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Maksim Kurmaz (Hardosaur)
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Sikorsky UH-60A Blackhawk "Desert Storm"

Subject:
Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk
US US Army Aviation Branch (1983-now)
Ser. No. 82-23699
1991 Gulf War»Operation Desert Storm
FS33798
Scale:
1:72
Status:
Completed
Started:
June 11, 2025
Completed:
July 18, 2025

This was a quick build of a poor kit from Hobby Boss. It attracted me by the opportunity to make a desert camo-ed Black Hawk which looks awesome for my taste.

Unfortunately, the kit turned out to be a different tooling from naval Hawks from Hobby Boss: it has a lot of disadvantages:

- Cabin interior is totally wrong: incorrect size, form, and placement of seats
- No wire cutters, no sensors, no weapons
- Stub wings are from Japanese version, completely unusable for US Army helos
- Rotor hubs are incorrect
- Missing surface details everywhere
- Decals are very basic - no stensils, no lights, incorrect font of signs, etc.

Since I lack skills and patience to scribe and scratch-build, I've just added resin+rubber wheels, decals for instrument panels, and a wire cutter. And unfortunately, no weathering applied, too. (That's disappointing but it seems I've reached the top of my abilities in scale modelling...)

Project inventory

Static model kits
87216
UH-60A Blackhawk
HobbyBoss 1:72
87216 2007 New tool
Detail and Conversion sets
72150
HH-60/UH-60 Sikorsky Black Hawk wheels
Avia Equipage Auto (AEA) 1:72
72150
Masks
72055
UH-60A Blackhawk masks for HobbyBoss
SX-Art 1:72
72055 2021 New tool
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Photoalbums

11 images
UH-60A Black Hawk "Desert Storm" 1:72View album, image #1
1:72
1:72 UH-60A Blackhawk (HobbyBoss 87216)1:72 HH-60/UH-60 (Avia Equipage Auto 72150)1:72 UH-60A Blackhawk masks (SX-Art 72055)

Part of my Collections

Gulf Wars
In progress 1×Completed 2×
Tactical Transport Helicopters
Ideas 2×Completed 9×

Comments

21 November 2024, 13:18