1/87 Roco EC135 Dutch Police Helicopter

Gallery Article by Duncan on Mar 10 2016

 

      

Recently I bought a small Roco helicopter of the German Schutzgrenze. This EC135 wasn’t a real catch to my eye so I decided to change it to a Dutch police helicopter (Korps landelijke politie dienst). With the use of the internet I came across decals made by Penninghaus scale 1/72, oversized but still useful. Later I discovered a beautiful set done by FVC decals 1/72, printed in the correct colors.

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Some FVC decal parts needed some cutting. These police decals are meant for transport vehicles like cars or vans not helicopters. Along with the Penninghaus set I used the data.

After applying the decals I discovered snapping the roco back-in wasn’t easy. Some corners got damaged as the windowparts had to fit back in again! After some retouches it turned out quite nice. To my knowledge no Dutch EC135 police helicopter is out there as a kit (yet). Hope you like it.

Duncan

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Photos and text © by Duncan