new BBI MH-60

K-Tiger

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Can't see why not. Plenty of PTE AH-6s out there to spruce up.
 

G.I.*EDDIE

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Fuck. Now there's 72 left. People are actually buying these things at that price! What the hell is wrong with you guys?!? And let me borrow a dollar. ;)

i'm saddened, but not at all surprized...remember how many complete idiots buy way overpriced readily available things from Mannny2000 or whatever his name is...
 

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THrow up some ideas guys besides the 160th emblem...generic numbers? Danger arrow for tail? dark grey? gloss black to go on the matte finish of the helicopter?



They aren't glossy on the real thing, so they shouldn't on the 1:18 version, either. SOAR markings are actually olive drab, not grey.
 

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Lets face it everything now a days is going up in price. Hell, even lego sets are becoming outrageous. I'm certainly glad I kept my stash all these years. Maybe I'll try and pull a manny on ebay sometime and make some easy cash. lol:D
 

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Lets face it everything now a days is going up in price. Hell, even lego sets are becoming outrageous. I'm certainly glad I kept my stash all these years. Maybe I'll try and pull a manny on ebay sometime and make some easy cash. lol:D

We can start calling you Beeamanny! :D
 

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Well, that's good and bad. It's good because if they sell them all maybe they will make something else but bad because now they will just jack the price on whatever they make I would assume.
 

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Well, that's good and bad. It's good because if they sell them all maybe they will make something else but bad because now they will just jack the price on whatever they make I would assume.

exactly...so its almost pointless...unless they make something completely new and fresh, they can suck it...i WILL NOT pay that much for simple upgrades and a repaint...a V-22?...hell yes!...a modified Apache?...suck my taint!
 

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What If they modified 21st's Super Cobra to the spiffy new AH-1Z? ;)

4 blades, bitches!
 

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For a buck eighty?

 

K-Tiger

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Well You can half-ass one by doing a 4-blade main and tail rotor, but it'll essentially be a Bbi Pave Hawk.
 

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I still don't see why they couldn't of added in the clear plastic for the gunners window on both sides. Just doesn't look right in my opinion. Well.... heck, nothing a Dremel with a steady hand can't fix. lol:D



This is how it should look....

 

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especially since it is painted. It should have been molded in clear then masked off
 

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BBI was so close in getting it right too. I guess pickelhaube is still ahead of the game on this one.

 
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If I didn't know any better I think Fled74's banner above was the final straw that broke the camels back in convincing BBI to go public with this re-release. While Pickelhaube is credited for starting this whole fiasco with the release of his aftermarket/custom kit. lol
 

G.I.*EDDIE

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and ebays fault for the high price?

"so guys, how much are we gonna retail this new MH-60 for?...keep in mind the old model retialed for $50..."

"well, the older models regularly sell for upwards of $100 on ebay..."

"soooo, $170?"

"yeah, f*@# it!....lets see how that goes over."
 
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Don't quote me as it has been a long time since I did my upgrade to my pavehawk, but I think it put me back at least $100 more (actually more cost for all the upgrade parts than the helo cost me originially when I bought it [$75] about 4 years ago.
I got:
the window inserts
the fuel probe
the mini guns (not the newer external mounts with external ammo cans, but believe both versions were same cost)
The FLIR
The Radome

The miniguns alone were around $35 at the time.
I still think it was worth it to have a unique helo and it was fun putting it all together.
 

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From what I can tell looking at the image below it seems as if the FLIR system rotates up and down but not sure if it does the same left and right. Did Pickelhaube ever get his to rotate or is it casted as one piece?