ikar Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I believe that Thud is from the 176th Wild Weasel Squadron out of Korat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AVGBob Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 (edited) I believe that Thud is from the 176th Wild Weasel Squadron out of Korat. 17th. 1972. Edited June 24, 2015 by AVGBob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikar Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Meant 17th. I must have hit two keys at once and not noticed. I got some good shots of them when During my tour there in 1974. In '72 I was at U-Tapao thinking about taking some time and catching the Klong Hopper to see the other bases. Never managed it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 I've discovered in the back of my smallish stash the Gallery 1/48 scale HH-34J USAF combat Rescue Helicopter. They were flown during the Vietnam war, but I'm having a hard time trying to figure out if the decals in the kit are for the Vietnam era or not. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikar Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 I didn't know we had them over there, All I saw were the H-43 Pedro, H-3 and H-53. When were they there and were they assigned? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 <p> When you do a few google searches there are references that it served in Vietnam, but I can't find any pictures or concrete information. </p><p>Joel<br> </p> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaronw Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I've discovered in the back of my smallish stash the Gallery 1/48 scale HH-34J USAF combat Rescue Helicopter. They were flown during the Vietnam war, but I'm having a hard time trying to figure out if the decals in the kit are for the Vietnam era or not. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Joel My understanding is the HH-34J was used to free up other CSAR helos for Vietnam. I've never seen any reference to them being used outside the USA. They were retired USN SH-34s, and by that point no other service was flying the H-34 so it seems very unlikely any were deployed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikar Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 In the information I looked at I could only find stateside bases mentioned, and not many of those. Here's a few shots of the 17th at Korat: You night find them helpful or just interesting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Litvyak Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 The shot with the moon in it is fantastic - a high-res version of that would instantly make my desktop background! ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 The shot with the moon in it is fantastic - a high-res version of that would instantly make my desktop background! ;) Completely agree!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikar Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Is there anything you can do with it? I took that with a 350mm lens and a 2 power converter to boost how close I could get. I don't know what type of film I was using, we got whatever happened to arrive with the base supplies. The in-flight shot was taken with my 35mm Petri FT 2 camera. These were taken with an instamatic 110: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Sweet photos of those 105's! I guess I'll have to go and get one ASAP! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AX 365 Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 How about an 1/32 Thud? Now, that would be something!!!! It would be but all I have is the 48th scale Hobby Boss F-105D. Sorry... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Hm, there may be a bunch of Thuds in this build. I was leaning towards the Monogram 1/48 Thud in Kutyna's Polish Glider markings. Perhaps I'll switch to an HB 1/48 A-6A or Roden 1/48 OV-1B, both from Grumman. And all three are from Long Island aircraft manufacturers :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AVGBob Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Oh man! I have a 1/32 Trumpeter D & G. I'm doing my M48A3 first, and I really want to do my Italeri 1/32 F-104C after that, but after all these pics......THANKS A LOT GUYS! THIS IS NOT HELPFUL! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spejic Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Is there anything you can do with it? It's a pretty simple job to color correct these images. There are free tools that let you do that. The automatic color correction of the free image viewer Irfanview does a great job, and it has a full suite of manual tools if you think you can do better. Photobucket itself has an automatic color correction tool (Edit button, Enhance button, Color Fix button), but it's pretty lame. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikar Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 If you guys want to copy them, that's fine. I didn't spend all that time walking around taking the shots for them not to be seen by others. Any questions, just ask. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AVGBob Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Seriously though, really cool pics ikar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fulcrum1 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Ikar, those are fantastic. Thank you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaronw Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Seriously though, really cool pics ikar. Ikar, those are fantastic. Thank you! Yes they are. Now I kind of want to do an F-105 which is silly since I have a stash full of Vietnam suitable kits, but would have to buy an F-105. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Well, perhaps a Thud GB could be set up? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan Hothersall Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I have some photos of preserved A-1, A-4, F-100, F-102, F-105 etc. Might be of use as general reference pics. Photos These aircraft are at Evergreen Space & Aviation Museum. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikar Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Seriously though, if you need to copy those shots or some of the other aircraft or vehicles in the photobucket, go ahead. They should be seen by others. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 On the off chance you don't actually have anything in the stash suitable to the GB, I just got email from Sprue Bros on the arrival of Eduard's 1/48 A-4E A-4F Skyhawk 'Vietnam Scooters'. It's apparently the Hasegawa plastic plus Eduard brass, resin, and masks, as well as Cartograf decals. Also got a mail from Jadar Hobby (Poland) on the arrival of Roden's 1/72 NC/AC-123K Black Spot No affiliations, just a satisfied customer of both... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 On the off chance you don't actually have anything in the stash suitable to the GB, I just got email from Sprue Bros on the arrival of Eduard's 1/48 A-4E A-4F Skyhawk 'Vietnam Scooters'. It's apparently the Hasegawa plastic plus Eduard brass, resin, and masks, as well as Cartograf decals. Also got a mail from Jadar Hobby (Poland) on the arrival of Roden's 1/72 NC/AC-123K Black Spot No affiliations, just a satisfied customer of both... dnl43, Thanks for the heads up. I'll be ordering at least one of the Eduard Scooters ASAP. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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