Here's some details about my latest
Rotary Action related purchases, now on display in the ‘Hanger 13’
cabinets...
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| Chop Chop helicopter |
This '
Chop Chop' plastic helicopter is battery operated but it’s at least 35 years
old, so modern batteries don’t fit into its differently sized compartment.
Made in China
for American company
Marx Toys (long since gone), it is in good condition for
its age. The USAF or RAF markings and window stickers are missing but, anyway,
it’s the colour (my favourite) that makes this plastic toy such a collectible
item for me.
Sikorsky’s
MH-X Silent Hawk, is a version of the UH-60 (S-70)
Black Hawk modified for stealth. Two of these helicopters were used by the SEAL
team in a mission against Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Pakistan (as
depicted in the movie
Zero Dark Thirty).
This is a neat diecast model, the very first of its kind, made by Italeri (who
previously produced a fine model of an Agusta-Westland AW-101 Merlin from
Skyfall), at a scale of 1:100.
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| Silent Hawk |
It’s a great addition to the ’Hawks (note the six-blade rotors, a contrast to the usual four on this type of helicopter) of my Sikorsky
collection, which includes two Black Hawk models (New Ray - 1:60, and Amercom -
1:72), an SH-60B Sea Hawk (New Ray - 1:60), a bigger MH-60G Pave Hawk (FOV -
1:48), a U.S. Coast Guard HH-60J Jay-Hawk (Winged Ace, easy model - 1:72), a
sand-coloured Desert Hawk, and a VH-60N ‘White Hawk’ (the U.S. President’s
‘Marine One’ flight), both smaller models made by the Maisto brand. An SH-60F
Ocean Hawk (Amercom - 1:72) is still on my wants list.
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| Super Stallion |
Also added to my Sikorsky range, the CH-53E Super Stallion (Motor
Max - 1:72), was bought cheaply (only £7) in Amazon’s New Year sales. Unlike
the better quality model of the similar MH-53E Sea Dragon (Amercom - 1:72) that
I bought last summer, this Super Stallion is a contrast with shiny and rather plasticy-looking
finish to its die-cast weight, presenting itself as something in-between a collector’s
model (boxed for static display, the CH-53 is screwed onto its own labelled stand), and
a fairly detailed toy for playing with. Nonetheless, it’s a nifty item suitable
for positioning on top of a small cabinet.
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| Sea Dragon |
