Quickboost 1:35 CH-54A Tarhe — wipers (for ICM) is a resin detail set: thin windshield wipers for a model of the American crane helicopter. It is not a kit but an accessory for the base kit.
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A resin detail set for a model of the heavy crane helicopter Sikorsky CH-54A Tarhe in 1:35 scale. It is not a kit — you do not get a fuselage, a rotor or decals, but the windshield wipers, which replace the parts from the base kit. Intended for ICM kits.
It sounds like an absurdly small component, but it is precisely here that conviction is decided. A wiper has to be thin, long and flat — and that is exactly what injection-molded plastic cannot do: the part comes out of the mold thick and softly shaped, or it is not in the kit at all. Yet it sits right on the glass, which is where the viewer looks first. Resin can manage a crisp thin profile, so you gain an effect that shows across a whole display case. On the Tarhe it is extreme: the cabin is glazed almost entirely and the area of the windshields is enormous — any coarse wiper there hits the eye.
The Sikorsky CH-54A Tarhe, nicknamed the Skycrane, is an American heavy crane helicopter with an utterly unusual design: in place of a conventional fuselage it has only a load-bearing spine, beneath which a load or a detachable cabin is slung (under it a command post, a workshop or a field hospital could be set up). In Vietnam it made its name above all for recovering shot-down and crashed aircraft and helicopters, which it could carry back to base. Hence its enormous, rearward-extended glazing — the crew has to see down onto the load.
Cement for plastic models (polystyrene cement) does not work on resin — the joint holds only with super glue (cyanoacrylate) or epoxy. First wash the parts in water with detergent so the mold release agent is removed and the paint has something to hold on to. Cut them off the casting block; do not break them — thin wipers snap. Do any sanding under water; dry resin dust is harmful to health. And above all: fit the wipers only after the painting is finished, at the very end of the build.
This is a detail accessory, not a model. The base kit, glue and paints are not included in the package.
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