More rescue whirlybirds

[Aaronw]

More of my rescue helicopters

USAF H-19A with floats, it is the 1/72 Italeri kit. The Air Force used the H-19 for a rescue helicopter during the Korean War until the late 1950s.

US Navy HUP-1, this is the 1/72 AModel kit. The HUP-1 ordered as a helicopter the Navy could operate off of its smaller ships. It was widely used to rescue pilots that had to ditch in the sea and was used to recover some of the astronauts during the early Mercury missions.

USMC HRS-2, this is the 1/72 Italeri HO4S-3 kit, the USAF and Army called the helicopter the H-19, the USMC called it the HRS-2 and the Navy HO4S-3. The USMC used this helicopter during the Korean war to move troops, rescue downed airmen, and evacuate the wounded.

[gray07]

Nice birds, lots of detail

[AzTom]

Very nice!

AzTom

[Railfreak78]

Very nice choppers. Ones not seen often too! Great job and thanks for sharing them.

[unclescott58]

Very nice birds. Something about helicopters from that time period that look right to me.

Scott

[Danno]

Nice birds, Aaron. Sorry I missed this post before ~ glad it was reprised.

[slusher]

Great looking builds.

[Modelmartin]

I love helicopters and especially vintage examples. Very nice job!

[GLMFAA1]

A kid at heart, grew up watching Whirlybirds and the result was building copters and here examples of my 1/25,24th collection:

Airfix James bond 'lil nellie'

Monograms often released UH1 of course being a car modeler I had to cut a door open, This was the visible chopper version

Small as they get. Esoteric's 1/72 Bell 47

greg

[mustang1989]

This is some good stuff Aaron. I've always gotta tip my hat to anybody who can pull off a build like this in 72nd scale. Nice job!