1:72 UH-34D VNAF 213HS 41TWL1966

UH-34D, South Vietnamese Air Force, 1:72 (Easy Model)

A finished collector model of the piston-engined UH-34D helicopter in the South Vietnamese Air Force markings given in the product name, with a reference to the year 1966. The model from the maker Easy Model is assembled, painted and provided with markings already in production. It is not a kit: you do not get sprues of parts but a finished example ready to be displayed.

The real subject

The UH-34D is the transport variant of the H-34 family of helicopters, with a piston radial engine in the nose. The fuselage has a high-set pilot's cabin, under which the angled drive shaft runs to the main rotor, and a roomy cargo cabin with large side doors. The landing gear is fixed and of tailwheel type, with the main wheels under the front part of the fuselage. In the 1960s the type was used in Southeast Asia above all for carrying people and materiel and for rescue flights; its piston power sets it apart from the turbine machines that later replaced it.

Why a finished model instead of a kit

The main difference is time and certainty of the result. A helicopter kit in 1:72 scale means several evenings of work, masking the glazing, thin antennas and a rotor head, where mistakes are easiest. A finished model skips that step: you get a uniformly painted example with the markings applied, which can be put in a display case at once. For a collection put together from several types that means it looks even and that finishes of varying success are not mixed in it. Take the model in your hand by the fuselage, not by the rotor or the tail boom.

Who the model is for

• For collectors of helicopters who want a finished example with no building
• For themed series of machines from Southeast Asia in a single scale
• For modelers who lack the time or the space for building
• As a gift, as the model is finished and nothing further is bought for it

The model is supplied finished, assembled and painted. Nothing is glued or painted.