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New low-viz H-60 Seahawk family part 3 decal sheet 35-009 coming this summer. Part 1 already had some MH-60Rs mixed with other Seahawk variants, but this part 3 sheet is exclusively for more Romeos with 12 new options (10 US and 2 Aussie) with mostly all new squadrons covered: HSM-37 Easyriders (2015-16) HSM-40 Airwolves (2012) HSM-46 Grandmasters (2022) HSM-46 Grandmasters (2023) HSM-48 Vipers (two variations from 2022) HSM-71 Raptors (2021-22) HSM-72 Proud Warriors (2022) HSM-74 Swamp Foxes (2016) HSM-75 Wolf Pack (2021) HSM-77 Saberhawks (2020) RAN 816th Squadron [Nomad] (2020) RAN 816th Squadron [Convict] (2021) HSM-46 and HSM-48 were also covered in part 1, but these on this new sheet are different schemes/years. HSM-77 option can be paired with sister MH-60S squadron HSC-12 on part 2 sheet from the same USS Ronald Reagan 2020 cruise. Similar to parts 1 & 2, this new part 3 will also include the full airframe data sheet 35-002.

New 1/35 sheet 35-006 coming for Search & Rescue (SAR) MH-60S helos from Naval Air Stations Key West, Whidbey Island, Lemoore, Fallon (2 options), Pax River (2 options), and China Lake (Dust Devils). Also included is an extra scheme for the HSC-2 retro Korean War scheme. These are now at Cartograf for printing and looking at an early 2024 release. Some background blurbs: Back in 2021 when my initial low-viz USN H-60 decal sheets were planned, I had intended to include a couple SARs but since they shared so little to the standard low-viz schemes I had removed them from consideration to focus only on the fleet schemes and with so many of the latter available to choose from. After finally finishing the low viz sheets (35-002, -003, -004) last year, I started work on a follow up sheet dedicated to SAR schemes but ended up putting it on a pause especially since Kitty Hawk fizzled away right around then. Now that Kitty Hawk kits are coming back through Zimi Model, and plus the Academy MH-60S also still available, I decided to get around to finishing this SAR sheet. The Kitty Hawk MH-60S kit has a somewhat similar Naval Aviation Centennial scheme for west coast's HSC-3 but I always thought the east coast's HSC-2 scheme was better looking - plus the penguin artwork. Since most of the printed colors were already needed for the SARs, I wanted to include that HSC-2 scheme too, which is why all except that one on this release are SARs. Although by pure coincidence it's related to the SARs, that same H-60 was later transferred to Key West as a SAR and was already included in the sheet in the KW SAR form, and at KW it still retained some of the unique colors carried over from the Centennial scheme. Anyway, the pics....

Today, Saturday, October 1st, 2022; I have finally started to build my MH-60G Pave Hawk II. The Kit is by Kitty Hawk and has been collecting dust in my basement until I could first build a dedicated studio and receive all the resin accessories i.e. figures, transmission, tail rotor assembly, mini-guns, .50 cal, and much more... Zorro

see more recent 2022 posts for updated info since original obsolete post This next AOAdecals sheet was in the making for awhile and of course KH bellied up in the meantime, but this weekend I still went ahead and finished the last squadron I planned to cover. This preview image (ignore the pink) is simply a data dump to show most of the schemes' decals, the actual layout of the sheet(s) hasn't begun yet and also not shown yet is a separate data/stencil sheet. Estimating a fall/winter release. Due to space restrictions not sure if all will make the final cut, as of now could include up to sixteen(!) options: HS-5 Nightdippers (HH-60H & SH-60F) HS-11 Dragonslayers (HH-60H & SH-60F) HSL-51 Warlords (SH-60B) HSL-43 Battle Cats (SH-60B) HSM-46 Grandmasters (MH-60R) HSM-48 Vipers (MH-60R) HSM-70 Spartans (MH-60R) HSM-73 Battlecats (MH-60R) HSC-9 Tridents (MH-60S) HSC-11 Dragonslayers (MH-60S) HSC-15 Red Lions (2x MH-60S) HSC-22 Sea Knights (MH-60S) HSC-28 Dragon Whales (MH-60S)