Academy has announced the next iteration of their 1/35 Black Hawk helicopter. It will be a US Army UH-60M, which is the latest/current version.
No box art yet, but here are the new sprues. It looks like two new sprues w/the M model parts to add to their earlier Black Hawk parts.
It looks like the first sprue includes new parts such as upturned exhausts, IP and controls, rotor blades with downturned tips, larger step sponson ends, and lots of smaller update parts.
The second sprue looks like it may have parts for a 160th SOAR MH-60M. I think I see a nose radar, FLIR ball, and downturned ESSS wings, among other parts. We shall see.
More detail pics here:
https://blog.naver.com/spooky_64/223675270012
Unfortunately, it looks like the original Academy interior parts, where there are no details at all. I may have to add the new Academy M parts to a KH H-60, or add the KH interior to the Academy M (like I did in my early UH-60A).
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it’s nice to see they’re putting some effort in, possibly due to peer pressure by other companies producing never kits but the lack of detailed interior is worrying.
thanks for posting the news about this kit Gino
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And continuing to bump it to the top until someone finally replied. 
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A builtup model of it and boxart from the Nuremburg Toy Show.
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The UH-60M is showing up on eBay already.
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Mine just shipped. I should have it in about a week. Can’t wait.
I also found a file for the new crash resistant troop seats on Cults3D. I printed up a set and they look great. Based on the sprue shots, Academy did not include them, nor the new gunner’s seats. I have also found a usable seat for them as well.
New troop seats.
Pic from the file.
New gunner’s seat.
The seat I will use, slightly modified.
A little update. Apparently, mine is trapped in the tariff debacle. It is showing “Item held by Customs, Beijing” as the tracking status since 26 APR. Hopefully it gets sorted and, on its way, soon.
I have two models in exactly the same situation. Ordered in March but not shipped quickly enough, alas.
Why does this and the other related keep getting bumped to the top? While I’m sure we are all anxious for you to receive your kits, I’d rather see Bwilt’s weathering effect again, if AI is calling the shots here.
The Commanding officer of the local National Guard/Army Reserve Base has asked our model club (Capital Area Modelers Society in Lansing, MI), to make multiple models for display at the base to include their current vehicles and helicopters. I’ve been asked to build a Medevac version of UH-60 M . I’ve ordered this exact kit from Hobbylinc and have been looking around the internet for conversion parts for medevac interior. I know Werners Wings used to make one but the website says they are discontinued.
My question of you guys is, anyone with any info on where I could get said parts or any info to at least try to scratch build the interior for this version? Any and all help would be appreciated!
Welcome aboard.
I built a UH-60A Medevac using the Werner’s Wings set a few years ago (damn, it’s been almost 15 years now!!). You can see all the WW parts there. The only addition is a rotating litter carrousel that goes in the rear middle of the cabin, if it is a standard UH-60M Medvec. If they have HH-60Ms, they are a very different helo.
Here is a walk around I did of a UH-60A Medevac of one at the NTC.
Thanks for the info!. Very nice build that you did.
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