I have a question about revetments and runway matting...

hey thanks that's great info.......I think I'm finally able to post pics, here is a good one of the phu bai ramp area for the 4/77th ARA.......I think the 2/17th cav was farther down to the right of this, as well as 158th slicks......while the 159th chinooks were to the left in this pic.......also notice one bird is a left handed tail rotor, while the other is right handed.

Here is a link with some pictures and drawings with the dimensions of the revetments.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v145/supercobra/Revetment/
Sorry I don't recall the source. The drawing were posted in some modeling forum. Looks like the pictures originally came from popasmoke.com. I would suggest making the revetments out of metal (soda cans work great and using a hold-and-fold or a vice like a mini sheet metal break to bend it. I think the easy way to make the matting is to glue strips to a backerboard (assuming that you can't find sheet styrene in the pattern you want.

phantom works;

You could as suggested try making these yourself. They are quite simple structures. If you were to check the websites of Model Builders Supply or Evergreen or Plastruct you should be able to locate the necessary pre-formed styrene to make these.

Cheers;

Gregory

Back in the day, Verlinden made a resin set of these revetment walls in both 1/72 and 1/48. You may be able to find them at a swap meet or e-bay. HTH.
Gary

Maybe check for sheet styrene with patterns on it? I know that there are several types of designs on sheet styrene for model railroaders that build their own structures. I believe there are patterns for steel roofing and siding that might have the right look. Depends on the scale.

how would you scratchbuild it? I was tentatively thinking sheet plastic for the revetments, but I'm unsure how to go about getting the corrugated look for the runway material.......

my "suggestion" on making this would be to sratchbuild a section for yourself and make a casting of it to make resin copies then just line em up in your dio the same way there were in real life. I can see how using resin for a project like that could get expensive so for something similar I used putty, the kind used to fill holes in dry wall. A white powder, add water and pour into the mold. The only problem Ive had using this is it tends to be brittle and more fragile than resin but much easier to sand. For a rather simple flat pattern like that it should work fine. I used this method to make sound barricades ( i think thats what they are) found on the ready ramps of many flight lines. worked great