Whats a good UH-60 kit? I don’t mind photo etched metal of resin, just something easy, this is my second helicopter. Im sure that it will be better that the Revell AH-64 Apache i built
What scale?
1/48 or 1/35 if its available
im new to the world of helicopters so i dont know much, what scales are available
In 1/48, the Academy/Minicraft H-60’s are pretty nice. They have quite a few of the different varieties and look pretty good.
For 1/35th (my prefered scale) Academy’s is it. They have three versions; US Army UH-60A (also reboxed by Italeri), USAF MH-60G, and US Army MH-60L DAP (incorrectly listed as an AH-60L DAP, no such aircraft). There is also the reboxed AFV Club Tiawanese S-70-C Bluehawk SAR bird with extra resin pieces for that version. For the best value, the MH-60L DAP is the one to get. It comes with all the sprues from the previous releases. With it, you can build just about any H-60 and would only need to source decals for them. They are pretty good straight from the box, but can use some detailing. With some scratch-building, the Cobra Company detail/correction sets, and Eduard PE sets, they can look great.
Here are four that I have done:
US Army UH-60L and MH-60L DAP Blackhawks
Heavily modified USCG MH-60J Jayhawk
Hope that helps and good luck. Keep us posted.
Definitely have to agree with Gino. The Academy kits aren’t too bad and can be built into nice kits. I haven’t built the DAP but I have used the MH-60G kit to do an L. As with any kit, there are inaccuracies, but some very simple work is all that is needed to fix many of these on the Academy kits. As a -60 crewchief, I see some ‘glaring errors’ but I am picking nits and they aren’t that big of a deal. These kits offer good opportunity to expand your modeling skills but but build into a nice looking kit OOB as long as you sand down that giant lump on the leading edge of the main rotor blades.
For my money, these are the best choice for a Blackhawk kit out there.