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Roger that! Anthony

, Thanks for the update, been busy and unable to continue my quest to read every single post in this thread, and by the way, download as many pictures as possible before I start my builds. Anyway, that second link is depressing, I hope that the guys who have to fly those missions, are the ones that will be the final say in whether to upgrade or replace. After all, it's easy for someone behind a desk to decide when it's not their butt on the line. Finally, it's been a while and I can't remember if I cleared this up. In a previous post, I said "least capable", it

Hey Chris, the pictures are not showing up anymore, I would love to see your bird as I am planning to do at least two Blackhawks myself, but I am new, so I have no illusion of having a finished product even remotely close to what you have done. Anyway, let me know if you still have the pictures, you can email them directly to me at anthony.n.dagostino@gmail.com Thanks, Anthony

I know this is really late, but I noticed something that is extremely intuitive by the manufacturer of this gorgeous rotary gun. Did anyone else notice the strange looking safe/efas and fire/erif on the rear of the gun? It struck me as strange for a nanosecond, then my high(ish) ASVAB score kicked in. The reason for this strange symbols is so simple, even a true knuckle dragger would understand. The second set of safe/fire is based on the weapon being loaded on the other side of the airframe, so no matter which side it was mounted, it would say safe/fire in the normal, upright posi

I was looking over this picture, then I realized, the guy at the front is pointing to your post and say "look guys, these crazy model makers are talking out out helicopters, can you believe it!" Sorry, couldn't resist! Anthony

Thanks, as always, you are extremely helpful and a truly appreciate it. I have a thread regarding the M28 turret of the AH-1, which carried the "chunker" and found out about how the system was fitted to the doors of some Huey's as well, some really great pictures over there. One of my favorites, must be a CH-47 with a dozen down firing Mk19's along the floor of the helicopter. That would have been a mini-B-52 style carpet bomber. Anyway, thanks again for the great feedback. I went to the beginning of this thread and began reading yesterday, wow, I so glad I did. I am learning so mu

Thanks for the tip, I will have to check it out. I was sort of dreading going back to the beginning of this thread, I knew that my ability to resist commenting on the posts from a decade ago, would be impossible. Most of those replies may fall on deaf ears, but I hope not, there is such great information regarding the LB and SOAR, you could almost write a book just from reading this thread! Hmmmmmm, makes me ponder.........nah, I would never get any readers. This has definitely got to be the best V tail early LB spot on the internet. Makes me almost regret that my kits are T tail u

Now this is a complete guess on my part, and it is even harder to prove. My bet, not only do they not mind doing the PR work, shows, NASCAR etc, they hopefully enjoy it! This is the rare opportunity to have the public see these warriors, who work in super secret, never getting recognized for the dangers they face over a career with little more than a plaque to hang in their garage and a list of physical injuries that are under supported by the man eating machine that is the military service. Plus, each place is a new situation to train, sometimes fast ropes are used, other times, l

I bet this is the bird that helped bring down Pablo Escobar. From all I have read about him, he was located with the direct help of some secret surveillance aircraft flown either by SOAR (which maybe these fine gents can comfirm/deny) or by CIA. I seem to recall the bird helped triangulate his position before the running roof top shoot out that saw him dead in just a few minutes. I know this is probably bad memory/intel, but it makes for a great story. Anthony

I just tied to watch the video, says it's blocked in my country! Damn, I live in the Philippines but am an American Army veteran, hook a brother up! I know, this is a very OLD post, but it's new to me, I only now started reading it from page one. Sadly, half the photos are no longer linked, and have blanks surrounding it. Hope this finds, and more importantly, finds you well. Thanks for your service brother! Anthony

Good eye, had to go look a second time. Honestly, until I started modeling again, I never even heard of the GAU-19/A. I can say that as a Cavalry Scout, we would have really appreciated such a system option on our trucks. Our three choices were the M2, M240BRAVO and the Mk19. We never saw the GAU-19, but would have traded any one of our mounts for that, in a heartbeat. While I love all the ones we used, as any good soldier, more, bigger, louder, badder is always better. Maybe that isn't true, but the grass is always greener on the other side comes to mind. Anthony

What about the guy pushing the bird in FLIP-FLOPS! I am pretty sure that I would have been given extra duty if I tried pushing one of our trucks in a pair of thongs (the name for flip-flops in my new home, Philippines) Awesome pictures, this is the best thread in the history of threads. Anthony

