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1/72 scale rotary wing reviews

Last updated: April 14, 2005

Below is a selection of kit build reviews. I do not include "In the Box" style reviews since they tend to be about as usefull as "a screen door on a submarine", as they say. Having built enough kits of my own, I know that what looks good in the box can be misleading, and the only true way to tell a kit's worth is to actually build it.

Aérospatiale/Sud-Aviation/Westland Aérospatiale

Mach 2 SE.313 Alouette II Review located at Keith Goodman's Wings (www.kgwings.com/kgwings.html)
Airfix SA.341 Review (Jon Hudak) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Airfix SA.341 Review (Pete Noyle) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Airfix SA.341 Review (Simon Skinner) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Matchbox SA.365N Dauphin 2 Review (Keith Goodman) located at Keith Goodman's Wings (www.kgwings.com/kgwings.html)
Revell AG SA.365 Dauphin 2 Review (Bill Michaels) located at Kit Review Index (m2reviews.cnsi.net)
Matchbox SA.365 Review (Richard Stracey) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)

Augusta

Italeri Augusta A-129 Review (Keith Goodman) located at Keith Goodman's Wings (www.kgwings.com/kgwings.html)

Bell/Bell-Boeing

Italeri AH-1T Review (Les Dorr, Jr.) located at Modeling (m2reviews.cnsi.net)
Italeri AH-1T Review (Len Roberto) located at Modeling Madness (m2reviews.cnsi.net)
Italeri H-13 Sioux Review (Craig Caldwell) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Italeri OH-13S Sioux Review (Richard Stracey) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Italeri OH-13S Sioux Review (Jon Hudak) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Italeri OH-58D Kiowa Warrior Review (Keith Goodman) located at Keith Goodman's Wings (www.kgwings.com/kgwings.html)
Italeri UH-1C Review (Hans Zwetsloot) located at Kit Review Index (m2reviews.cnsi.net)
Italeri UH-1F Huey Review (Jim Doyle) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Italeri V-22 Review (Steve Eggers) located at Kit Review Index (m2reviews.cnsi.net)

Bensen

Aircraft in Miniature X-25/B8M Review (Pete Tasker) located at Aircraft in Miniature webstore (http://www.aim72.co.uk/)

Boeing/Boeing-Vertol/Boeing-Sikorsky

Italeri Boeing-Vertol H-21C Review located at Keith Goodman's Wings (Keith Goodman) (www.kgwings.com/kgwings.html)
Fujimi CH-46E Review (Keith Goodman) located at Keith Goodman's Wings (www.kgwings.com/kgwings.html)
Italeri MH-47E SOA Review (Albert Moore) located at Aircraft resource center (http://s96920072.onlinehome.us)
Italeri RAH-66 Review (Tony Morgan) located at Squadron Mail Order (www.squadron.com)
Italeri RAH-66 Review (Len Roberto) located at Modeling Madness (m2reviews.cnsi.net)

Bristol

Airfix Belvedere Review (Gavin Dore) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Airfix Belvedere Review (Pete Noyle) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Glencoe Sycamore Review (Scott van Aken) located at Kit Review Index (m2reviews.cnsi.net)
Glencoe Sycamore Mk.51 Review (Pete Noyle) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)

Cierva

Veeday Avro/Cierva C.30 review (Tony Morgan) located at Aircraft Resource Center (www.aircraftresourcecenter.com)

Fairey

Airfix Rotodyne Review (Richard Stracey) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Airfix Rotodyne Review (Pete Noyle) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Airfix Rotodyne Review (Michael Johnson) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Airfix Rotodyne Review (Michael Johnson) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Airfix Rotodyne Review (Michael Johnson) located at Kit Review Index (m2reviews.cnsi.net)

Flettner

Special Hobby Fl-265 Review (Richard Stracey) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Huma Fl-282 Review (Richard Stracey) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Huma Fl-282 Review (Erwin Bovyn) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)

Hiller

Special Hobby UH-12 Review (Trevor Boxall) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)

