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Showing posts with label Sikorsky UH-19B 'Chickasaw'. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sikorsky UH-19B 'Chickasaw'. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

MPC Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw Helicopter

Here's a terrific helicopter from MPC, the H-19 Chickasaw. We've covered other toy Chickasaw helicopters before so I won't go into its history right now (besides, I've got to cut out of here shortly and get some other stuff done). But anywho, this was a later offering from MPC not coming along - I believe -  until the 1970's. I haven't seen this in any of the large playsets from the '60s  but I did see a recent sale of it as part of a MIB No. 1512 'Special Forces Unit' window box set. That set had the helicopter, 'Defender' Missile with launch pad, a Command Jeep with recoilless rifle, and a handful of one-piece G.I.'s (not ringhands). Note that these weren't made with tail rotors or three main blades like the original - likely a cost cutting measure. The helo's fuselage measures  10" (24.40cm) L x  1 1/2" (3.81cm) W x  3 5/8" (9.20cm) H. The rotor span is 11 3/4" (29.84cm) L. Enjoy!

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Saturday, April 15, 2017

Japan - Straco USAF Sikorsky UH-19B 'Chickasaw' Lift-and-Go Tin-litho Helicopter

'Fast and Furious' No, not the movie, but the effort I've been going through of late trying to take and edit photos. As 'me' time presents itself, instead of laying down and taking a break I've been out in The Cave or even outside trying to take photos of toys that have been laying around here for years. Plus I've managed to acquire some cool stuff lately (fortunately at nice, low affordable prices) and get those photographed right away.

Today's featured toy is a nifty little tin-litho helicopter from Straco of Japan which has been sitting on the shelf now for several years. It's a Sikorsky UH-19B 'Chickasaw'. The last 'Chickasaw' we featured was way back on  Feb 5, 2012 Today's toy is a smaller version featuring a wind-up motor that causes the helicopter to roll forward a bit, raise up, make a 90º turn, then repeat the process. Unfortunately my toy worked for like, 10seconds and gave up the ghost! It measures 7" (17.78cm) L x 2 5/8" (6.66cm) W at the wheels / 1 1/4" (3.17cm) W at the widest part of the fuselage x 7"(17.78cm) rotor span x 3 1/8" (7.93cm) H. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina 





The original instruction sheet is printed on very fragile, tissue-like paper


Here it is cleaned up a little