Italeri 1066 - 1/72 UH-34J Sea Horse  [IT-1066S]

Period: from '50 to '90

Country: Usa

Model Dim.: 19,7 cm

UH-34J water HORSE

The S-58, built on Sikorskys work, was initially ignored by armed forces commanders. But they soon became alert to the outstanding potential with this particular device which, in H-34 variation, would see solution with armies in 25 various nations! The final medium helicopter to utilize a piston engine before the development of the turbine, the H-34 received its baptism of fire in Algeria. In Vietnam the U.S. Army preferred the H-21, but the H-34 ended up being used extensively by the Marines. Withdrawn from frontline solution in 70s, the H-34 wound up being then used extensively in civilian aviation: some devices, now upgraded with turbine machines, remain operating in many different areas of the entire world.