Impressive I’m sure! I really do think that the manufacturers should consider factoring in rotary wing assets (probably alienate the 1:32 aircraft builders though), but there’s so much one can do to emphasize the air/land component in even simple vignettes - or so I’ve planned - mainly in my mind!
I was sufficiently impressed by the box art on the Heller Frelon I have to show it just as it is (soldiers emplaning in some God-awful desert landscape (Djibouti?), but sadly, being a second-hand purchase the troop figures had all been plundered. That said, I can always purchase the Heller GMC truck - assuming I can find one - to make good the loss; however, such a sized model will need a careful bit of planning to display let alone build. Groan - I do make my life difficult sometimes.
Alienation is not the fear but the loss of $$$ is. I sorta like the idea of larger helo and sure others do as well but space is an issue that can slow purchasing. I am sure there other issues but Kitty Hawk had been giving us a fair amount of kits and now they are gone. Probably not strictly due to helo sales. I think it is also fair to say the quality has not been the same in past tries either when compared to other fixed wing kits. I think a well manufactured large scale kit can sell well.
No, sure; if one looks around - and this is not exhaustive - but with the Trumpeter series viz Hound, Hind, Chinook (I think - I’m not that well -versed in what’s out there), plus those that Revell cough up, Hueys, and even a few Bell Sioux-type (forgive my Brit orientation) these are all useful for what I call combined displays; some of course, are likely to be too large to assimilate any 1:35 model and hence my slight concern over display bases - but this is all good stuff. It’s just that I’d like to see some of those - Revell primarily - in 1:32 also produced in 1:35 such as the Puma, Alouette, which I mentioned earlier, let alone the Bo 105 PAH version. A Westland Lynx? Perchance to dream!
Hey, what the hell? We’re pretty spoiled as modellers these days anyhow; 'not going to stop me buying a CH-54 mind!
