jonbryon

I've got most of their 1/48 helicopter kits, but I've only built the HUK-1 so far. I really, really enjoyed it. With careful attention to parts clean up and lots of dry fitting, I found it went together well. Were I to make it again, I'd pay a lot more attention to getting the undercarriage square. https://jonbryon.com/amp-1-48-kaman-huk-1-huskie/ Jon

Thanks guys 🙂 I'm having fun with the KH UH-1D now, with all the ResKit sets... Cheers Jon

Thanks 🙂

Finished this last week. Read lots of very helpful threads on this forum, which I'm grateful for. Monogram's UH-1C from a 2005 Revell boxing. Pig of a kit with a ton of additions, most notably the Lone Star Models (ex-CC) correction set and 90% of rivets replaced with resin decals from Eduard and Archer. The front doors were replaced with clear plastic from a CD case. I'm pretty pleased with it except for all the debris and overspray on the inside surfaces of the clear parts 😞 Cheers Jon

As per the responses above, I used it recently. I'm not sure the gear itself sagged much, but it was a bit loose in the locating holes, and I elected not to glue the legs into the bays for reasons too boring to go into here. The photo linked above was a bit of an extreme proof-of-concept fix - the final base had the wheels pegged so the legs were vertical, not splayed out or toed in. My big issue was that the resin is very brittle and I found it impossible to remove from the cage without damaging some brake lines, no matter how slow or careful I was. The support for the actual whee

I had a good look at those but decided to stick with the corrected schemes on the stencil sheet. But I did order the UH-1N and OH-58D sheets! You need a UK (or European) distributor 🙂 Jon

Thanks. Ordered! Cheers Jon

Thanks. Yes - I've spent some time on this page. It's a shame there are so few photos of the Hueys themselves, and those that are there are really small. Cheers Jon

A bit of a thread resurrection (and a long shot!) but you don't happen to know where I could get any photos of UH-1Cs from the 114th AHC in 1968 do you? I'm making the Revell/Monogram UH-1 'Huey Hog' (with LSM/CC correction set) and the only decals I could find for a C were from Print Scale (I went with this set: https://www.printscale.org/product_1043.html) I can't find any decent photos for these helicopters anywhere... I'm mainly interested in the weapons fit, although TBH what I want to do is model the doors closed with just the 19 shot rocket pods fitted and leave the guns off altoge

A thread from a long time ago, but I plan on making the KH UH-1D (and N) in 2026. Was there any discussion on the kit Vietnam schemes? There's precious little available for aftermarket decals, and I'm wondering what kind of job KH did with researching their markings. Thanks Jon

Thanks 🙂 Jon

I did it on 4 A-4s and describe it here: https://jonbryon.com/hasegawa-1-48-douglas-a-4e-skyhawk/ Final result looked like this: HTH Jon

Super helpful - thank you! Jon

This is a long shot, but I'm making an A-6A from VA-35 on the USS Coral Sea in 1969/1970 from a Furball sheet, bureau number 152637. I have many unanswered questions about the details but can only find a single photo of this airframe via Google, and it's not from the most helpful angle: Does anyone know where there might be more images of this airframe from this time period? Furball must have had some references, but of the 4-5 books I've got on the A-6, none show this aircraft in these markings. In particular I'd love to know: 1. If the ta

I've never really looked into this and can't visualise the HB flap problem. If the wings are modelled swept with all the flaps/slats closed, does the problem go away? Jon