September 30, 2024

You Got to Give ’em Props

Hot on the heels of their 1:35 sale military vehicle announcement comes news that Panzerkampf plans on adding the CH-53 Sea Stallion to their rapidly expanding airborne arsenal. Previously, the Company had released three different versions of the MH-53 Sea Dragon heavy lift helicopter, all of which have long since sold out at the manufacturer’s level. The Company has responded by now offering four different versions of the Sea Stallion, a bulwark of US naval and Marine Corps aviation since the 1960s.

Thus far, its not clear which units will be represented, since none of the helos have had their unit markings and insignia applied. The Company has stated that they will likely go on sale towards the end of the year, meaning they should hit streets in early 2025. Like their MH-53 cousins, the CH-53s are big and beefy, large by anyone’s standards, and composed of both metal and plastic. So, its entirely possible these will be priced in the mid $100 range, thereby overtaking both the recently released Mi-24 Hinds and MH-60 Black Hawks that took the hobby by storm earlier this year.

The CH-53 Sea Stallion (Sikorsky S-65) is an American family of heavy-lift transport helicopters designed and built by the American manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft. The Sea Stallion was originally developed in response to a request from the United States Navy’s Bureau of Naval Weapons made in March 1962 for a replacement for the Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave helicopters flown by the United States Marine Corps (USMC).

We apologize for the quality of the accompanying images. Better pictures will likely become available as we near the product’s intended release date.

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