The Iranian Army
and Air Force received huge quantities of modern weapons in the 1970s.
Among those received were up to 120 Boeing-Elicoterri CH-47Cs. The model
depicts a IRIAF CH-47C wearing its original gray-green camouflage.
I used
part of Trumpeter's test shot (see my review article)
and kit bashed it with a a CH-47A kit. This saved me a lot of money as the
only way to get a CH-47 is to combine parts from a CH-47A kit and a CH-47D
kit. I also scratchbuilt some details, particularly the large diameter
wheel peculiar with late model CH-47s. I also detailed the rear bulkhead
with wire, sprue and scrap plastic.
Click on
images below to see larger images
Iranian Decals were
printed on my printer.
I hope you like it.
A full article on converting the CH-47A to a CH-47C appears at our club's
website at www.ipmsphilippines.com.
-Vinny Ibarra,
IPMS-Philippines (Bert Anido)
Jose
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