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Hi everyone ,

I started these four 1/72 UH-1V Flat Iron Huey builds last year but my progress quickly stalled when it came to adding some interior equipment

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I've made the necessary cuts to fit the Fireball resin update pieces

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I've also gone looking through ARC's forum pages and copied a lot of the pic's you guy's have posted on the UH-1 Medevac Huey

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The biggest stumbling block is I have no idea as to how to scratch-build an internal 1/72 scale rescue hoist . The hoist , I think would be the most impotant feature

inside a medevac huey . Even though I can see what it looks like in real life from the different posted images , I'm just completely frustrated at my lack of ability

to try and make something which vaguely looks like the real thing .

I wonder if anyone has attempted to scratch-build a 1/72 rescue hoist to suit a UH-1V Medevac Huey ???

It sure would be nice to finish these four builds , instead of stareing at another incomplete project on my shelves .

Helo 53

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Oh , that's interesting about not all medevac's having a hoist fitted . I never realised .

I'm thinking of using some strips of tamiya masking tape rolled around some round evergreen plastic strut to represent the folded stretchers .

I also found some spare single rear seats from the 1/72 Revell Huey kits to fit just behind the pilot/co-pilot .

I only have one resin cabin fuel bladder , sadly Liden Hill imports always seem to have sold out of them everytime I look on their site .

Did all the UH-1V Huey's have those fuel bladders installed .

I guess it shouldn't be too difficult to make some of those solid stretcher boards from sheet plastic .

I'm feeling a little more confident about continueing on with these builds .

Thank's for the help , huey_crew_chief . :thumbsup:

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John,

HOw you doing, man! Haven't heard from you in a while. I wish there was a Flatiron set in 1/72 for sure. I think it will have to be scratch built for now though. If you need more refs, shoot me an e-mail at ultrasaurosathotmaildotcom.

Ray

Fuel bladders were definitely not always installed.

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Your very welcome! The fuel blatters, or "bag o' gas" was hardly in any of them. It added a lot of unwanted weight and took away some seating. Also, I have only seen these blatters on the left side in Army Hueys. I have seen Marine Hueys with the intalled on the right side. Another side fact. We had a few hueys on hand that had regular seating configurations, even with the medevac painted birds. Dave

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I wonder if anyone has attempted to scratch-build a 1/72 rescue hoist to suit a UH-1V Medevac Huey ???

No, but have you looked at the larger scale ones for ideas on how too?

Cool looking V's so far. I am going to do some in the future, starting with the Flat Iron H-72 first. I know Ray, I know. :)

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Looking foward to seeing how these are going!

Thank's for the interest ;

Unfortunately there's been no new progress on these or my other helicopter builds these past two and a half weeks .

I slipped going down the stairs and hurt my wrist and elbow but thankfully I didn't break any bones just a lot of swealing .

Hopefully in a week or so I can get back to the bench . I'm starting to have plastic with-drawl issue's

John

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Thank's for the interest ;

Unfortunately there's been no new progress on these or my other helicopter builds these past two and a half weeks .

I slipped going down the stairs and hurt my wrist and elbow but thankfully I didn't break any bones just a lot of swealing .

Hopefully in a week or so I can get back to the bench . I'm starting to have plastic with-drawl issue's

John

John,

Sorry to hear about your arm. Here's to a quick recovery and return to your helo assembly line.

Ray

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