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6 hours ago, Drifterdon said:

Alright!   Cool news.   Would love to see one of the USAF ARRS birds in their hi-viz paint scheme.   Something like '775' in the second photo...  https://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/USAF-Twin-Huey/photos

 

Any chance you could sneak 776 (3rd photo) in there somewhere? Its from the pathfinders at malstrom in Great Falls, Mt. Just a hop, skip and 4 hrs from where I live. I love building MT birds. Plus I have 3 of these to build so what ever is on there I will be buying this sheet.

 

 

Dustin

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314163525_LemooreUH1N2.jpg.abe186d1f03115e9acecd337678c66ff.jpgUH1N / HH1N NAS Lemoore.  Engine Gray.

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Rod.

http://nabe3saviation.web.fc2.com/images8/aHun-04.jpg

 

http://www.yellowairplane.com/Exhibits/Gordon_Doody/Gordon_Doody_Helo_Jumpers.jpg

 

And, some photos from the movie "The Towering Inferno".  I read somewhere this was a fictional paint scheme, with the white belly and tail.  The tail has a US Air Force "Rescue" black and gold band (can be verified in the crisp BluRay of the movie.

 

http://impdb.org/images/f/fc/Inferno5.jpg

 

http://impdb.org/images/8/89/Inferno6.jpg

 

http://impdb.org/images/1/1b/Inferno7.jpg

 

 

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314163525_LemooreUH1N2.jpg.abe186d1f03115e9acecd337678c66ff.jpg

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14 hours ago, Cameron Lynch said:

How about a lovely yellow Canadian SAR CH-135?

 

That scheme has already been covered by another manufacturer, well without the tiger logo. However there is an anniversary scheme for the CH-135

 

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I worked on the Twin, we had it in 408 in UN colors (White). We called that particular airframe Mary Hartman - Mary Hartman - due to the serial being 135135. She was fondly loved by all those who worked on her in various squadron, the name followed her.

 

I’d like to see the Tiger Head decal done, as well as some CAF camo versions with the squadron tail logos.

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On ‎4‎/‎2‎/‎2020 at 12:38 PM, f5guy said:

I'd like to see the NAS Fallon rescue bird in 72nd scale of course! Thankfully Kursad is really good about scaling his 48th sheets down 😃 Fred K.

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That scheme is nice, but it's available already on the Italeri UH1N, and maybe even from another decal manufacturer.

 

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4 hours ago, Rod D said:

 

 

That scheme is nice, but it's available already on the Italeri UH1N, and maybe even from another decal manufacturer.

 

 Not the Fallon bird that I am going to do - plus I am sure mine will be more accurate.

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21 hours ago, KursadA said:

 Not the Fallon bird that I am going to do - plus I am sure mine will be more accurate.

 

Heck... I may have to pick up some more UH-1N kits 😆 Fred K.

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Folks, I received many questions asking if the sheet will include markings for the Andrews-based USAF 1st Helicopter Squadron. The answer is "definitely yes". The sheet includes markings for 69-6663, one of the UH-1Ns assigned to the unit.

 

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On 6/7/2020 at 12:32 PM, mungo1974 said:

Any 20th SOS Helo's from the J-Catch program or the Caribbean Anti Drugs Det's on this sheet Kursad?

 

 

I would like to add at least one of them : the markings are very simple but figuring out the camouflage scheme is proving a bit difficult - we'll see how it goes. 

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On 3/31/2020 at 8:33 PM, Rod D said:

UH1N / HH1N NAS Lemoore.  Early ships in Engine Gray, later in Dark Sea Blue.

 

Hi @Rod D - just ran across your post today, is there any chance you have photos of the dark sea blue scheme you could share?  My understanding was that the only single-color scheme worn by USN helos since the 60's is the "engine gray" scheme (FS16081).  I've seen a few Seasprite models painted (and some kit instructions calling for) various blue shades, but from photos and the relevant color standards I always thought this was a misinterpretation of the engine gray scheme due to odd lighting and/or poor color reproduction.

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Sorry, I just saw this now.  This is the one I was talking about.  Also, in Squadron/Signal UH1 In Color by Wayne Mutza, a dark sea blue UH1N is shown and captioned.

https://www.aviationphotocompany.com/p934046062/h63bf2591#h63bf2591

 

I agree that many kits call out for the color navy blue when it should be engine gray.   Fujimi US Navy helicopters are typical of this.  The most glaring error I have ever seen is the Italieri UH1N with markings frm the USS Tarawa.  The instructions call for a green color.  Sadly, one ARC submission shows this otherwise nice Twin Huey painted green ( http://www.arcair.com/Gal1/701-800/gal735-UH-1N-Chirico/00.shtm ), which is totally wrong. Shame on Italeri!

 

Rod.

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