshire, U.K., early 1960s
Wessex Wessex HAS.1 'Early'
This injection-moulded kit contains 36 parts and 6 clear parts (the cockpit canopy and the fuselage windows). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Westland Wessex HAS.1, XL727 (c/n WA1), Westland Aircraft trials a/c, Yeovil airfield, Somerset, and SBAC Air Show, Farnborough Air Base, Hampshire, U.K., August 1958
2) Westland Wessex HAS.1, XM330 (c/n WA11), trials a/c, Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), Ministry of Defence (MoD), Farnborough Air Base, Hampshire, U.K., mod-1970s
3) Westland Wessex HAS.1, XM330 (c/n WA11), 'Raspberry Ripple', trials a/c, Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), Ministry of Defence (MoD), SBAC Air Show, Farnborough Air Base, Hampshire, U.K., September 1976
4) Westland Wessex HAS.1, XM832/506 (c/n WA13), No.700H NAS, Intensive Flying Trials Unit (IFTU), Royal Navy, RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk), Cornwall, U.K., April 1960-July 1961
Westland Wessex Commando Mk.1 ‘Assault Helicopter’
This injection-moulded kit contains 34 parts and 6 clear parts (the cockpit canopy and the fuselage windows). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Wessex Commando Mk.1, Black XP138/M-B, No.845 NAS, Royal Navy, HMS Bulwark, September 1964
2) Wessex Commando Mk.1, Black XP107/D-A, No.845 NAS, Royal Navy, Borneo, January 1963
3) Wessex Commando Mk.1, Black XS154/V-B, No.845 NAS, Royal Navy, Borneo, May 1964
4) Wessex Commando Mk.1, Black XS151/R-B, No.845 NAS, Royal Navy, Borneo, 1964
Westland Wessex HAS.1/HAS.31A ‘British Multi-role Helicopter’
This injection-moulded kit contains 38 parts and 6 clear parts (the cockpit canopy and the fuselage windows). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Wessex HAS.1, White XM840/300-R, No.815 NAS, Royal Navy, HMS Ark Royal, mid-1960s
2) Wessex HAS.1, White XM841/510-PO, No.771 NAS, Royal Navy, RNAS Portland (HMS Osprey), Dorset, 1973
3) Wessex HAS.1, White XS863, Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE), Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, 1973
4) Wessex HAS.31A, White WA215/825, No.723 Sq. Royal Australian Navy, RANAS Nowra (HMAS Albatross), New South Wales, Australia, 1963
Westland Wessex HAS.3/HAS.31B ‘Anti-submarine Helicopter’
This injection-moulded kit contains 44 parts and 6 clear parts (the cockpit canopy and the fuselage windows). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Wessex HAS.3, White XP153/143-E, No.826 NAS, Royal Navy, HMS Eagle, late 1960s
2) Wessex HAS.3, White XP143/650-PO, No.737 NAS, Royal Navy, RNAS Portland (HMS Osprey), Dorset, 1973
3) Wessex HAS.3, Black XP142 ‘Humphrey’, No.737 NAS, Royal Navy, HMS Antrim, the Falklands War, South Atlantic, April – June 1982
4) Wessex HAS.31B, White N7-220/830, No.816 Sq. Royal Australian Navy, RANAS Nowra (HMAS Albatross), New South Wales, Australia, 1985
Westland Wessex HC.2/HAR.2 ‘RAF Workhorse’
This injection-moulded kit contains 38 parts and 7 clear parts (the cockpit canopy and the fuselage windows). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Wessex HC.2, Black XR505/WA, No.2 Squadron., No.2 Flying Training School, Royal Air Force, RAF Shawbury, spring 1995
2) Wessex HC.2, Black XR523/M, No.60 Squadron, Royal Air Force, RAF Benson, November 1995
3) Wessex HC.2, Black XS675/Ace of Spades, No.84 Squadron, UNFICYP (United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus) mission, RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, February 1997
4) Wessex HAR.2, Black XV720, No.22 Squadron, SAR (Search & Rescue) Training Unit, Royal Air Force, SBAC Farnborough, September 1988 (RAF RESQUE) or RAF Valley, 1995 (RAF RESCUE)
Westland Wessex HC.2/HCC.4/HU.5/Mk.52 ‘Special schemes’
This injection-moulded kit contains 37 parts, 8 clear parts (the cockpit canopy and the fuselage windows) and 4 resin parts. A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Wessex HCC.4, Black XV733, The Queen’s Flight, Royal Air Force, RAF Benson, 1981
2) Wessex HU.5, White XT770, ‘Green Parrots’ VIP Flight, No.781 NAS, Royal Navy, RNAS Yeovilton, September 1975
3) Wessex Mk.52, Black ۵۸۸ (588), Iraqi Air Force, Iraq, 1965
4) Wessex HC.2, Black XR505/081, Uruguayan Naval Air Force, aboard USS Oak Hill (LSD-51), Exercise Southern Partnership Station, Uruguay, July 2009
