Was curious if anyone plans on getting this behemoth?
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Mister…you have definitely got my attention!! Given what you’ve done in the recent past with other builds this should be a real treat to watch come together.
Thanks Joe. At least I won’t have to scratch build anything for this one. Would be nice if ResKit came out with the correct rotor head, and composite blades for an F model. One can only hope.
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That last picture would make for an awesome diorama!
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There’s a gentleman on facebook that did a stunning diorama of an S-64 with the sea snorkel in the water. The blades are even bent UPWARDS!!
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I reached out to Erickson to see if they were willing to help with my research. They did. I sent them photos of the progress. They put together a link to a site detailing my process.
https://erickson.mediavalet.com/portals/model-resources
holy wow, this is an absolutely beautiful model!
I’ve always wanted to build some aerial firefighting aircraft. I really love the CalFire S-70is! They fly over my house all the time starting around now to November.
I’ve been waiting for a Erikson bird for a while. I spent quite a few years in fire country in socal so I’m a big fan of anything firefighter. Lone Star was supposed to do a 1/72 upgrade set… actually ordered it twice but it was never produced (to be fair the owner has been through some stuff).
I’m hoping ICM does a 1/48 scale version of the CH-54 and an Erikson variant.
Your build CB is just amazing - someone should kit your work! I’d buy it
I built the 1st release, which was military, but this one seems popular, it’s extremely huge, especially with rotor blades. I’m waiting for the 1/72 version, that’s a more displayable model. I wonder why they didn’t do it in 48 scale, they would have had a lot more sales I reckon.
Very nice. It came out great.
Yea Grant. I was really surprised that they came out with a 1/35 scale CH-54. It take up a tremendous amount of space on my shelf, especially when it’s on a display base. I agree with you saying they would’ve sold more of these in 1/48th scale. A lot of modelers out there don’t have a lot of space to display something this big.
My one complaint about the kit was the super soft/weak plastic. They need to change their formula.
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Yes, especially the rotor blades, they are easy to damage because of the length.
