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Dioramas: Aircraft
Aircraft dioramas and related subjects.
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US Coast Guard Dio
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Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 04:42 AM UTC
hi just want share one of our latest built showing a us coast guard on the rescue of a lost seafarer....thanks Tats for building the chopper.












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Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 04:49 AM UTC
Clever way of suspending the chopper.

Nice water effects.

Chas
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Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 05:07 AM UTC
GREAT Water affects and Very nice modeling job. milvehfan
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Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 10:24 AM UTC
very interesting! Congrats for this excellent work.

I like the scene and the execution of it. Always good to see something new.

claude
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Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 10:39 AM UTC
Very ,very nice.
Again ,great job on the chopper suspension.
Tom
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Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 10:35 PM UTC
Guys thanks for the comments, all are highly appreciated......

enjoy
HeavyArty
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Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 10:48 PM UTC
The dio looks pretty good. However, like I said over at Aeroscale, the helicopter is not close to a USCG HH-60J. Figures look great though. Where did you get the rescue swimmer and crew chief?
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Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 10:49 PM UTC
Whoops. Double post.
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Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 12:17 AM UTC
Nicely executed diorama wonderful backdrop. Nice variation on subject too. There aren't too many helo dioramas and there aren't many CG based ones either.
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Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 12:33 AM UTC

Quoted Text

The dio looks pretty good. However, like I said over at Aeroscale, the helicopter is not close to a USCG HH-60J. Figures look great though. Where did you get the rescue swimmer and crew chief?


thanks...USCG will be better next time hehehe....
swimmers are from Dragon with some alterations,crew chief from trumpeteres chinook chopper crew,again altered and modified....
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Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 06:44 PM UTC
awesome job!

seems to remind me of a mission from the PC game: "Comanche IV"

^^
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Posted: Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 02:44 AM UTC
Superb water effects and cliff/rocky outcropping. Looks great. Nice job on the figures and helo as well, did a good job with this one. Thanks for sharing your photos.

Cheers -

Tim
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Posted: Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 07:58 PM UTC
Great water effects!

Thanks for sharing
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Posted: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 10:51 AM UTC
very nice work
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Posted: Saturday, August 20, 2011 - 09:37 AM UTC
very nice
Marty
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Posted: Friday, August 26, 2011 - 11:14 AM UTC
Is the helicopter suspended on just that one steel rod? That's impressive.

Nice dio.
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Posted: Saturday, August 27, 2011 - 08:48 PM UTC
very nice dio....
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Posted: Saturday, August 27, 2011 - 08:49 PM UTC
very nice dio...
HeavyArty
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Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 02:03 AM UTC
Yes, it does look good, but not accurate at all. The USCG does not use partially modified MH-60L Blackhawks as depicted. It should be an HH-60J Jayhawk, a totally different aircraft. The model has some HH-60J mods, but is still closer to an MH-60L Blackhawk. The biggest issue is the large (2 window) cabin door. The Jayhawks have a smaller, single window door on the right, and no door on the left, just two sliding windows. The area around the front landing gear struts has not been modified either, among other smaller items throughout. To see a fully converted 1/35 USCG MH-60J, check out mine here.

HH-60J Jayhawk:


On another forum, he explained how the helo is held up. There is a pole coming from the center peak of the cliff that goes into the left underside of the helo. With the angles of the pics, it can't be seen.
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Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 04:38 AM UTC
very cool diorama and one that must be incredible to see in person. thanks for sharing it with us Giovanni. cheers, bd.
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Posted: Monday, August 29, 2011 - 09:49 PM UTC
Beautiful dio, I like the water effects!

Regards,
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