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How old is this kit
mother
New York, United States
Joined: January 29, 2004
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Joined: January 29, 2004
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Posted: Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 11:55 AM UTC
Hello All, i'm looking to see how old this helicopter kit is. Going through some of my box earlier today ( in the attic), i've found these two kits, Revell's OH-6A Cayuse kit no# H-146 and Revell's UH-1D huey gunship kit no# 4421. Both in 1/32 scale. The one i'm after is the Oh-6A. I've tryed e-bay, goggle and altavista and nothing comes up.
HeavyArty
Florida, United States
Joined: May 16, 2002
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Joined: May 16, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 03:50 PM UTC
Mother,
Both kits are from the early 1970s, maybe even late '60s. They are good kits. I still think the Revell UH-1D is the best large scale UH-1D kit out there, better than the overscaled and detailless interior on the Panda offering. I have built a bunch of the UH-1Ds, still have one in the box too.
The OH-6A builds up nice too, I have built a few of them too. It is not better than the Dragon offering. But, if you can't get a Dragon OH-6A, the Revell one will still come out looking nice. There was a version with the Miss Claud IV markings too (same as the Dragon, represents a pretty well known bird from Vietnam war).
Revell has reissued them both over the years as different version as well. They were both packaged together as a Hunter-Killer team at one time too. UH-1D was issued as a slick, UN bird , and German Army markings too. OH-6A has been released as a police version, TCs chopper from Magnum PI, and a couple of different US and German Army versions.
Congrats, you have a couple of good finds there.
Both kits are from the early 1970s, maybe even late '60s. They are good kits. I still think the Revell UH-1D is the best large scale UH-1D kit out there, better than the overscaled and detailless interior on the Panda offering. I have built a bunch of the UH-1Ds, still have one in the box too.
The OH-6A builds up nice too, I have built a few of them too. It is not better than the Dragon offering. But, if you can't get a Dragon OH-6A, the Revell one will still come out looking nice. There was a version with the Miss Claud IV markings too (same as the Dragon, represents a pretty well known bird from Vietnam war).
Revell has reissued them both over the years as different version as well. They were both packaged together as a Hunter-Killer team at one time too. UH-1D was issued as a slick, UN bird , and German Army markings too. OH-6A has been released as a police version, TCs chopper from Magnum PI, and a couple of different US and German Army versions.
Congrats, you have a couple of good finds there.