LEGO Technic 42145 Airbus H175 Rescue Helicopter

LEGO Technic 42145, Airbus H175 Rescue Helicopter, depicts an Airbus rescue helicopter with a mechanical Technic focus.

The model presents the Airbus H175 as a rescue helicopter, with the emphasis placed on structure, mechanisms and movement rather than character-based storytelling. Within Technic, it sits among realistic vehicle builds where the engineering of the model is central to the subject.

The build uses typical Technic elements such as beams, axles, gears and body panels.

42145 is aimed at builders who enjoy substantial Technic models and visible or integrated mechanisms. Once assembled, it can be used for display as well as for demonstrating its functions.

Inventory of set 42145

The inventory of set 42145 lists 2,001 pieces, spare parts excluded: 262 different lots (one shape in one color) for 182 part shapes. The box also contains 19 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 42145

Main color: black, making up 25% of the parts, followed by light bluish gray (18%) and red (18%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 42145

168 of the 182 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

Exclusive parts in set 42145

7 part shapes in set 42145 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set. Counting colors, 15 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 42145 from another set

Share of the parts of set 42145 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 59%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 42145 within its line

With 2,001 pieces, set 42145 ranks #25 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 483 sets released in 2022, it ranks #28. That is 3 times the average Technic set size.