REVELL 1/32 Bell UH-1H “Huey” Iroquois Vietnam 1960+
Last year commission build 40 year old Revell 1/32 Huey by customer demand for this day Returned to repair .When a clean dust make some parts broken.
This is by permission chance to make some photo that can show everybody else one of my works.
Building is painful this was the original box from 1974 part alignment is disastrous Aim make some detailing and cockpit together with pilots Painting made with Gunz C colors one the best in the world at this time.decals was useless and make it print new one.
P.k
8 additional images. Click to enlarge.
Rob Pollock said on February 23, 2015
Good job making a recovery of this old kit. It looks accurate and the finishes are in keeping with machines of the era.
Craig Abrahamson said on February 23, 2015
I'm puzzled by one thing, though...the fuselage states, " United States Army", but the national insignia is unfamiliar to me (red triangle).
P.k said on February 23, 2015
No insignia on chopper of army, Triangle was group identification.
P.k
Morne Meyer said on February 23, 2015
Hi Craig. My Huey also have the triangles but in yellow and white. These are not national insignia but I might be wrong in thinking that it denotes a specific Aviation Company. I think these triangles denotes 336th operating over the Mekong Delta. This unit used their Huey's to spray defoliants.
Craig Abrahamson said on February 23, 2015
Oh...I didn't see any "stars & bars", so I was confused (as is my usual state). 🙁
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on February 23, 2015
The Army took the full color "stars & bars" and the white "Army" off its helicopters while in VN, replacing it with the black U.S. Army lettering, a tone down, on the boom/side. Wishful thinking, as you (and the folks in black pyjamas with RPGs and them cute machine guns) can see and hear them coming a long way off.
The triangles are a unit marking, I think the colors and shapes reflecting platoons and companies within the unit . I remember seeing triangles, white and yellow ones. Long time ago...
There was a unit called the Soc Trang Tigers, wondering if that's the reason for the tigers head? I dunno the unit or divisional designation.
Hate to say this, but the green windshield tint on the A/C ought to be on the top, not the bottom. I could be wrong.
I helped to build one of these for a member of the CONARC flight detachment, while at Ft. Monroe, Va. after VN. The word was out on me in the squad bay, so he asked me to help.
Me, I was nervous every time I went up in one.
P.k said on February 23, 2015
on the front green windshield tint was camouflage for cracking
When customer fall kit on flor When discussion how to repair say paint it like the above green .
customer requirements as not like kit builders.
Again, it is satisfied with the repair as far as it was possible.
P.k
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on February 23, 2015
Pk: The customer is ALWAYS right!
Nice save on the Huey, and the windshield. You should be satisfied with the result.
The museum I work for as a volunteer just restored a full sized one we got from a veterans group. I haven't seen the results yet, it's been real cold around the flightline lately.
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on February 23, 2015
I just looked at Mornes Huey gunship. The unit patch showing in his photos is identical with that on this one, tiger with lightning flash.
Pk- whose decals? Nekkid wimmin on airplanes stir up the brass and the crack downers. Appeals to the anarchic ex-enlisted man in me. This is a FINE example!
Shows what we're fighting for, and it ain't Mom and apfelstrudel.
Morne Meyer said on February 24, 2015
Just have to love nose art from that era. A certain very nice lady on a certain F105's nose springs to mind. 😉
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on February 24, 2015
Morne, you are such a devil! I'll bet some General had a fit when he saw that one! The further away from the flagpole, the easier it is to actually do positive things, and fight a war. Unhampered by the gilded popinjays on the staff.
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on February 24, 2015
Golly, maybe (chuckle) we could have a group on famous (ahem) nose art. Get us banned on Boston.
Morne Meyer said on February 24, 2015
That F105 had the girl mounted over the refueling recepticle. It caused every refueling boom driver in Vietnam jostling to refuel that F105 with the name of Honor Blackman's character in the 007 movie Goldfinger. 😉
Mike Maynard said on February 24, 2015
Nice clean build.
George Williams said on February 25, 2015
You did a good job with this old kit, P.k.
Frank Cronin said on February 25, 2015
P. K.
Great build and great repair. Having done. Number of repairs I know they are not as easy as the initial build. I thoroughly enjoyed the above info of the various comments. I learned something from it.