We Were Soldiers ,b,;;;

[scottie3158]

There was a book knocking about on an exercise in Germany in the early 80's about the hughy in the front was a couple of pages showing the layout and the key to the instrument panel and switches and by the time you had finished the book you could almost fly one from the descriptions in the book.

[monica]

Hi Monica.
Looking good.
Another excellent book is Chickenhawk by Robert Mason detailing his time as a Huey pilot in Vietnam.Hours of flying routine trips interspersed with landing in hot LZ and the effects on personnel- great read.
Jon.

There was a book knocking about on an exercise in Germany in the early 80's about the hughy in the front was a couple of pages showing the layout and the key to the instrument panel and switches and by the time you had finished the book you could almost fly one from the descriptions in the book.

thank you,Paul,Joh,should make for good reading take me foe ever ,as i get sleepy when i read,:relieved:

I concur with you Monika on paints !
Sure it will work out, it it was armour we would throw mud on it, but don't know :sad:
Good luck .
John.

oh how easy with armour it is to cover thig,but with flying things a little bit harder lol,

[rtfoe]

Hi Monica, great progress. :thumb2:

Aircraft are a different process in assembly than armour. It needs a more delicate approach to seam lines which if unlucky will need copious amounts of fillers and sanding. The ubiqitious mud is not much help to cover mistakes as they don't fly in the sky to splatter the aircraft. :smiling4: I wear different hats when switching genres.

Hi Monica,
Great start on the Huey, the film is great but if you get the chance read the book, there is a second book which is a reunion of Hal Moore and the vietnamese general aong with a number of the other combatants which is on my to read list,
Jim

Read the first one. Highly recommended.

Hi Monica.
Looking good.
Another excellent book is Chickenhawk by Robert Mason detailing his time as a Huey pilot in Vietnam.Hours of flying routine trips interspersed with landing in hot LZ and the effects on personnel- great read.
Jon.

Have that and was inspiration for my Huey build.

Cheers,
Richard

[spanner570]

Monica, a bit of hard luck there, but I wouldn't worry a fig about the glue on the windows. These things flew many times every day in dust, rain, heat, you name it. The last thing on anyone's mind would be cleaning side windows. So I suggest a simple well watered dose of Lt. Grey on the side windows, then streak them a bit. Your machine is modelled in combat, not in a glass case.

Excellent start.

Ron

[monica]

Monica, a bit of hard luck there, but I wouldn't worry a fig about the glue on the windows. These things flew many times every day in dust, rain, heat, you name it. The last thing on anyone's mind would be cleaning side windows. So I suggest a simple well watered dose of Lt. Grey on the side windows, then streak them a bit. Your machine is modelled in combat, not in a glass case.

Excellent start.

Ron

hi,Ron,thats a great idea,I,was thinking along ,soing some think like that,:thumb2:

[Pikeman]

Looking forward to this build Monica

[monica]

thank you,Stuart,glad your liking it so far :smiling:

[monica]

well an update on this one,do have most of the bits,and bobs,on,some neating up
to be done then ,some more paint and should be all done,:hugging-face:

[Jon Heptonstall]

Coming on a treat.If I had loadsa money I'd buy some of the crew figures from Bravo-6 for this.
Considering this is quite an old kit it scrubs up really well.
Jon.

[monica]

Coming on a treat.If I had loadsa money I'd buy some of the crew figures from Bravo-6 for this.
Considering this is quite an old kit it scrubs up really well.
Jon.

thank you ,Jon,very pleased that your liking it so far,thats a good idea,can always add them in later if ,I can find them,:smiling::thumb2:

[Steve Jones]

Nice build Monica. I hope all goes well with the airbrush:thumb2:

[rtfoe]

Yeah, Bravo-6 crew figures will fit this nicely...looking good, keep it up. A little filling and sanding the joints would spiff this up even further.:smiling4:

Cheers,
Richard

[Jim R]

Hi Monica
Good progress on the beast.
Jim