Hello! greetings
from Colombia and a happy new year for everyone!
This is a IAR 330,
the Rumanian built under license Puma; this device is produced in Romania
by Industria Aeronautică Română, they made
a total of
163 aircraft, among which there are 57 that were exported to other
countries and 104 that Romania uses in its Air and Navy forces. Due to a
local need one adapted armament consisting of a cannon in the prow and launchers
of rockets; this way it was born as an assault helicopter.
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images below to see larger images
If you had the
opportunity to see Rambo III, they realized a heavy S oviet helicopter that pursued the American hero, it was not a Mi-24 Hind but an IAR 330 disguised in order
that it could fill the role of the dangerous aggressor!
The kit is from
Airfix,
is a SA 330 Puma in transport mode, it was armed OOB, but one adapted a cannon
not used in a He-111 and the rocket launchers are from a Mi-8 Revell kit
all in 1:72nd scale.
The FLIR was created
with sprue and the container of the cannon with styrene, the doors of cabin
were left open to estimate it within and the lateral doors are sliding.
At present there was
done a naval version of this device by very good results, it will be used to
operate from the ships of the navy of Rumania; many incidents are not known but one of these
did crash during a night training operation in 2007 killing its 3 crew members.
It´s an
excellent model to assemble, I recommend it widely, it's a good weekend project!
Tigre del Aire
COLOMBIA ES PASION!
Greetings from
Colombia, the land of Juan Valdez!
Saludos desde
Colombia, la tierra de Juan Valdez!
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