Hot PHROG gals in the Middle East!!

Hearing you guys talk has me walking down memory lane as well... I got the pleasure to deploy with a MAU (does THAT date me?) and a MEU about a yr or so later. (1986 and 1989/90) I was with a medical component of rapid deployment team so usually ended up flying medevac and such during the cruise...

it was a sight you don't forget to see that morning of ops with all those birds in the sky and the Cobras coming in low over the water...

I remember one ride taking a patient out via CH-53 to Sigonella... about an hour of it literally almost on the water with spray coming in the doors because the patient had a wierd pneumonia, and if we got above 150ft or so he started turning dark blue....

Those were the days... now sometimes if I spend too much time in the car without getting out and stretching I get all stiff... age does something to ya!

Howdy All,

I must agree with the herd, that noseart is definitely worth preserving, and repeating (thx TwoBobs ;-) )
But this brings up a question I've wanted to ask for sometime now, and apologise if it's seems a tad 'off-topic'.
It refers to the statement AH1Wsnake brought up..." There is sooooo much great noseart out there, it's a shame we can't get decals for all of them."

I am aware that there is software out there to make your own decals and even DT's. Does anyone have experience with this software and/or process, and does it work well?
tia.

Tread.

I'm not sure but I would imagine that they (he) would have other options. Not much color on the USMC side and that (colorful decals) is their niche. However, there have been some pretty cool USN paint schemes out there.

QUOTE: Originally posted by supercobra To answer the question on how it reproduces in 1/48, the nose art on the Cobra turned out pretty good and these panels are a lot bigger than the Cobra nose.

Sounds good Cobra, Thanks!

I may have missed something .......Will Two Bobs be making a veriety decal sheet for several different Phrogs instead of just one ot two birds or is the whole 1/48 Phrog decal thing just an hopeful idea at this point?

Academy makes the 1/48 SeaKnight but it would be quite a chore to modify it into a PaveLow. You would have to completely rework the drivetrain, fuselage, cabin, cockpit, rotors, landing gear, and #7 spetzer valve. I'm not saying that it couldn't be done but it would be a lot of work. Hopefully Cobra Company will come out with a conversion to do a PaveKnight. I think this has been discussed on HKN. Send chief snake an email and ask him if he is going to do it. I know he plans to make a PaveSnake conversion for the Fujimi AH-1J. Not sure if you could use anything besides the probe for a SeaKnight/PaveKnight conversion.

hot looking graphic.would look great in decal from. can someone advise who is distributing 1/48 sea knight helicopter kit.keen to modify 1 to pavelow configuration

I gave Bob the name of the artist for W's in the Mix sheet. I couldn't find the name for these. One problem is that the aircraft stay and the units rotate. These armored panels could have been with three different squadron tail letters (side numbers usually don't get repainted) and even moved from aircraft to aircraft within a squadron. In fact, since these pictures were taken shortly after the turnover between two squadrons, the new squadron may have painted over it by now (assuming they inherited it). It is just a snapshot in time.

To answer the question on how it reproduces in 1/48, the nose art on the Cobra turned out pretty good and these panels are a lot bigger than the Cobra nose.

QUOTE: Originally posted by Dragonfire Motivation is always good, especially when away from home. Supercobra...saw you guys were nailed with a pretty hefty sandstorm the other day.

It wasn't too bad... unless you were outdoors or flyng!!!

QUOTE: Originally posted by Yamafreak72 I was wondering, if this art makes it to decal form via Twobobs, do the guy(s) who painted it get any credit?

Two Bobs will give credit to the designers if they are told who painted it. That is usually the hard part, IDing the artist when it is usually a guy in the unit who can paint and he has PCSed and the current guys can't remember his name, etc. They gave some credits on their Whiskeys in the Mix AH-1W decals.

I did some cruises with 162 and 263 a couple years back, and was priveledged to see some really cool art on the armor of some of those planes. I got a pic of a 53E that was on the Bataan on the way over to OIF with the name "Disposable Heroes". I'll see if I can find and post. Also, I was wondering, if this art makes it to decal form via Twobobs, do the guy(s) who painted it get any credit?

Motivation is always good, especially when away from home.

Supercobra...saw you guys were nailed with a pretty hefty sandstorm the other day.

QUOTE: Originally posted by zokissima Pretty interesting, if not original. It looks like a rip-off of the Danger Girl comic. Still, having three nice booties never hurt anyone

I wouldn't call it a rip-off. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery. Take a look at nose art throughout history and you will see that it immitates popular images of the time. Does look great though.

