Cessna YH-41

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Yep. Cessna ventured into helicopters. 1/72. Tiny! Cockpit is only 1.25" long!
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Well, that is neat. . . and tiny. Looks a bit like a 150 fuselage linage. Must not have lasted very long.
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That's a funny looking helicopter, looks a lot like a airplane body that they decided to turn into a helicopter. Should be really fun to watch this one.
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That's an interesting design - I'm guessing the engine is in the nose?

Good start on the Cockpit.
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made me go look it up!

http://aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/cessna_seneca.php

from this article:

"Shortly after its 1952 acquisition of the Seibel Helicopter Company, Cessna undertook development of an innovative light helicopter it designated the CH-1. The aircraft made its maiden flight in 1954, and in 1957 the Army purchased ten examples of the advanced commercial model CH-1B for test and evaluation. These machines, serials 56-4236 through -4245, were allocated the designation YH-41.

The YH-41 was of all-metal construction and provided seating for a pilot and up to three passengers in a cabin closely resembling that of one of Cessna's light fixed-wing aircraft. The Seneca was powered by a single nose-mounted 260hp supercharged Continental piston engine driving the two-bladed main and anti-torque rotors via a shaft which passed between the two forward seats."
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1/72 scale eh Lee? You must have some good eyes brother.

Lookin' good so far.
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Yeah, the Cessna lines are there on the fuselage.
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That is so cool! I didn’t even know Amodel made a kit of that.
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They have 2 versions. Army and civilian.
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That is impressive! Thanks for posting this, I never knew about this. What an interesting design.
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