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                        Monogram 1/48 Huey Hog

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                        roadkill_275
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: North East Texas
                        Monogram 1/48 Huey Hog
                        Posted by roadkill_275 on Friday, December 23, 2005 6:36 PM
                        Just picked this one up yesterday for cheap (3$) and I'm curious on how accurate it is. I know that it represents an UH-1C belonging to the USMC (I thought theirs was the UH-1E?) other than that I don't know anything about it. Any comments here? Good? Bad? Ugly? A waste of three bucks? I remember doing it years ago, but I don't recall how the build went.
                        Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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                        grandadjohn
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: phoenix
                        Posted by grandadjohn on Saturday, December 24, 2005 8:36 AM
                        Model more closely resembles a B model than a C, Early E models did resemble a B while later ones resembled the C. Will need the Cobra Company conversion to make an accurate C, some conversion will be needed to make an E. Also weapons supplied in kit are Army type and not accurate for Marine type. With some research and work it can be made into a decent model
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                        roadkill_275
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: North East Texas
                        Posted by roadkill_275 on Saturday, December 24, 2005 8:50 AM
                        Thanks for the info. If I leave the grenade thumper off the nose, it could still pass as a B? Does anybody make AM decals for a B?
                        Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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                        grandadjohn
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: phoenix
                        Posted by grandadjohn on Saturday, December 24, 2005 10:10 AM
                        Could have the thumper on nose of either B or C. Super Scale used to make decals for that kit, don't know how avialalbe they would still be, could try shopping around for them, think they did two or three different sheets including one with markings for the Sea Wolves. also I think there is another company out there making decals fro Army Huey's that could be used.
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                        Melgyver
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Lafayette, LA
                        Posted by Melgyver on Saturday, December 24, 2005 8:02 PM

                        Roadkill,

                        The rotor head would be wrong for a B model as the kit has the 540 rotor system of the Charlie model but not the extended cord and camber of the vertical fin.  The kit requires some work no matter the model you decide to build. 

                        Clear Left!

                        Mel

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                        grandadjohn
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: phoenix
                        Posted by grandadjohn on Saturday, December 24, 2005 10:28 PM
                        If you can find the old 1/48th scale Fujimi or Aurora UH-1 kits you can use the main rotors from the for a B model
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                        roadkill_275
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: North East Texas
                        Posted by roadkill_275 on Sunday, December 25, 2005 4:00 PM
                        I think I'll do it OOB and not worry about the inaccuracies. I have found that more and more I'm obsessing with the accuracy issue and as a result I'm not getting anything done. So maybe I'll just do this one "for fun" and maybe it'll be the start of me getting more kits done.
                        Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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                        Melgyver
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Lafayette, LA
                        Posted by Melgyver on Sunday, December 25, 2005 6:15 PM

                        Sounds like a good idea!  I have two I started years ago trying to make them accurate and haven't finished either one! 

                        Clear Left!

                        Mel

                        Clear Left!

                        Mel

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                        grandadjohn
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: phoenix
                        Posted by grandadjohn on Tuesday, December 27, 2005 7:59 AM
                        Nothing wrong with a fun build either
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                        Papa-Echo-64
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Seattle
                        Posted by Papa-Echo-64 on Tuesday, December 27, 2005 2:12 PM

                         grandadjohn wrote:
                        Nothing wrong with a fun build either

                         

                        AMEN! Thats what I plan on doing with my 'first' 1/35 Hook....just for fun w/ a few MINOR things and a swell paint job of course.

                        Good luck on that huey....I think that was my 4th or 5th kit I ever built around 1975 or so?

                        Straighten up and fly right.....
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                        stikpusher
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, December 27, 2005 3:30 PM
                        Yes, this kit is a "fun" build if you just want to do a OOB. I did mine up as such with the old Superscale sheet in 1st Air Cav markings. It's certainly worth $3 for just that build.

                         

                        F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

                        U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

                        N is for NO SURVIVORS...

                               - Plankton

                        LSM

                         

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                        DURR
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                          July 2013
                        Posted by DURR on Thursday, December 29, 2005 8:39 AM
                        3 bucks is a steal Approve [^]
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