Gallery Model Aircraft 1/48 H-34 US Navy Rescue Kit

The H-34 was one of Sikorsky's most popular helicopters ever produced (next to the Blackhawk). The aircraft first flew in March 1954 and entered service with the US Army as the CH-34 Choctaw, the US Navy as the HSS-1 Seabat (anti-submarine version) and the HUS-1 Seahorse (utility version which was also flown by the US Marine Corps). After the Secretary of Defense McNamara's standardization of military aircraft designations in 1962, the H-34 remained CH-34 for the Army while the Seabat became the SH-34 and the Seahorse became the UH-34.

The aircraft was typically powered by a Wright R1820 radial engine of 1,525 horsepower. The aircraft was employed in a wide range of missions from passenger service, troop transport, medevac, supply, and for a short time as a gunship in Vietnam. The aircraft was rugged, versatile and adaptable for duty in a wide range of environmental and operational conditions.

Features and Options:

• Very detailed flight deck
• Pilots' seats have photo-etched harnesses
• Positionable flight deck windows
• Web seats in the main cabin have photo-etched seat belts
• Nose doors are positionable to reveal engine bay
• Positionable main cabin door
• VERY detailed R1820 with cooling shrouds and exhaust ducts
• Photo-etched grilles around engine compartment
• Main cabin detailing is very nice with cabin sidewalls molded separately from fuselage halves
• Rear of the main cabin open into detailed rear fuselage
• Vented rear of doghouse is incredibly molded with see-through venting
• Tail can be posed folded or flight-ready
• Main rotors molded with gravity sag
• Main and tail struts equipped with emergency flotation system

 Markings for Three Examples:

• HSS-1N (SH-34J), 147990, HS-7, AV/51, USN
• H-34, 4-04, Italian Navy
• HSS-1N (SH-34J), 145694, HU-1, OP/43, USN