11bee Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Looking for info on what color the armored pilot seats would be on a Vietnam era Huey. Haven't seen many color pix, the ones that I have show the sliding side armor plate to be OD but I'm not sure what the rest of the seat is. Any info is appreciated. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
X-RAY Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 The armor that I have seen was all black and the seat covers varied from black to green. Others will be able to you out better than I, but that is what I have seen. HTH Jake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 The armor that I have seen was all black and the seat covers varied from black to green. Others will be able to you out better than I, but that is what I have seen. HTH Jake Jake, I think that would apply to Huey's from the 80's on. The cockpit interior was repainted black so they could use NVG's. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HeavyArty Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 For Vietnam era, the metal seat supports were medium gray. The cushions were red on early ones, and later were green fabric. The sliding armor plates were OD green with a black rubber edge strip around the perimeter. Here are some pics. Hope that helps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 For Vietnam era, the metal seat supports were medium gray. The cushions were red on early ones, and later were green fabric. The sliding armor plates were OD green with a black rubber edge strip around the perimeter. Here are some pics. Hope that helps. Hi Gino, Thanks very much those are very helpful. Any idea if the seat backs on armored seats would be grey or OD? Thanks again, John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HeavyArty Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 The back plates on the armored seats are OD as well. Good luck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
X-RAY Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Hey 11bee, thanks for that information. That would have really screwed up my vietnam era huey I have not yet built. Nice pics Gino! Jake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 Hey 11bee, thanks for that information. That would have really screwed up my vietnam era huey I have not yet built. Nice pics Gino! Jake Jake, Good luck on your Vietnam Huey. I've got the Dragon kit (along with a bunch of Cobra stuff) and although it is a decent starting point, the kit is ROUGH. I've sanded down all of the giant rivets and am just starting the interior. I already scratch built / modified the pilots seats and it seems like the more I look at the kit, the more things I am thinking about replacing / detailing. My concern is that I am going to get so anal about this that the thing will never be completed. That big interior is just screaming to be tricked out. Not sure what I am going to do about the gunners seats. The kit supports scale out to about the size of 3" water pipes! I'm sure that if I kill myself going over every last detail, the day I finish in a few years will be the day that Tamiya releases a brand new state of the art one. We'll see how it goes..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ccolina Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Here are other options. These are off a 282nd Huey. http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...BackofSeat1.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...Backofseat2.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c.../PilotSeat1.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c.../PilotSeat2.jpg ccolina Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ccolina Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Two more. http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...BackofSeat5.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...Backofseat2.jpg ccolina Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ccolina Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Sorry, this one replaces backseat2 http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...ackofseat10.jpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 Two more.http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...BackofSeat5.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...Backofseat2.jpg ccolina Awsome shots, thanks very much. Just a heads up though, a couple of the images are deleted. Regards, John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Here are some shots of the seats in restored UH-1H flown by the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation. She's painted as a 229th bird. The seats are the armored variety and are period accurate. i am in the process of building the seats for a 1/72 Italeri B model and I have about 12 pieces to each seat. It's like building a mini model in itself. Anyway, hope these help. Ray crew seats, but copilot seat back is also visible: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ccolina Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Great shots Ray, 11bee, if you need any additional shots just let me know. There's a retired veteran in my area who has a 282nd Black Cat UH-1D in his warehouse. It's not restored and in it's original state from service. I was able to go by and visit him and take lots of pictures. I'm about to start a Dragon 1/35 model to replicate this Helo. He was gracious enough to also give me a copy of the Helo's history, it's amazing. ccolina Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 Great shots Ray,11bee, if you need any additional shots just let me know. There's a retired veteran in my area who has a 282nd Black Cat UH-1D in his warehouse. It's not restored and in it's original state from service. I was able to go by and visit him and take lots of pictures. I'm about to start a Dragon 1/35 model to replicate this Helo. He was gracious enough to also give me a copy of the Helo's history, it's amazing. ccolina CC... I would love to see any additional pix, especially interior shots and pictures of what is inside the bubbles and the overhead window panels. Regards, John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ccolina Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Here you go 11bee, hope this helps. If you need anything else just let me know. http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...nSidePanel2.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...PilotWIndow.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...rheadlight2.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...rheadlight1.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...rheadPanel5.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...rheadPanel2.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...rheadPanel3.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...rheadPanel6.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...ntrolStick1.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...ilotHelmet1.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...ntrolStick2.jpg ccolina Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted April 8, 2008 Author Share Posted April 8, 2008 Here you go 11bee, hope this helps. If you need anything else just let me know.http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...nSidePanel2.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...PilotWIndow.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...rheadlight2.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...rheadlight1.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...rheadPanel5.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...rheadPanel2.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...rheadPanel3.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...rheadPanel6.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...ntrolStick1.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...ilotHelmet1.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/c...ntrolStick2.jpg ccolina Wonderful pictures, thanks very much. They answered the questions that I had. Must be nice to have such good access to your modeling subject! Good luck on your Huey, I look forward to seeing some pictures of it once you get going. Thanks again, John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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