Smeths..UH-1B..* Finished*

[smethwick]

saw a couple of these in museums in vietnam..so i thought i would give it a go..

[Dirkpitt289]

That's very cool. I've never seen a rocket pack like that before. I'd hate to be on the receiving end of that

[Pugz636]

queue wagners ride of the valkyries.."the gooks hate it but the men love it.". that ll look awesome when its finished...

[JohnRatzenberger]

That's very cool. I've never seen a rocket pack like that before. I'd hate to be on the receiving end of that

FYI, it's the M3 something or another, maybe ARA = Aerial Rocket Artillery -- 24 2.75" FFAR (folding fin aerial rockets) per pod. They fired two rockets at a time, one from each side of the aircraft, to avoid adverse aerodynamic effects .... It's an unguided weapon, so volume of fire counted .... Called 'Mighty Mouse', the rocket was originally designed for air-to-air then adapted to air-to-ground .... warhead is about 6lbs explosive.

[Dirkpitt289]

Volume of fire GOOD!!!

[jssel]

I believe flight crews refered to them as "Heavy Hogs" but not sure. I was in UH1C, D and H models.

[smethwick]

Ok..started when i came home from work..did a little on the cockpit.

doing this straight out of the box..

been trawling pics of these , some have grey interiors some have green...going for grey.

[jssel]

Not trying to be a know-it-all here but the Huey had a dark gull grey interior and to me you nailed it.

[smethwick]

all the colours seem much brighter on the pics than in real life..no weathering of the floor is showing up either...

[smethwick]

Moving on now...tidied up the sides of the fuselage....and fixed the cockpit in..

[Viking]

that looks nice; did the rear seatbelts come as part of the kit ?

[smethwick]

that looks nice; did the rear seatbelts come as part of the kit ?

Yes...nice touch that...nice and crisp too..

[Old_Tonto]

You are storming ahead with this one & it's looking very nice.

I will be watching carefully for any hints & tips so please keep them coming.

[Karaya]

Coming together very nicely. What did you use for seatbelts or did they come moulded?

As an aside, anyone interested in a very good book about what it was like to pilot a Huey during the Vietnam War should read Chickenhawk by Robert Mason, a very, very good read and one of my all time favourite non-fiction books.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenhawk_(book;)

[Old_Tonto]

anyone interested in a very good book about what it was like to pilot a Huey during the Vietnam War should read Chickenhawk by Robert Mason, a very, very good read and one of my all time favourite non-fiction books.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenhawk_(book;)

Agreed, if you only ever read one book about flying in vietnam this is the book. It's one off the few books I have read several times.