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March 2003
- From: Lafayette, LA
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1/35 UH-1C with M-5 system(40 mm)
Posted by Melgyver
on Saturday, January 31, 2004 12:20 PM
I finally got back around to working on my UH-1C and noticed they don't provide the proper sighting mechanism for the M-5 sys. You would have to scratch build it and the mount which goes acoss the back half of the left overhead green house. The one they give you on the left side is for the Mini-guns. Also the rocket sights shown on the instrument panel combing was mounted overhead and swung to the side. Of course a lot of pilots used the "grease" pencil mark on the windshield method. I guess a lot of you figured out they don't show anything in the instructions about the control tubes from the scissors assy up to the stab bar mixing levers. I think you may be able to use parts 44 for this. I'm making my own. Also they left out the M/R pitch change links from the mixing levers to the pitch horn "cups" which are molded upside down. I could fill a couple sheets from a legal pad on extras and corrections but it's still a great kit. If you build the mini-gun version shorten the cross over drive on the right side of the ammo bin by 1/16 of an inch. The forward leg of the "V" should be vertical.
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