UH-1B Gunship

Nice.  I guess that's an upscaled version for their 1/48 Huey hog.  Or the other way round.  Anyhow yours looks great.

Is that a "Baby" Huey next to the big one?   Outstanding job on it!!

Nice job on a oldie bu goodie!  I've got a couple in my stash.   They would make a good start to convert to a Charlie model gunship.  

Nice, neatly done job ! 

Thank you for the kind words gentlemen!

nice job .

How are the skids on that ?

Im building one now . For that scale , They look little weak .

thanks Rick

Thank you Infofrog. The skids are very weak for the weight of the model, so much so as the right rear strut snapped where it attaches to the fuselage just from sitting on my desk. That's why it is sitting on a paint can in the photos and the one showing next to baby huey it is sitting on a clothes pin to keep the weight off the gear. Luckily I was planning on a hanging display so I don't have to worry about the struts sagging and breaking again. If you are planning on displaying yours on its skids I would recommend reinforcing the struts or maybe even fabricate new ones out of metal.

Thanks so much for information on the skids . i had some concerns about the skids . I may build mine out of brass , when that time gets here .

I'm build one for me neighbor tight now .4 months so for .

i really like yours . I now know what the ending will look like .

Thanks so much

Rick

Very nice! Got this one in the stash myself.

Nice collection!!!  How many?

Mel, I lost count around 500+, not to mention another 150 in the stash. I've been collecting (as compared to building/playing with/destroying) since around 1980. Mostly 1/48, with subjects not available in 48 done in 1/72, plus some armor, ships, space and sci-fi. Here is a link to my aircraft collection: smg.photobucket.com/.../Aircraft%20Collection

I haven't completed anything in over 20 years!  I have maybe a dozen completed and a huge stash dating back to mid 60's!   I probably have over 1100 kits in the boxes!   Nut's!!!  However with retirement looming I plan on finishing some 15 to 20 I started on over the years and get back to some serious scratching on plastic!   Probably be going to some Hobby Shows and selling some stuff too!

Very nice job there, bigfoot. (I just love Huey gunships!). I think the only thing I definitely would've done differently would be to have given 'er a final dullcote finish. (looks like you've got a bit of a Boeing fetish going on there too - nice!)

Man thats sweet Huey, and you brush painted the whole thing? WOW