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Here are a few images of 'Easy Money' I took on Redstone when I was working the CH-47J project with PEO Aviation. I have a full walk-around. Last photograph of the ACH-47A is an official 1st CAV 8x10 taken at Ah Khe, RVN. All the images are mine and from my collection. Also adding a couple showing a troop insertion via ladders from a CH-47A. This was not unheard of but not standard fare either. Most of the Hookers in Vietnam were there for heavy lift. The missions run in A-Stan are outsi

Thank for the nomenclature and full explanation. Finally, finally can put a name to this one.

Ray thanks for the correction on the TOW s/n. I did notice the traverse and elevation wheels on this unidentified system. I'm thinking they were likely just to boresight otherwise completely impractical. Not a very optimal design although the tubes are definitely for the larger rockets than the 2.75" FFAR. The mounting arm itself or something similar looks to have been used by at least on one gunship with the Gunslingers of the 128th AHC in Vietnam. I've not seen it employed outside of this unit. I guess that system on the 58 will remain a mystery. I've always thought

Sorry forgot this one. Nice boots.

Well it looks like April 2016 was the last post made here and far be it from me to revive a thread. I was looking for information on some things I had squirreled away. The first two were taken on Redstone Arsenal back in tthe MICOM days and these 8x10s have 1964 dates on them. Obviously the system was a No Go at this station but any details would be nice to know. An interesting aspect about this UH-1B is it's tail number 2555 which I believe later became one of the NUH-1B TOW ships. Here is another system I've never been able to get details on being tes

Nice work Rod. You're doing a superb job. Looking forward to the next update.

Ray, that would be tops on a decal sheet! Here is another slide from April 2007 71-22367(?) part of the White Sands Missile Range inventory

Just sent you the full resolution by email. 169 on the nose. Love that paint scheme

Here is another slide from my collection. UH-1H 71-20169 US Army Apache Det at Chandler Municipal Airport 3 miles Southeast of Chandler, Arizona on 23 March 1991

The only one's I haven't posted do not give a sharp decent view of the underbelly attachment points however as you can see they structurally enhanced the nose with rod like they did for Hueys equipped with the M5 nose mounted grenade launcher. 2 attachment points along the avionics panel for the support rods attached to the main Elephant Brander boom and there were two on the underbelly for the brander itself. Only one appears to have had the extra tail mounted blade antenna. There is also a longitudinal beam across the underbelly in the first image with a whip antenna mounted.

Superb breakdown of both kits OOB Ray and your builds are nice as well for both. Saved it all into a PDF. Looks like an Italeri 1/72 UH-1B will be in the stash soon. Ive got there 1/72 UH-1C waiting too.

Project Left Bank operated by the ASA Army Security Agency- Originally there were three platforms operated. They were known as 'The Good' 'The Bad' and 'The Ugly' Here is one from April 1973 per the date on the photograph. The large nose mounted antenna was known as the Elephant brander. ASA ARDF Left Bank The Ugly one of the three original UH-1D Project Left Bank Hueys. Photo Col. Carlos Collat The equipment package slide into the troop cabin and made it into a giant listening post in the sky Unfortunately they were underpowered and o

Great spot Ray. I had the details wrong. 25 April 1972 at Crissy Army Air Field at the Presidio in San Fransico, CA. (amending the original post)

Spot on Tank.

HH-1K of HAL-5 Point Mugu, CA. 8x10 Photo US Navy Here is one from my collection. 35mm slide circa 25 APR 1972 at Crissy Army Air Field Presidio San Francisco, CA. Still has many of the era specifics such as the FS Safety Orange sync elevators, gull gray mast and hubs before they went to black, all OD nose. 17160 - if anyone can help with a full s/n that would be great. EDIT: 67-17160 Here is another slide from my collection. US Navy UH-1N BuNo 158257 based out of NAS Corpus Christi in the 1970s

Just my two cents Monogram / Revell UH-1C Huey Hog / Air Force - There's enough in this kit for me to favor it despite some of the other discrepancies not listed in Ray's review (anti-collision lights have to be fixed between UH-1B/C, frustrating poor fit of roof to cabin body, molded on windshield wipers, dog house gap, no nose mounted pitot for UH-1B, nose mounted FM Antenna have to be removed for a UH-1C, no hell hole, M21 system has to be tweaked, etc). That said it's really inexpensive, does present a good profile, and is completely workable. With all the research

Well this old Bavarian Sauerkraut is mighty fond of the Dornier license built Hueys with all their peculiarities. Also I'll take a new Huey in any scale and be happy that Kitty Hawk is working very hard with input from members here to get it right.

Hopefully you got down to Townsville or Kimberly. Had a great time in Townsville when I was there for Kangaroo 95. We guarded RAAF Base Tindal on that Joint OP. Somewhere I've got a fly over of one their Hueys at that time when they went over our TOC in the Northern Territory. Here is UH-1H 74-022465 'Raptor 65' pulling pitch as the last of the Raptors leave JMRC Hohenfels 27 APR 2011

7th Army United States Army Europe ( USAREUR) Commanding General's UH-1B slide from my collection. Grafenwöhr, Germany 1962

Here is a nice image of a preflight on the rotorhead showing what that CE was talking about when he mentioned double mast boots on the UH-1C/M gunship. One above the scissors and sleeves and one below from the swash plate up to the scissors sleeves

Ray, I've got a bunch of 35mm slides from Operation Deep Freeze 1963-64 with those first Hueys from Ft. Lewis. That was in the bunch. He was also at An Khe later on in 1966. They are scanned in at 4416x2944

I do not remember the clever old CE I got this from but I have a painting document and this is just one part of it. Huey colors - Rotors, rotor head, scissor, push rods, links, swash plate and mast Viet-nam era UH-1 pylons (UH-1B,C, D, H, and M) were all painted roughly similar. Components were mixed and matched with out regard to color. So you could have a pair of "drive links" for example of which one was that gloss light gray with the other being just anodized and left that metallic silver color. Mast boots varied from orange to red to black. The slicks (

Ray nailed it with that Arctic Huey. I love these paint scheme as well. Here are the first Hueys in the Arctic from Operation Deep Freeze scanned 35mm film slide. Here is what the turbine looks like before they put a warmer on it to thaw it out

That is too cool about the OD on the models being affected by the varying light spectrum as well. Also I'm highly impressed with that OD you mixed with the blue for the early High Vis Hueys.