Pretty interesting, if not original. It looks like a rip-off of the Danger Girl comic. Still, having three nice booties never hurt anyone

QUOTE: Originally posted by supercobra Kik, I did some of that. A few mission for Hunter-Warrior and Urban-Warrior, part of the Commandant's new (at that time) Warfighting Lab. Was a skid guy but not with the 364 SPMAGTF. I believe that was in the 1995 time frame. Never got to float with 364 but they are a good squadron with a proud history.

SWEET DEAL!!! That is exactly what I was talking about. It has been sooo long...lol I got out in '99. I was with the 364 SPMAGTF late'96 to mid '97. Man it has been so long, all of these names comin back...lol The Warfighting lab is what I was talking about....it was all the uproar back in that time, and then kinda faded away. It was a wierd deal because we were supposed to go out on ship, but we couldn't get a ship so we had to simulate it at Camp Pendleton. We referred to it as USS Camp Pendleton. We actually had to stay in the recruit barracks with the open squad bays, right in the same one I was in during my stay in boot camp. We got to take some awesome pics of recruits getting worked over in the pit and such. It was kinda funny being near the recruits, and their drill instructors shouting for them to make way for "real Marines!". I was mostly night crew so my fondest memory is coming in around 4:30 in the morning in my NCOIC's car, recruits lined up for a hump, and him blasting the low rider song as we pulled up. The look on their faces was priceless. It's great to share memories with all the Marines on the forum! Thanks for the walk down memory lane.......BTW, do they still have the stuffed fox?

Cobra,

Who is the artist? It sure looks like the work ( or style) of one of the cartoonist that was involved in the first 'Heavy metal' or Lord of the rings animated films.

I just wonder if those images will come across ok in 1/48?

Kik,
I did some of that. A few mission for Hunter-Warrior and Urban-Warrior, part of the Commandant's new (at that time) Warfighting Lab. Was a skid guy but not with the 364 SPMAGTF. I believe that was in the 1995 time frame. Never got to float with 364 but they are a good squadron with a proud history.

That is sweet!! Supercobra I was attached to the "Purple Foxes" back in the day when we were doing a special program called "Sea Dragon" and "Dragon Warrior". Met a lot of great people there! We were attached to them for nearly a year (My parent squadron being HMH-462). It was a wierd deal we were doing for what I believe they called the "Battle Tank" (a kind of war think tank) and we were outfitting our helos with special equipment and doing all kinds of neat little wargames and such. The commodant would fly out personally to El Toro and Camp Pendleton to check on our progress. It was a fully reinforced squadron, we were really a MEU of sorts.

Do they still talk about those days? It was a great time, and one I will never forget. I actually changed my address on my driver's license to "HMM-364".....lol It was great fun, and a shame that we all had to go back to the regular squadron.

However, when I did go on a MEU they at least sent all of the "Purple Fox Guys" to the boat, so we were all comfortable working together. I just missed those crazy Foxes....we had to roll with 164......that is another story all together....lol

Cool!

What ever happens first......I'm in no rush.

Thanks!

Papa-Echo,
I reread my post and even to me it sounded like I was being a jerk. I didn't mean it that way. If I didn't want people to see them I wouldn't post them on the net. I lot of my walkarounds are posted on ARC for all to see. I'll get this entire walkaround up eventually but I'm plagued by a horribly slow connection right now.

The squadron was/is HMM-364 "Purple Foxes" pictures were taken during their current deployment to Iraq. I have all the details, buno, side number, cmplete enough walkaround to do all of the markings. Drop me a note when you are ready to build.

For commericial production, I want to give OneBob first chance even knowing he can get backlogged. I gave him all of the info for his AH-1W sheet and know what a great job he will eventually do.

Supercobra, I hope you do not mind me saving and posting that image?.....I will deleat it if you want me to.

If TWO BOBS never get a chance to produce those decals by the time I get to my Sea Knight......could I get that birds art & info from you?.....It will ( at this rate ) be the winter of 2005 by the time I get started on my Ch46-E.

OR : Could you share some info on that helo here...outfit, where deployed, etc?

Thanks!

Nice find, I'll keep an eye out for those decal sheets. Never know when you'll need some "motivation" for a model.

Yep - he had to have gotten them from HKN because I took those photos and that's the only place I posted them.

Looking good. There is sooooo much great noseart out there, it's a shame we can't get decals for all of them.

Photo doesn't show and copying the link doesn't work, sorry.

Edit, sounds like the yup, same pics that were at Helikit News a couple weeks ago. The pics don't show there anymore either. They were are pretty cool looking though.

There was another pic of a similar design, two women, I think, at HKN as well. Both are pretty cool. Hope Two Bobs comes out with a few of the new nose art that is seen on hleos now.