LPD-21 New York photo is up

33YearsGHQ · Post by **33YearsGHQ** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 8:26 am

It looks like they are having some casting issues with this one. It looks like it will have some nice features (and include Osprey's), but the bridge area is apparently a bad casting - unless I am missing something

33YearsGHQ · Post by **33YearsGHQ** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 8:30 am

Or it may just be they placed a casting in the wrong spot for the photo (the bridge portion should be slid back a bit). They probably just need to take a new photo

Donald M. Scheef · Post by **Donald M. Scheef** » Sun Jul 27, 2014 12:52 am

Has anyone purchased one of GHQ's LPD-21? If so, is there a problem with the bridge casting or is it just an unfortunate photograph?

Don S.

CG2 · Post by **CG2** » Sun Jul 27, 2014 3:55 am

I agree with 33YearsGHQ - I think the bridge section is just mispositioned or maybe just got bumped before the photo got taken.

33YearsGHQ · Post by **33YearsGHQ** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 1:46 am

New photo is up

av8rmongo · Post by **av8rmongo** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:58 am

Much better. I'm going to have to order a couple of extra sprues of Ospreys as well. Does anyone else think the Super Stallions look like their old Sea King? We'll see what they look like in person before ordering extras.

dragon6 · Post by **dragon6** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:14 am

av8rmongo wrote:Does anyone else think the Super Stallions look like their old Sea King? We'll see what they look like in person before ordering extras.

Yes. I was looking at them blown up, lose a lot of detail, but they do look like the Sea Kings. I hope not.

av8rmongo · Post by **av8rmongo** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:20 pm

The package arrived today and the ship is very impressive, well done GHQ! To my eye the helicopters are Sea Kings, although the pontoons look like they're on steroids. The aft end of the fuselage is faired like the Sea King not ramped like the Sea Stallion. I'll post a picture later so you can make up your own mind.

Also - if you're thinking of ordering extra sprues of the Osprey for the LHD or just to have for gaming they are three to a sprue and GHQ charges $3 per sprue. They look pretty cool though and once I find the right size hole punch I'll get some made up with spinning rotors.

dragon6 · Post by **dragon6** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:24 am

av8rmongo wrote:The package arrived today and the ship is very impressive, well done GHQ! To my eye the helicopters are Sea Kings, although the pontoons look like they're on steroids. The aft end of the fuselage is faired like the Sea King not ramped like the Sea Stallion. I'll post a picture later so you can make up your own mind.

Also - if you're thinking of ordering extra sprues of the Osprey for the LHD or just to have for gaming they are three to a sprue and GHQ charges $3 per sprue. They look pretty cool though and once I find the right size hole punch I'll get some made up with spinning rotors.

Thanks!

Are they different from the Sea King model? The Sea Stallion should be about 12.5mm long and the Sea King 7mm so there should be some obvious differences there.

av8rmongo · Post by **av8rmongo** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:08 am

Ray,

I believe they are the same old Sea Kings but I don't think I have any of the old ones around here to verify. Much of my stuff is in storage back in the states. Tomorrow I'll have close-up shots posted for you. Definitely not big enough for Sea Stallions.

Paul

av8rmongo · Post by **av8rmongo** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 3:57 am

Well here is the picture and I think it is clear the helicopters are Sea Kings and not Sea Stallions.

[edit] A friend suggested I add that each box in the picture background is 1 cm. I've measured the fuselage and it is .7 cm which works out to 55 feet in scale - definitely a Sea King not a Sea Stallion.

33YearsGHQ · Post by **33YearsGHQ** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 4:42 am

Definitely Sea Kings, hopefully GHQ will fix this

Donald M. Scheef · Post by **Donald M. Scheef** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 8:16 am

Ospreys are great; Sea Kings a disappointment.

Perhaps in the near future GHQ will produce a new pack of modern US carrier-based aircraft, including F/A-18E Super Hornet, EA-18G Growler, F-35B & F-35C Lightning II, and/or CH-53K King Stallion along with V-22 Osprey.

Some of these will definitely be needed when GHQ puts out a CVN-78. It's still a bit early to be producing a Gerald R. Ford class aircraft carrier - best to wait until the ship is near commissioning before producing a model.

Don S.