Heli-Kit News LINKS

• 1. HELICOPTER MODEL MANUFACTURERS
• 2. CYBERMAGS
• 3. HELICOPTER MODELLING SITES
• 4. GALLERIES
• 5. SITES FEATURING SPECIFIC HELI-TYPES
• 6. ASSORTED LINKS
• 7. SELECTED RETAILERS
• 8. MUSEUMS

1. HELICOPTER MODEL MANUFACTURERS

Academy Accurate Armour AEF designs Aerocalcas Argentinas Aeroteam Airalex Aircraft In Miniature Aires Airfix Airmodel Akatombo Works Alitaliane Anigrand Craftswork Aoshima Ardpol Astrokit Aviacolor Aviation Workshop Aztec Decals Behemoth (Begemot) Belcher Bits Bilek Blue Rider Decals CanMilAir Decals Carpena Decals Ciro Classic Planes Cobra Company Condor Decals Czech Master's Kits Czech Master Resin Daco Delta Aviation Dragon (DML) Dutch Decal

Eduard ExtraTech EZ-Mask Fantasy Printshop FCM Decals FE Resin Fireball Modelworks Flightpath Fonderie Miniature (FM) Fujimi Gekko Graphics Glencoe Golden Dragon Gran (Voca-Gran) HAD (Hungarian Armour Decals) HaHen Decals Hasegawa Hawkeye Heliborne Heller Heritage Aviation Models Hobby Boss Hobbycraft ICM IsraDecal Italeri JBOT Decals Kangnam Kitech Kopro Prostejov (KP) Kora

L&M Resin Landing Zone Leading Edge Decals Legato Lift Here! Decals Linden Hill Decals Mach 2 MAV Decals Maw Decals Max Decals Meteor Productions (Cutting Edge) Mike Grant Decals Minicraft Mirage Hobby Model Alliance Model Design Construction (MDC) MPM Model Rectifier Corp. (MRC) Olimp (Authentic Decals) Panda Part Pavla Planet Platz Preiser Propaganda Kompany Revell GmbH Revell-Monogram

Sanger Engineering Santa Cruz Decals Scale Aircraft Conversions Scale Nutz Decals Shanghai Dragon Sharkit Siam Scale Decals Sky's Decals Smer Special Hobby Sweet Decal Tamiya Tauro Decals Techmod Decals Testors Trumpeter Twobobs Aviation Graphics Unicraft Verlinden Productions Vingtor Decals Welsh Models Williams Bros. Zhengdefu Zotz Decals ZTS Plastyk Zvezda

2. CYBERMAGS
The following online modelling magazines are essential reading for any aircraft modeller. Each is packed with reviews, galleries, and useful ideas. Visit them often and see what's new.

• Aircraft Resource Center
• Cybermodeler
• Hyperscale
• Internet Modeler
• Modeling Madness

3. HELICOPTER MODELLING SITES

• Hover Lover's Model Page - David Campbell
• Heliborne - Yevgeny Borissov
• Tim's Hubi-Palast - Tim Vereecke
• Keith Goodman's Wings - Keith Goodman (excellent model photography)
• Helicopter Foundation International - The HFI Model Collection
• IPMS Nymburk Model Gallery - Jaromir Senft's Models
• Bell 47 Display Models Gallery - Lance A. Morgan
• Modelling Rotary Wing Craft in 1/72 Scale - Allan Magnus
• Swisscopter - Daniel Mueller's Models, Walkarounds, etc.

4. GALLERIES
Aviation photo galleries with exclusive or significant Helicopter content.

Your one-stop site for Helicopter Walkaround Photos:

and also...


• French Air Wings - Walkarounds by Florent Ollagnier
• Photo Albums by amrevelle - Alec Revelle
• alt.binaries Aviation Pictures - Petr Zaoral
• Helispot - somebody
• Aircraft Walkaround Center - Robert Lundin
• Aviation Images - Burkhard Domke
• All The World's Rotorcraft - Maksim Starostin
• Military Aircraft Photo Gallery - Paul Nann
• Kiwi Aircraft Images - Phillip Treweek
• Helicopter Photographs - Jacob Struben
• Helicopter Photographs Group on Yahoo!
• Aircraft Walkaround Photographs Group on Yahoo!
• Russian Aircraft References - Ken Duffey
• EMS Helicopters - Alec Buck
• Airliners.Net - Johan Lundgren
• Nordic Rotors - Rickard Gillberg
• The Aviation World, inc. SwissHeli.com - Markus Herzig
• VNAF The South Vietnamese Airforce 1951-1975 - Leon
• Club Modellistico 4 Gatti Includes Italian Navy EH.101 & Sea King walkarounds - 4 Cats Model Club
• Motty's Aircraft Pictures Australian Helicopters - Darren Mottram
• Kempense Modelbouw Klub Some excellent Walkarounds here
• Cockpits & Instrument Panels - Matt Gould
• Vertical Reference Photo & Heli-Ops Galleries - Rey Madrid
• Desert Storm - Jakub Cikhart
• www.amarc.dk inc. Royal Danish Air Force helicopters - Jens Jensen
• rumodelism gallery - Russian language modelling website

