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HUEYHOG

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  1. I got the modeling itch last night and I got to thinking how long it would take to build a basic dragon huey model, longer than I thought lol. It's coming along nicely with mostly painting left to do. This is kind of what I would want my personal Huey to look like, I like antennas :) Tim
  2. After writing that last post I got ambitious and assembled 24 Pilots and modified them to switch legs, arms. I'm using diorama glue on the connection points. The glue dries to a tacky coating and holds parts together. For my game helicopter crews can fight. Easy switch between legs. The side m23 / m60 is setup with magnets too :D Tim
  3. Busy summer not much time on the bench, but progress continues did about 4 hours today working on the Hueys.. I've also been working on my 1/35 infantry for my game which is new to me too but my painting is getting better. Built the pilot seat frames from scratch and modified the original pilot seats. I used 1mmx1mm magnets on the bottom of the pilot seat frame and the cyclic. Using bigger magnets I got the pilot doors to be in the open and closed position. My First Platoon gets ever closer to being completed. The cabin ceiling, roof and transmission/cover are one piece. The e
  4. I'm curious about the orange elevators, is there a reason for the making them orange? Tim
  5. Looking good. I was going to say she's a little too dirty but I found a pic of a cobra just as dirty :-) Tim
  6. I too also prefer imgur.com too, it's free and the website is easy enough to navigate. Tim
  7. Since it's for this project I'll continue posting my progress here I've decided to go with 6 six Hueys instead of the 20+ and leave the rest for way later down the road. It was way easier to purchase these dragon Hueys than it's to make them somewhat looking right lol. I'm going to have a platoon of an AHC and two as Medevac. Once these are done I'm hoping the UH-1Cs are fairly straight forward and can be done in weeks not months like the dragon Hueys.... Same goes for the OH-6A. The CH-47A cabin does look like challenge though but I'll git er done. I did have all my dragon Hueys packed up rea
  8. OH-6's only had one pilot? Tim
  9. Accomplished a big hurdle today with this project by being able to hang a Huey from a clear sheet, have it so I can move it along the sheet and still have the main rotor turn. So excited!!! I used a 1/8 aluminum tube to replace the rotor mast, 3/32 metal rod to go through the rotor mast and a nut with some washers to secure the Huey. I used a 5/16 wood dowel to connect the 3/32 rod to a magnetic ball. I used wood to keep the weight down. I'm using two neodymium magnet balls to glide along the plastic sheet and the dowel for now is connected by rubber bands screwed to the dowel. I didn't t
  10. Thank you all for your service and thank you for sharing your experiences from Vietnam. Tim
  11. I've spent at least 6hrs working on a 1/35 UH-1 pilot and I was hoping to hear from guys who've built their own custom seat. Share ideas and maybe help the next guy. This is most I've customized a seat and first time using brass. It's coming along but a work in progress still. Thankfully there's lots of reference photo's out there but at my skill level, doing an exact replica even in 1/35 scale is near impossible. The two hardest things for me so far it the bottom holder for the armor plate and the holes for the seat belts. I did try the bottom holder with brass but all I managed to do was sli
  12. I was thinking kinda that same thing. Maybe dropping troops some what close to the action? I was hoping to use my 1/35 CH-47A as game piece and a pretty big game piece it will be lol. The game board will be big also 16' x 8'. I'm making my own rules and Flying into a hot lz with a big helo, just looks wrong to me. Tim
  13. I know Chinooks were used as transports in vietnam and flew along side hueys doing the same, I'm wondering how common was this? Would Chinooks fly into hot areas like the Hueys while doing troop transport? When it's doing cargo transport would a crew totally avoid areas that are in contact? Don't want drop your load but if supplies or equipment is needed, maybe it's worth the risk? Tim
  14. Looks pretty good but the hard part is still to come with the seat frame, springs and seat belts that connect to cabin floor. If you're going to put pilots in the seats I'd definitely recommend putting a pilot in the seat before gluing on the armored plates. Other things I've also found making a custum seat it can conflict with the pilot's door/window and B post. Tim
  15. What did you use to make the holes? Tim
  16. The two long vertical bars in my pic. Google uh-1 swash plate or uh-1 rotor. I have 6 of these in the box still and never noticed this lol... The pictures of a built UH-1C on the box shows the bars.... Tim
  17. Thank you for all that info. I was hoping to steer away 1st Cav and Casper platoon looks like a good option. Would OHs give support to ASHC companies? I still would would like to use the 174th and 178th for Hueys and Chinooks. I like the shark teeth on the 174th hueys :) Tim
  18. I'm wanting to use the OH-6, OH-13 and OH-58 alongside the UH-1H, UH-1C and CH-47 but I'm thinking they'd look out of place. I know the 1st Calvary used the OH-6 but did any other AHCs use it? Before the AH-1 came into service did the OH-6 work with the UH-1B/C? What were the rolls of the OH-58 and OH-13? and were they used during combat operations? I would like to use all six helicopters in a combat setting but if the only place you'd see all six together is at a air base I'll work that. Tim
  19. Thank for that information. I'm going to set it up as a trade off with doors for extra protection but less troops or remove doors for more troops but less protection. I'd think the doors would add a little protection. Question about the OH-6 crew. Did it have a crew chief and a door gunner? Tim
  20. I've got question about the doors on Hueys. I've seen some with none and some with just the pilot doors. What would determine having all or some of the doors detached/attached to a helicopter. Tim
  21. I'm back:) A few years I started a crazy big 1/35 scale Huey diorama. Unfortunately progress on the Hueys stalled and about a year ago I packed them up as I was moving to a new place. Shortly after moving a friend showed me a big board game called Flames of War. Flames of War uses 1/100 scale models, to have infantry, tank, and air battles. Well this got me thinking about my models and how much fun I could have using Hueys, M16s, AK-47s and so much more. A few months I started making this happen and it's been somewhat slow going as I've had to back track a few times on the way I'm building. Li
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