What to do with my Revell 1/48 Huey Hog kit (kit bash with a Hobby Boss UH-1C?)....
Hello all
Since recently completing my Revell 1/72 Sea King kit, as a RAF SAR Sea King using Airfix decals I'm wanting to build/paint something a little less complicated (read frustrating) whilst I save up some £/$ for some parts for other builds and to clear some of my stash of some 5 kits I've yet to complete/start...
So, I come back to my Revell 1/48 Huey Hog kit I've had lying around since I bought it last year (or the year before that).
Problem is I don't want to build it completely OOB because, besides the noted inaccuracies in the actual make up of the helo itself, the decals provided are of a USMC UH-1E (I have both sets the older Monogram set and the more recent "red tail" Revell decals).
I also want to put the M134 miniguns I've currently got attached to the ESCI UH-1D Ray (rotorwash) kindly sent to me onto the Revell Huey Hog, as that was my intention with those parts from day one. I'll make them interchangeable with the quad M60's by using small magnets - an easy task in principle providing I can make the ammo feeds for the weapons look OK whilst still being detachable. (says the guy who thought a yellow helicopter paint job was an easy task!!)
Now, recently I became aware that the Hobby Boss 1/48 UH-1C comes with decals for UH-1C "Easy Rider". Perfect for what I want to do with my Revell Huey Hog kit as "Easy Rider" was a gunship. And at <£15 the kit is quite cheap on Ebay, I could end up paying £15 for aftermarket decals without a kit to go with them!
Considering how poor (old) a kit the Revell Huey Hog is quality wise (and to save on having another kit lying around doing nothing) would I be best doing a kit-bash with the Hobby Boss kit, replacing bits that perhaps are not quite as well done with bits from the Revell kit, or would I be best off just building the two as they are but using the Easy Rider decals (or USMC decals) from the Hobby Boss kit on the Revell kit and having one of them unarmed?
If kit-bashing is the best idea what parts on the Hobby Boss kit (apart from the interior and rotors which I've already seen seem a bit lacking) could I replace with parts from the Revell kit, if any?
Thanks in advance for any ideas on this.