5. SITES FEATURING SPECIFIC HELI-TYPES

• The Big Deuce - (S-56 Mojave) Gunther Winkle
• Bell 47 - Charles J. Lumsden
• Guns A Go-Go - (ACH-47A Chinook gunship) Frank White
• Kaman K-Max - Markus Herzig
• Kaman HH-43 Huskie - Michael Benolkin
• Kaman HH-43 Huskie - Johan Ragay
• US Special Operations Aviation - Pave Lows, Little Birds, and much more
• Mi-24 Hind 'from modeller's view' - Ladislav Ruzicka
• Aviation Enthusiasts Web Site Agusta and other Italians - Damiano Gualdoni
• Pavehawk Authority - Jason van Lint
• Chinook Photos (and more) - someone called Tony

6. ASSORTED LINKS

• Aviation Links: Helicopters & Gyrocopters - H. J. Curtis
• Helicopter Patches - Philippe Dognon's collection

7. SELECTED RETAILERS

Heli-Kit News strongly recommends that you support your local model shop wherever possible. If they don't have it on the shelf then they may well be able to get it for you. Please ask them first. Your next port of call should be the great friends from all around the world that you can meet at the Heli-Kit News Forum.

Having said that, we recognise that some products are only available direct from their makers or from outlets that may be on the other side of the world from where you are, of which the following are a few that we can recommend through personal experience or on the suggestion of our readers:

• Arawasi - Japan, Flying Papa's Decals
• Aviapress - Moscow, models & books from Mother Russia and her former Soviet Republics
• Emodels - UK, reliable and very quick source for standard kits
• Flightdecs - Canada, one-stop shop for Decals from around the World
• GP Hobby & Model - Poland
• Great Models - USA
• Hannants - UK, huge stocks but sometimes not as quick as you would like
• HobbyTerra - Ukraine, another reliable source for E. European products
• HobbyLink Japan - says it all really
• Jadar-Model - Poland
• Kingkit - UK, pre-owned kits
• Kitkrazy - UK, more pre-owned stocks
• Kits Discount - France, great service, also supplier of Landing Zone products
• Linden Hill Imports - USA, hard to find imports from Europe & elsewhere
• Lone Wulf Models - UK, unusual resin kits and more
• Aviationmegastore.com (formerly Luchtvaart) - Netherlands, huge stocks, great service
• Misterkit - Italy
• Modelimex - Czech Republic
• NKR - Australia, but a great source of models from E.Europe, and instantaneous service
• Rainbow Ten - Japan
• Scheuer & Struver - Germany, a good source for Revell kits, and others

8. MUSEUMS
Museums around the world with significant helicopter exhibits.

• The Helicopter Museum - Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England
• Museum of Army Flying - Middle Wallop, Hampshire, England
• Fleet Air Arm Museum - Yeovilton, Somerset, England
• South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum / AeroVenture - Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
• Imperial War Museum Duxford - Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England
• Royal Air Force Museum - Hendon, London, and Cosford, Shropshire, England
  
  
• United States Army Aviation Museum - Fort Rucker, Alabama, USA
• National Museum of Naval Aviation - Pensacola, Florida, USA
• National Museum of the United States Air Force - Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA
• Hiller Aviation Museum - San Carlos, California, USA
• New England Air Museum - Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA
• Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Washington DC, USA
• Museum of Aviation - Warner Robins AFB, Georgia, USA
  
  
• Flugausstellung L+P Junior - Hermeskeil, Germany
• Hubschraubermuseum Bueckeburg - Bueckeburg, Germany
• Luftwaffenmuseum der Bundeswehr - Berlin-Gatow, Germany
• Deutsches Museum - Munich, Germany
• Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim - Munich, Germany
• Flugplatzmuseum Cottbus - Cottbus, Germany
  
  
• Australia's Museum of Flight - Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
• Australian National Aviation Museum and Moorabbin Air Museum - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• RAAF Museum - Point Cook, Victoria, Australia
• Australian Aviation Heritage Centre - Winnellie, Northern Territories, Australia
• Australian War Memorial - Canberra, ACT, Australia (Bell 47)
  
  
• Canada Aviation Museum / Musee de l'Aviation du Canada - Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
• Canadian Museum of Flight - Langley, British Columbia, Canada
• Comox Air Force Museum - Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
  
  
• Musee de l'Aviation Legere de l'Armee de Terre et de l'Helicoptere - Dax, France
• Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace - Le Bourget, Paris, France
  
  
• Royal Thai Air Force Museum - Bangkok, Thailand
  
  
• Air Force Museum - Christchurch, New Zealand

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