Yes, I found out the kit I bought “short shot” two “unused” parts. One of them was the K nose. The instructions tell you it is unused and has you install the L nose. The instructions are incorrect. I have a replacement part being sent to me. Should be here Friday. Already removed the L nose.
The sensors above the canopy are part of the photo etch set. I have not put them on yet because the top windows need to be installed first and I have not put the clear parts on yet.
Normally I’m a happy kind of guy. But today I am very not very happy. You may have been following my build of Itarei’s 1/48 MH-60K Blackhawk SOA. Well the instructions have you install the MH-60L nose. So on one of my posts I was informed that the kit does supply the correct nose. So I looked and the part was missing. I contacted Italeri and they say to confirm part and it would cost 5 euro’s to get the part and 20 days shipping. Well I used a coupon and purchased another kit due to time and figured later I can build a MH-60L.
Guess what??? On the newer kits Italeri REMOVES THE PART or has blocked it from being molded!!!
If anyone has an older release of this kit and your tree has part E25 or if anyone knows of a resin replacement, Please contact me. The build is going to be on hold until I can locate the correct KILO nose.
Update - Using the power of Facebook groups I have had three others check their kits they had in their stash and they are all missing the same part.
That sucks. Cobra Company did sell an MH-60K conversion set in 1/48, #CC48002, but they are now out of business. Lone Star Models bought CC’s masters and is slowly releasing them, but the MH-60K set is not currently on their site. Keep checking there or maybe drop them an email to see if/when they may release it.
Lone Star Models: http://www.lonestarmodels.com/store
CC Set:
Good luck.
So here is where I stand, Lone Star Models does not know when it will get to the MH-60K set. I contacted them. I found out that Italeri stopped molding this part. Many modelling friends on Facebook have looked in their MH-60K kits and the part is missing. The kit was released back in 2007 and the kit did include this part. It appears that sometime around 2012 Italeri stopped molding this part. It is the only part that is not in the kit.
A fellow modeller in Turkey has the K nose. The kit he has was molded in black. This may be the old RoG version (which Italeri used). He did not use the nose and has shipped the part to me. Not sure of shipping time from Turkey to U.S. so I will be doing some of the smaller details (main rotor, the guns, side doors, etc.). It is actually OK since next week I have two sons who are are going back to college and there is some travel involved.
Stay tuned.
So after realizing the Italeri kit does NOT include the correct nose, I surgically removed the “L” nose. Utilizing the numerous modeling forums and groups I was finally able to locate the correct nose from a fellow modeler in Ankara Turkey. The correct nose should be here late next week.
In the mean time I am working on the smaller details. Main rotor, machine guns, side doors have been detailed. Corrected the placement of the smaller antennas and started to base coat the model and rotors. The kit decals only have the black lettering for the warnings and such so I scanned the decal sheet in and changed the colors to the dark olive color used on the 160th Night Stalkers aircraft.
More photos at https://davidsscalemodels.com/build-log/1-48-mh-60k-blackhawk-soa/
The nose has been received! Back to work this week. Will have an update with photos later this week.
It is coming together nicely. The rotor head and blades look great. The correct nose should look great as well.
On the MGs, all 160th SOAR helos mount M134 miniguns, not M60s as the kit would have you add.
CMK and Mini World both make 1/48 M134 minigun sets.
Hello!
I have used 1/72 Mini World miniguns and they were amazing, very detailed and they are cast brass. Exquisite stuff, but pricey, too. That could be a reason, why you might want to consider the CMK set.
Good luck with your build and have a nice day
Paweł
The MH-60K is now complete! Overall an OK model. I really still cannot believe Italeri purposely does not include the K nose. I have had many respond that their kits do not have the part as well. The only other thing is the cockpit clear parts do not fit very well. Took a lot of shaping to get them to fit OK. If I ever did another one I would fill the edges and then trim to fit the clear parts. With all the photo etch already installed I was not able to do it. The Werner’s Wings decals are awesome. They went on easily and just the right thickness.
You can see all the build photos at https://davidsscalemodels.com/build-log/1-48-mh-60k-blackhawk-soa/
Looks like it came out nicely. The Werner’s Wings decals are really nice. It needs a little weathering now to break up the black. A light drybrushing of a dark grey and a few light washes with a sandy brown color will finish it off.
For those interested, Italeri FINALLY replied to my email:
Dear Sir,
thank you for your mail, herewith we inform you that we will send you the part 25E of the kit 2666 in the next days.
Best regards,
Italeri S.p.A.
Guess a little late is better than not at all.
Wonderful job on the build. If your not using the nose now I could cast it and solve everyones problems. Or we just wait for Kitty Hawk.