1/48 Revell CH-53 

by Josh Silver

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I have been attempting to build most of the aircraft in service with the USMC, with no current CH-53E kits available in 1/48th I had a couple of older Revell CH-53 kits in the stash with several bits from Cobra Co and Cutting Edge.  I wanted to  build the 53D up in its current bumped and blisterd get up before they head out from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii to the desert resort to hang in the heat with the Tomcats.

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Lots of plastic card and scratch building are necessary to get is old kit to look right as the interior is non existent.  Most of the decals were done on my inkjet with poor results so the Two Bobs Wiskey sheet left overs came in handy again with a few from an old supper scale sheet for a hi vis 53.

Painting was with Model master paints.  The weathering was very time intensive to get right as in all of the research photos of the Deltas they were very soiled with fluid leaks and exhaust stains.  This kit is very enjoyable to build and goes together well.  We'll see how the new trumpeter release of the Echo is when it hits the shelves later this year.

Josh

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Photos and text © by Josh Silver