Seahawk Tiltrotor prototype

[Wardukw]

Ok so i had this idea for a 35th scale UH-60 tiltrotor,,, so i went out and brought a 48th Italeri V22 Osprey which was stupidly cheap  and to good to miss .

But of course once ya start doing all the measurements it just seems things wont work ,,so whats better ...something cheap and nasty which ya dont really care to much about hacking to bits ,,,did i have anything like that ? ..nope.
Strangely tho things to have a habit of finding me and this is the prefect example .
My fav LHS just scored another pile of second hand kits and in the pile ..a 48th Italeri Sh-60 Seahawk....for smeg all ..like $15 notes ..and it came with 3 sheets of decals ,,none of which were for this model ...now i needed a Osprey ...lo and behold ,,me mate Perrin gave me  pile of models he didnt want anymore ,,yup a nasty Osprey was one of em 

So after some messing around and some putty here and there ,,then some paint i ended up with this ...no decals,,no weathering ...im happy with the end result but man o man the base model was crap.
Ill be using an Academy 35th scale UH-60 for the main build .

The wings were lengthened about 25mm and so was the rotors/propellers ,,those were made 10mm longer .,,other than that it was just combing the two kits together .

20240630_152606 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
20240630_152644 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
20240630_152621 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

Tell me what ya think lads ,,ill be most interested to know 

[buzzbomb]

Well I for one like it. 

[kerick]

That's awesome!! 
I have an Osprey in the stash in 1/72. This give me ideas!

[Old Wombat]

Great kitbash, Phill! Very cool!

Strange how it looks like a leaner MV-22 more than it looks like a tilt-rotor UH-60.  

[NARSES2]

Great kitbash, Phill! Very cool!

Strange how it looks like a leaner MV-22 more than it looks like a tilt-rotor UH-60.  

I couldn't of put it better myself   

It certainly looks far more attractive than the standard MV-22

[kitbasher]

That's excellent, well done.

[Scotaidh]

Looks great!!

[Dizzyfugu]

Cool.    Even though I somewhat expected a Hawker Seahawk with wing tip tiltrotor pods... 

[PR19_Kit]

Even though I somewhat expected a Hawker Seahawk with wing tip tiltrotor pods... 

Now THERE'S an idea!   

[Dizzyfugu]

 

[kerick]

Are those gun barrels above the cabin? What did you change at the engine exhaust?

[Wardukw]

Thanks guys ☺️
I'm quite chuffed with the sleak look of this which gives me good vibes about the bigger one 
The 35th scale monster will be along the same lines in the looks but quite alot more detailed 👍
And it turns out this thing has given you guys some ideas too..so excellent 😉 😄
Ken ..those are sensors above the cockpit..found a couple of em in the parts box and yep..filled the space nicely .
As for the engines exhaust..that's just a couple of pieces of tubing and a couple of bombs on the sides to fill it out a bit more 😀

[Devilfish]

Cool.    Even though I somewhat expected a Hawker Seahawk with wing tip tiltrotor pods... 

Me too!

[comrade harps]

That looks cool

[zenrat]

I got confused and was expecting a tilt rotor Skyhawk.

I too have a 1/72 Osprey in the stash (Hasegawa).  Mine came from a smoker 5 years ago and STILL smells like an ashtray.