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Berny
Phormer Phantom Phixer
On the bench
TF-102A Delta Dagger, 32nd FIS, 54-1370, 1/48 scale. Monogram Pro Modeler with C&H conversion.
Revell F-4E Phantom II 33rd TFW, 58th TFS, 69-260, 1/32 scale.
Tamiya F-4D Phantom II, 13th TFS, 66-8711, 1/32 scale. F-4 Phantom Group Build.
Clear Left!
Mel
Devil Dawg
On The Bench: Tamiya 1/32nd Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zeke For Japanese Group Build
Build one at a time? Hah! That'll be the day!!
Holy Dead-Thread Resurection. This one is over 5 1/2 years old.
Good luck with it though. I did it once to a 1/32 Cobra using a small motor for the main rotor and a clear disk for the tail rotor.
Gino P. Quintiliani - Field Artillery - The KING of BATTLE!!!
Check out my Gallery: https://app.photobucket.com/u/HeavyArty
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell
Hey guys!
I thought I had posted these pictures of my morized Apache that I of course never finished. I used HO race car gearing and what ever else I could find. the 90 degree is a coil spring. Hope this helps.
Man! I never would have guessed this thread was 5 years old! Life is flying by!
We survived Gustav and Ike here in Lafayette. Wasn't so lucky at work. We are missing one of our platforms. Bottom of the Gulf in the Ship Shoal 209 block.
When I flew the Gulf I lived offshore for a year tour in the West Cam 272 field flying their field ship for Tenneco. Loved the week on-week off. Caught a lot of Red Snapper out there. My rig was hit by a water spout one spring and I lost my 206. When I got up to the deck all that was left was the tie-downs and pieces of the honeycomb tub assembly. I enjoyed flying the Gulf.
During hurricane Alicia I flew within twenty miles of the eye evacuating people on platforms off Galveston. I flew a 412 then. If you remember Alicia was heading for Mexico and at the last minute it made a ninety degree turn north. I put in more than 10 hours that day flying out at 40 knots ground speed and 200 knot return ground speed. I think from the pictures I've seen on Ike, it did more damage than Alicia.
I finally sold my rent house in Lafayette after Rita. I got tired of repairing it and worrying about it during hurrican season. We were going to finally retire in Lafayette, because my wife and I are both from there, but we decided we like Alabama better. We still have family there and visit often.
Stay safe.
Charlie
Charlie,
I went to work for Tenneco (Operators Inc.) in 1984. Chevron acquired us in 1988. I was working the Vermillion 50 Fld. back then. Bob Edes and John Silva flew our Crew Changes back then. Both were model builders. Our Fld Ship pilot was Don Bordelon and another fellow who was the Roving Maint Pilot. Can't think of is name right now. I think his last name started with an "A". Old timers disease setting in! Maybe Absire? Lived outside of Scott. We had a few others, Steve Sliger, he went to flying Medvac's, lives in Baton Rouge, another model builder. It's a small world sometimes! I actually worked for PHI in 1973 for about 6 months in the Laf. Hanger for Gary Wolf. Then I worked for Air Marine for 2 years then went to the Army Reserves in New Iberia for 7 years and was CE in the 872nd Med Det.
I was the 872nd's intructor pilot for about a year when I first got out of the Army in 80 before transferring over to the IRR until my recall for Desert Storm in 91. I had a great friend who (old) I can not remember his name. He flew for PHI and had an entire bedroom full of models he bought and never opened. He must of had close to a thousand. He got killed offshore in the early nineties. I was told they think he was scud running and a rogue wave knocked him out of the ski. His passengers survived, but no one ever saw him after they hit the water. He was single and also had a collectors 1970 Dodge Charger if I remember correctly. I use to take many of my models off shore to work on at night, but the wife broke them over the years dusting.
All my new models I am building I'm donating to the Directorate of Combat Developments where I work. They already have a big glass case for my models. Maybe they will out live me this time.
I'm sure I flew over your field numerous times during the early eighties. What a small world it is.
The "world" gets smaller! I was working as a full time Mechanic at the AMSA 75 Shop that supported the 872nd Med Det. and I was "head" Crew Chief in the 872nd until I left in 1981. We might have flown together!
Check out my "Bio" on my Vietnam Unit's Web Page.
http://www.174ahc.org/bio-26.htm
It is a small world and we share alot of path crossings. I got my invitation in 71, you seem to be a couple of years older. I also attended USL when I got out of the Army the first time. I'll PM you and give you my email account and we can talk off-line more.
In addition to the WIP threads already mentioned, here are some links and references to completed builds that started static out-of-box, some have lights, varying levels of how-to info. The links work now but they will probably break over time...
1/72 Italeri AB 204
1/72 Airfix HH-53C Jolly Green
1/72 Italeri V-22 Osprey - FSM print article Dec 2006 pp.36-39; no online link AFAIK
1/72 Italeri CH-47A Chinook
1/48 Hasegawa SH-3H Seaking
1/48 Trumpeter Mi-24 Hind
1/48 Italeri V-22 Osprey
1/35 Trumpeter Mi-24 Hind
Anyone have more links to motorized helo builds? I'd like to see:
- fenestron tail rotor (such as HH-65 Dolphin)
- contra-rotating coaxial rotor (such as Kamov Ka-xx).
- in-flight dio where rescue basket line, fast-rope, or whatever holds up model and doubles as electrical wire for motor
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