Hughes

Special Hobby TH-55A Review (Paul Wherran) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Italeri AH-6A Review (Lukasz Kedzierski) located at Lukasz's Modelling Site (www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/7252)

Kamov

MPC Ka-25 Review (Keith Goodman) located at Keith Goodman's Wings (www.kgwings.com/kgwings.html)
Airfix/MPC Ka-25 Review (Scott van Aken) located at Kit Review Index (m2reviews.cnsi.net)
Airfix Ka-25 Review (Michael Bennett) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Airfix Ka-50 Review (Frank Koons) located at SB Castings Site (members.fortunecity.com/salt6/air4.htm)

Messerschmitt Bolkow-Blohm

Revell BK-117 Review (Keith Goodman) located at Keith Goodman's Wings (www.kgwings.com/kgwings.html)

Mil/PZL

Amodel Mi-1MG Review (Gavin Reed) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Aeroteam Mi-2 Review (Mark B.) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Intech PZL Mi-2 URP-G Review (Simon Skinner) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Unda Mil Mi-4 Review (Keith Goodman) located at Keith Goodman's Wings (www.kgwings.com/kgwings.html)
Italeri Mi-24 Hind D Review (Richard Stracey) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Revell Mi-28N Review (Derrick Winters) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)

NH Industries

Revell NH.90 "TTH" Review (Peter Knight) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)

Piasecki

Siga HUP-2 Review (Richard Stracey) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)

Robinson

Pavla R-22 Review (Paul Wherran) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)

Sikorsky

MPM R-4 Review (Hakan Carlsson) located at Hawk's Navy/Marines & Related Kits (home.swipnet.se/~w-16564)
MPM R-4 Review (Richard Stracey) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
MPM HO3S-1 Review (Hakan Carlsson) located at Hawk's Navy/Marines & Related Kits (home.swipnet.se/~w-16564)
Airfix SH-3D Sea King Review (Dr. Frank Spahr) located at Kit Review Index (m2reviews.cnsi.net)
Italeri H-19B Chickasaw Review (William Alcott) located at Kit Review Index (m2reviews.cnsi.net)
Italeri UH-19A Review (Richard Stacey) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Italeri H-34 Review (Tony Morgan) located at Roll Models (www.rollmodels.net)
Galaxy MH-53J Review (Trevor Boxall) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Revell Sea King Mk.41 SAR Review (Mark B.) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)

Westland/Sikorsky Westland

Airfix Westland Lynx (Army) Review (Mark B.) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Airfix Westland Lynx (Navy) Review (Mark B.) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Heller Westland Lynx HAS Review (Pete Noyle) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Airfix Scout Review (Mark B.) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Airfix Scout Review (Pete Noyle) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Matchbox Wessex HAS.31 Review (Michael Johnson) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)
Airfix Whirlwind H.A.S. Mk.22 Review (Tim Beales) located at SMAKR Site (www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/home.htm)

Unicraft Yak "EG" Review (Tony Morgan) located at Unicraft Models (www.geocities.com/unicraftmodels/)

1/72 scale rotary wing sites and model galleries

Heli-kit News Webzine (www.helikitnews.com)
Hover Lover's (www.angelfire.com/ca4/hlmp/home.html)
Heliborne Webzine (heliborne.webzone.ru/english.html)- (Russian with some English content)
Jaromir Senft's Model Gallery (www.ipmsnymburk.com/senft/Index.htm) - Personal modelling site with some helicopter content

Modelling Suppliers

FlightDecs (www.flightdecs.ca)

Rotor Craft Walk-arounds and Close-ups

Helicopter Walkarounds (helicopterwalkarounds.czweb.org/)
Rotor Head Close-ups (www.b-domke.de/AviationImages/Rotorhead.html)

Rotor Craft History/Information/Reference

All the World's Rotor Craft (avia.russian.ee/vertigo/helicopters.html) - (Russian with English content)
Helicopter Foundation International (www.hfi.rotor.com/model.htm)