The HH-60H Rescue Hawk was developed from the SH-60B Sea Hawk. While the Sea Hawk`s mission is ASW work, the primary mission of the HH-60H is Combat SAR and transport.

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The kit is the Italeri HH-60H that allows to build into a basic HH-60H but is missing some detail to do an actual version with the extended pylon and FLIR-pod in front of the nose.

As I wanted to build a chopper parked on a carrier deck while being prepared for action as part of a diorama I had to modify the main rotor system and the tail boom into the folded position.

I also extensively modified the interior of the cabin, as the kit is lacking some details here, as I added a lot of details to the cabel cutters, antennas and lights on the hull.

The weapons are from the Dragon HMMWV and an Airwaves set and I added photoetched ammo belts and scratched the weapon mounts.

The diorama will show the HH-60H along an E-2C Hawkeye on a carrier deck section. The E-2C with folded wings and the personel and deck equipment are still under construction.

Hope, you like it, 

Thomas