Sorry guys, I decided that the best way to enjoy and learn from this thread, is to go to the beginning, and read page by page. This of course has lead to a lot of praise being warranted, as my ignorance regarding the LB and the SOAR men, is being replaced with the knowledge you are kind enough to share with us all. On another thread I started about a month ago, I asked about the Mk19 being used by helicopter crews, and since you are talking about the early weapons of the LB, did you ever test and/or use a 40mm automatic grenade launcher? Most of the normal veterans on here will pro

My ignorance is large when it comes to aircraft, but my love is making me learn quickly. I had wondered why the LB's didn't have the rotorless tail, and you have cleared up that thought very nicely, thank you and also thank you for your service! Anthony

Why is there no option to like/thank/laugh etc, as on Britmodeler? Every post on this thread, every fellow veteran here, you are all worthy of thanks and praise, I just can't reply to each and every post, or I will end up filling the last current pages with my comments. I have already replied too many times. Thanks for the great pictures and to everyone for allowing ignorant fans like myself, to learn more about the LB and the great men who flew them! I feel blessed at having found this thread at all, it's phenomenal! Anthony

My ignorance is large when it comes to aircraft, but my love is making me learn quickly. I had wondered why the LB's didn't have the rotorless tail, and you have cleared up that thought very nicely, thank you and also thank you for your service! Anthony

Are you kidding me!!!! And I thought I had respect for you guys just for flying the way you do, having to manually focus your NOD's at speed and low altitude is just crazy! I am in awe of you guys, thank you so much for your service and your ability to do what sane men would quiver from! I wonder is the guys riding the bench really understood what was going on in the cockpit......but they also have a certain kind of crazy that matches the SOAR drivers. I was in Cavalry, but didn't do near as much as you and your fellow pilots did, it is almost embarrassing to try and co

Hello all, I am looking for the Academy 1:48 MH-53E for sale that can be shipped to me in the Philippines. I am unable to buy it right away, as I have some money issues at the moment, but in the coming months with some luck, I will be able to buy it as promised. So if you have, or know someone else who has one of these in their stash that they probably will never build, please point us in the right direction. Thanks in advance, Anthony

Thanks a lot, bookmarked and reading at this moment (between MOTOGP races anyway) Anthony

Exactly! OK, this is where I bow down and admit that I am totally incapable of knowing what to build regarding the little bird. Those who know me from here, know that I have not built a model in many decades. I planned to return by building two little birds via CMK conversion kits, one AH, the other MH. Now I realize that I do not have near enough knowledge to choose a proper subject for each bird. I can only tell you what I have as a starting point. I have two MD500 's And both conversion kits from CMK My initial plans were to put every

Hey guys, what a great thread. Anyway, thought I would throw my two cents of experience in regarding NVG's, we referred to them as NOD's in the Army. Anyway, I am not the technical guru that many of you guys are and I can't even remember the model we used at the time (2003 thru 05),but ours were the single lense green often seen as rino mounts. Anyway, the 50 shades of green is actually giving them more credit than they deserve. It seemed like 5 shades, and the worst part, shadows were just black, leaving the user with an uneasy feeling that we were about to fall into a hole, they

It did state that they were still able to perform with a full mission spec on that link, but that has to be taken with a grain of salt since we don't really know until we actually know, if that makes sense. Unless someone has ties to the manufacturer or the guys in 160th, the rest is just speculation. Very curious to see what the block III MELB, will look like. It seems to me that these aircraft (originally MD 530 aircraft for the MELB's is what I read) should inexpensive enough, they just have to cancel one of those fancy F-35 helmets to buy a pair of brand new little birds. These

Got it, thanks! Anthony

Well from what little I know, hobbylinkjapan is a safe online shop to buy from. An way, I will have to look up the Revell kit, I am only familiar with the Academy. Both the CH and MH kits have really good reviews. There are several build logs on this site and others, it truly is a beautiful machine. I have photos from my vacations near MAS Cherry Point, NC. They would fly up and down the coast daily. The photos are buried on one of my many hard drives, but I don't have a working PC at the moment. Anyway, I plan to build a MH towing the sled with a detonation underwater.

Is the kit Academy? $40 dollars seems like one of those "if it seems to good to be true, it probably is" kind of things. My next question, do they have more than one? Cheers, Anthony