- An eye-catching Chimera marking even in 1/72!!
[About the actual machine]
- The CH-53E Super Stallion is a large helicopter developed by Sikorsky in the United States for the US Marine Corps and Navy.
- The Super Stallion was developed as a large transport helicopter, but a variation of it was the MH-53E Sea Dragon, which incorporates a mine-sweeping device.
- The aircraft's appearance is characterized by large sponsons on both sides of the aircraft, which are also used as fuel tanks, making it possible to carry out long mine-sweeping operations.
-Equipped with three T64GE-416/419 turboprop engines.
- The aircraft, which began development in 1980, made its first flight in 1981.
- Also operated by the HM-14 Vanguard, a U.S. Navy helicopter mine countermeasures squadron established in 1978.
- We also played an active role in disaster relief after Hurricane Maria, which hit the Caribbean in 2017.
[About the model]
- This easy-to-assemble kit from Italian manufacturer Italeri comes with an easy-to-understand Japanese instruction manual, making it easy, safe, and fun to assemble.
- This kit models an aircraft belonging to the US Navy's Mine Countermeasures Squadron, HM-14 Vanguard, which was active in relief efforts after Hurricane Maria, which caused great damage in the Caribbean in 2017.
- The illustration of the chimera drawn on the sponson part is also well reproduced with decals.
- Of course, the aircraft is a 1/72 scale reproduction of the MH-53E Sea Dragon.
- The powerful aircraft is divided into left and right parts to accurately express its shape.
- The interior of the aircraft is also modeled with floor panels, etc.
- Also, the minesweeping equipment unique to a minesweeper helicopter is faithfully reproduced.
- Furthermore, each rotor blade is a separate part, and the rotor base is also mechanically reproduced.
- Also, like each kit in the Platts/Italeri series, this kit also comes with a masking sheet that is convenient for painting window frames, etc.
[Major features]
- 1/72 reproduction of the MH-53E, a minesweeper helicopter operated by the US Navy HM-14 Vanguard.
- Set of Italeri plastic parts, Italian Cartograf decals, Platz original Japanese manual, and packaging.
- Reproduce the chimera illustrations drawn on the sponsons with decals
- Comes with a masking sheet that is convenient for painting the wind frame
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )