This is Tumpeters release of the CH-47A Chinook, one of the USU's triumvirateof heavy lift rotary wing ircraft, the others being the CH-53 and CH-35. This one actually fits on the work area - none of the Soviet ones do....
Brief history
The CH-47 Chinook is a tandem-rotor helicopter originally developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and now manufactured by Boeing. The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. It started life on the design boards of Vertol in 1958. Known as the V-107 not was offered to the US Military for consideration. The Army cinsideted it too heavy for the assault role and too light for heavy lift needs. The US Marines found a use for it though and it became the CH-46 Sea Knight.
Vertol offered a enlarged version known as the V108 which was adopted as the CH-47.
It first flew in autumn of 1961 and began entering service on 1962. It is expected to remsin in service until 2040 at least.
In RAF service the designation of the 60+ macines on roll is HC-1 through HC-6A
Instructions
The Sprues
The build
The parts on the sprue are well moulded with nice sharp detailing aand minimal flash. The sprue attachments are somewhat thicker than the Tamiya ones on the King Tiger but nowhere near as thick as the Amodel ones so cleaning up is easy. First step are the assemly of the flight deck. These are the component peices
And assembled they look like this - the main IP and the bulkhead are dry fit only at the moment.
I'm trying an experiment on this build - usually I paint all the detail then assemble, this time I am trying the assembly tnen paint method.
Next step was adding the glazing to the fuselage windows and once that was done and with the nightmare of joining the fuselage/nose sections of the two Mils still fresh in mind I decided to see how this one went together with the interior in. It went together perfectly! BIG sigh of relief!!!
Quick question for the hive-mind: Am I right in thinking US helicopter cockpits were a matt black interior?
