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                        Blade/tip color on HH-53C Super Stallion in SEA camo?

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                        grandadjohn
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                          February 2003
                        • From: phoenix
                        Posted by grandadjohn on Thursday, May 12, 2005 8:58 PM
                        Most helo blades during the Vietnam era were painted black with yellow tips
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 12, 2005 5:18 PM
                        "Paint it Black..."Big Smile [:D]
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                        knight667
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                        • From: Philomath, OR, USA
                        Posted by knight667 on Thursday, May 12, 2005 5:10 PM
                        Thanks everybody!
                        John "The only easy day was yesterday." - US Navy SEALs "Improvise. Adapt. Overcome." - US Marine Corp. "I live each day/Like it's my last/...I never look back" - from "I'm A Rocker" by Judas Priest
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                        philp
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                        • From: USA
                        Posted by philp on Thursday, May 12, 2005 5:05 PM
                        All the pics I can find show no tip color.
                        Have some pics of a Pave Hawk that was at Aviation Nation last year and it also has no tip color.
                        http://www.ipmsslc.com/photo/displayimage.php?album=85&pos=147
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 5:05 PM
                        Maybe these will help:

                        http://www.russian.ee/~star/vertigo/foto/sik_s-65_2.jpg
                        http://www.rob.clubkawasaki.com/jas278.jpg
                        http://s96920072.onlinehome.us/Gal3/2201-2300/Gal2243_HH-53C_PraveenKS/gal2243.htm

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                        knight667
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                          January 2004
                        • From: Philomath, OR, USA
                        Blade/tip color on HH-53C Super Stallion in SEA camo?
                        Posted by knight667 on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 11:00 AM
                        I'm building the old Revell HH-53C Super Stallion "Vietnam Rescue" kit and I've painted it in the SEA camouflage which was used at the time. However, the instructions (mediocre as they are) say to paint the rotor tips white and the blades black.

                        I've already painted the blades black and the rotor assembly steel, but I'm not sure about this whole white tip thing. Can anyone provide me with more intel or pictures of what a real Vietnam-era Super Stallion would have had for blade/tip colors?
                        John "The only easy day was yesterday." - US Navy SEALs "Improvise. Adapt. Overcome." - US Marine Corp. "I live each day/Like it's my last/...I never look back" - from "I'm A Rocker" by Judas Priest
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