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MH-60G Pave Hawk
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Posted: Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 06:22 PM UTC
Joe Szczygielski (Mother) is back with a detailed article covering the construction of his superb 1/48 scale Pave Hawk, with step-by-step instructions and photos of every stage.

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
HeavyArty
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Posted: Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 07:35 PM UTC
Great articel Joe. The PaveHawk came out looking awesome. Good job.
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Posted: Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 07:37 PM UTC
It just blows me away Joe. Outstanding!

Chuck
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Posted: Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 09:29 PM UTC
on the HH 60 the model shows the center consoul extends into the cabin area

is that the way its supose to be

i know on the UH-60 L it stops even with the storage boxes ont the back of the pilots seat

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Posted: Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 09:36 PM UTC

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on the HH 60 the model shows the center consoul extends into the cabin area

is that the way its supose to be



Yes, that is where the controls for the extra radios, chaff/flare launchers, and some other mission/type specific equipment for the MH/HH models are housed. You can see the extended console below.



Here is an HH-60G full walk-around as well.
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Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006 - 12:26 AM UTC
Joe, congrats man on the fine build and excellent well written article. Almost makes me want to give choppers a try! cheers Kevin
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Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006 - 04:27 AM UTC
Gee.... Joe, that's a very nice article.....
Thanks for writing it.
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Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006 - 10:09 AM UTC
Hi Joe!

Great feature and awesome model! The interior detail is as always top class!

Jean-Luc
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Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006 - 07:29 PM UTC
This is an awesome build Joe. Great article too. Congratulations!
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Posted: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 08:45 PM UTC
Heavy thanks for the info

Joe great job
goatmonkey
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Posted: Friday, June 30, 2006 - 12:34 AM UTC
great build and all, but, just so you know, the pitot tubes are on backwards.
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Posted: Friday, July 14, 2006 - 05:49 AM UTC
Nice build Joe but the only thing that bothers me , is that you would hardly ever see a USAF 60 with the blades folded. The blades have to be
manually folded. The reason I know I'm a ex H-3 / H-53 / MH-60G crew
chief. In fact retired.
mother
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Posted: Friday, July 14, 2006 - 09:41 AM UTC
Thanks all for the complements, it was a great little kit to build. I have plans on doing a few more now that Mike Grant has a new decal sheet out on the 60B series.


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pitot tubes are on backwards



Paul thanks…not sure why that happened, must have been one of those late night oversights. Hey we all make mistakes and over look something from time to time. I was able to remove them with out damage and place them in the right direction.


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the only thing that bothers me , is that you would hardly ever see a USAF 60 with the blades folded



Hey Don,
Thanks….here is a sentence out of a MH-60G Pave Hawk book,
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Pave Hawks are equipped with folding rotor blades and a tail stabilator for shipboard operations and to ease air transportability.

I’m sure with out doubt they are, in fact most of the pics I’ve seen were just as you said. See I was inspired by (2) photos of a Pave Hawk rolling out of a C-5 Galaxy, but mostly I like to folds back the blades on the Helicopters to save space on the shelves. I’m also working on a 1/35 Pave Hawk which is about 20% started, I plan to fold her up as well.
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